8. 1.5 Reporters Hundreds stories Problems Illegal dumping Unauthorized development Landfill Vegetation removal Incinerator E-waste … … Citizens Green Groups Hong Kong Government Developers
13. “ WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA.. A GREAT GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.. AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.” “ Well done! Thank you! This is THE best service to the people and environment of Hong Kong” “ I get the point and in principle like it, but the question is what gets done with the information and whether it leads to any credible investigative journalism. ” “ At present some ENGOs – Kadoorie Farm and WWF for example, are known to be keeping a log of cases they discover. Do you see your site replacing theirs?”
Hong Kong's population has increased steadily over the past decade, reaching 7.026 million in 2009. www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2747.htm
24 country parks; 12 million visitors to country parks in 2008 Although Hong Kong is one of the world’s metropolis, out of the total 1 104 square kilometres of land, about three-quarters is countryside.
