China Daily
Joseph Li
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned the Court of First Instance judgement that caused a costly delay in the construction of the Hong Kong-Macao-Zhuhai Bridge.
Tuesday’s ruling means construction on the project finally can get underway again.
The lower court had ruled that the bridge could not go forward because the government, in completing its environmental impact a …
SCMP
Joanne Ooi
Officials must begin to take seriously concerns about our deteriorating environment, and how it affects our health and livelihood.
The crescendo of negative public opinion focused on Hong Kong’s most recent large infrastructure projects – the court case over the bridge to Macau and Zhuhai, and the ongoing public consultation on the proposed development of a third runway at the …
SCMP
Christine Loh
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is jinxed. The bridge is one of the government’s key infrastructure projects costing over HK$80 billion and work was to begin last year. If it hadn’t been for an elderly litigant from Tung Chung with diabetes and a heart condition pursuing a judicial review of the project on environmental grounds, construction would be racing ahead by now.
The …