Chairman George Ng Sze-fu feels that the Sai Kung District Council (SKDC) was not properly consulted on the wind farm before the environmental impact assessment was approved in August.

Citing a conflict between the proposed Geopark and the wind farm, Ng criticized Hong Kong's first major attempt to convert its electric power to a renewable energy source as ruining the views around the Ninepin Islands.  These Islands off the coast of Sai Kung are just one of the eight sites comprising the HKSAR's Geopark, for which the government is applying to the Ministry of Lands and Resources for designation as a National Geopark.  If the latter is achieved, the government and geoconservation groups anticipate that an application will be made to UNESCO for international status.

CLP assured the Council that it would balance the aims of the wind farm with those of the Geopark and that the two could coexist quite successfully.

 

Woodland School started their new Sai Kung school in early September with one third of the space anticipated - but quite sufficient to begin classes in their renovated space in the Marina Cove Shopping Centre. 

Explore reported in late August that their application to the Town Planning Board (TPB)had been turned down.  We now understand that, in fact,  an earlier application for 1/3 of the space was approved and the later application referred to the latter 2/3.  Our apologies to the school for any damage caused by this error.