LettersBring Hong Kong’s Queen’s Pier back to life: on other side of Victoria Harbour
- The government is proposing a new landing facility in the West Kowloon Cultural District
- Would the public support an alternative proposal to bring back Queen’s Pier in that location?
We refer to the proposal by the Hong Kong government to construct a large landing facility in the southern part of the West Kowloon Cultural District for vessels plying Victoria Harbour, as set out in the recently published Government Notice 1375.
It has been a long-standing aspiration of Hong Kong people that such an important and historical monument of Hong Kong’s past be reinstated in a suitable location along Victoria Harbour.
Our society is a recognised public charity without any commercial interest. Our task for the past quarter-century has been to protect and preserve Hong Kong’s unique Victoria Harbour in the public interest. Therefore, any communications between the public and ourselves will not be regarded as confidential. This is because views presented to us will have to be made available to the government, as that is the purpose of our present concern.
Our society is anxious to present to the government public views on this matter in an open and objective manner, by our acting as an honest mirror to the government’s present proposal.
Hardy K.C. Lok, chairman, Society for Protection of the Harbour