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Despite the land shortage, Hong Kong needs to strike a sensible balance between building houses and caring for our natural habitats, that is why the government should keep an open mind and look at successful overseas examples for inspiration.
As the city strives to find more land to resolve the housing shortage, the need to conserve our environment and habitat presents an ongoing dilemma. The question is: are conservation and development always incompatible?
One of the more contentious areas is in northwestern and northern New Territories, where a large proportion of new land supply is located. In the Policy Address late last year, the government promised to speed up the Northern Link rapid transit railway project, while announcing it is researching into the potential of 90 hectares of land along the new railway s route for housing purpose.