Hong Kong, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - Hong Kong loosens rules for harbour reclamation

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2025-05-07

Hong Kong passed a law on Wednesday that made it easier for the government to create new land through reclamation in the city's famed Victoria Harbour despite objections from environmental activists. Land reclamation was central to the Chinese city's economic growth for decades but shifting public opinion since the 1990s led to stringent legal rules that required projects to establish an "overriding public need". Officials called those rules "res......

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