Materials about Lantau Island

The following will help serve as initial background materials for getting familiar with the island, as it is now and has been planned for the near-term development:

News about Lantau Island

January

• Jan 16
  • 東方日報
    發展大嶼山 廣建設施
  • South China Morning Post
    'Metropolis' off Lantau envisioned as third CBD

February

• Feb 27
  • 交椅洲人工島納數十萬人
  • The Standard
    City to rise from sea

March

• Mar 8
  • 土木工程拓展署
    大嶼山發展諮詢委員會舉行第一次會議
  • 土木工程拓展署
    發展局局長與傳媒談話內容
  • Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Government of the HKSAR
    Lantau Development Advisory Committee holds first meeting
  • Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Government of the HKSAR
    Transcript of SDEV's remarks
• Mar 9
  • 文匯報
    「拓嶼」平衡保育 建「粵港澳明珠」
  • South China Morning Post
    Building in Lantau country parks not ruled out
• Mar 19
  • 大公報
    當局2億研建東大嶼都會 人工島一橋飛架港島大嶼山
  • 文匯報
    中部水域研填海 配合「東大嶼都會」
  • South China Morning Post
    Bureau to look into creating new islands

April

• Apr 5
  • 星島日報
    港島西研隧道通大嶼山 四分鐘抵交椅洲人工島

May

• May 12
  • 文匯報
    林建岳倡橫琴建免稅區 各界商港珠拓橋頭堡經濟

January

• Jan 16
  • 大嶼山發展聯盟
    大嶼山發展聯盟歡迎行政長官施政報告中定出大嶼山發展政策
    聯盟致力配合發揮大嶼山優勢 促進當區居民就業
  • Lantau Development Alliance
    Lantau Development Alliance Welcomes Policies of
    Developing Lantau in Chief Executive's Policy Address
    LaDA Fully Supports Government in Leveraging Competitive Advantages of
    Lantau & Promoting Local Employment

December

• Dec 18
  • 大嶼山發展聯盟促進地區就業
    增強弱勢社群就業競爭力
    協助長遠解決東涌貧窮問題
    發展橋頭經濟 創造地區就業 推動大嶼山發展
  • Lantau Development Alliance Helps Boost Local Employment
    Enhance Job Competitiveness of the Underprivileged and
    Help Alleviate Poverty in Tung Chung in the Long Term

Others

• ETH-Singapore project on "Future Cities"
• Life Between Systems - From Open Data to Great Cities
• The garbage problem
• More information (in German)
• Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie laments unfriendly Hong Kong architecture
• Spotlight on Design: Moshe Safdie Close-Up
• Cybertecture - Shaping our world with sustainanility
• James Law Cybertecture