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The Board recognises the importance of Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay as a wetland habitat for water birds and migratory birds and has in the past asked the Government to designate it as a "Wetland of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat" under the Ramsar Convention as a matter of urgency and to take the necessary steps to have it preserved and managed.
Therefore, the Board strongly supports the proposal to list Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay as a Ramsar site and will give weight to it in considering applications for development in the area in future.
Members of the Board also called for better co-ordination of developments on both sides of the border in this sensitive region so as not to jeopardise its importance as a nature reserve of international significance.
They were informed that there are already established channels for such exchange of views between the authorities.
End/Friday, March 10, 1995
Waterloo Road development plan published
The Town Planning Board today (Friday) published the draft Land Development Corporation (LDC) Waterloo Road/Yunnan Lane Development Scheme Plan and the associated Land Use Diagram for a proposed redevelopment scheme in Yau Ma Tei,
The 0.42-hectare scheme area is bounded by Waterloo Road, Portland Street, Man Ming Lane and Shanghai Street, including Yunnan Lane and a section of Shek Lung Street.
Most of the buildings in the area are six-storey completed before 1966. They are used mostly for residential purpose on upper floors with shops and metal/electrical workshops on ground floor.