... including wetland protection and restoration enabled ducks and geese to thrive, they added. “These are important examples that show, when we choose to make changes and actively manage the threats bird ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-20
... ed at the Wetland Park and Tin Sau stops. People became aware of the incidents by following the construction monitor markings, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Responding to media inquiries, MT ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-03
... and blue (wetland) and green (forests) areas will take up 70 percent. (About 10 percent of the new area's land will be put under permanent protection as basic farmland). The total area of land availab ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
As police struggle to establish the facts in relation to suspicious fires that broke out recently at a wetland area in the New Territories, a media outlet has secured video footage of one such inciden ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-25
A fire broke out on Monday in Nam Sang Wai, a bucolic wetland area to the north of Yuen Long which is popular among picnickers and birdwatchers. It was the fourth time the wetlands in the New Territor ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-03
Around 100 people staged a rally at Nam Sang Wai on Sunday to call attention to the need for enhanced protection of the wetlands area that has witnessed a spate of fire incidents this month. Particip ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-26
A major fire broke out at a wetland area in the New Territories on Monday, prompting worries about potential damage to the eco-system in the vicinity. At around 3 pm, a blaze took place at Nam Sang Wa ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-13
... Hong Kong Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai reached as high as 39 degrees. The extraordinarily high temperatures only subsided after 3 p.m., when it began to rain. Air pollution was also worsened by a cont ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-23
... ed from a wetland into China's financial hub. It seems that Xi is keen to build Xiongan New Area into his own legacy. Also, Xu Qin, the party secretary and mayor of Shenzhen, has been appointed Hebei ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... hange and wetland conservation. The list makes no mention of the term "human rights". In November, the government twice issued clarification statements, saying there would be no grace period for NGOs ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
... ed into a wetland, home to various species. But in 1999 the natural wetland was destroyed and converted into a grass field by some property developers who wanted to build a golf course. Call it fortun ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... near the Wetland Park in the afternoon. Earlier, the maid had tried to seek help from the Indian consulate general but failed. After finding her at around 4 p.m., police took her back to the family's ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... existing wetland in Hong Kong, which is home to farmers as well as over 200 kinds of birds and other animals. The valley landed in the news in 2002 when the government endorsed a plan to construct th ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... Hong Kong Wetland Park and Mingle Farm -- and continues to expand, the report said, citing residents of nearby Kingswood Villas. Lee said all excavation trucks and earth movers should be required to h ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... Hong Kong Wetland Park and right next door to Mingle Farm, a recreational site for camping, fishing and barbecue. The Environmental Protection Department and the Planning Department said they are inve ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... reshwater wetland houses a wide variety of species, especially the dragonfly. Over 70 out of 107 recorded species of the insect in Hong Kong, some native to the city, can be found in Sha Lo Tung. Wat ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
... reshwater wetland of high ecological value and is connected with Hoi Ha via a river. If Pak Sha O is hit by pollution from human activity, then Hoi Ha will be affected. Divers observed Monday that man ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
