Hong Kong’s San Tin Technopole plan may breach China’s conservation policies, green groups claim
Hong Kong’s town planning authorities should not “hastily approve” a draft zoning plan for a proposed tech hub, green groups have said, warning that the proposal may violate at least five ecological conservation guidelines in mainland China. The San Tin Technopole, which was conditionally approved by the city’s environmental authorities last month, is seen as the centrepiece of the proposed Northern Metropolis. The large-scale project was announced in 2021 and aims to integrate the development of existing new towns in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Fanling and Sheung Shui and develop other rural are...