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One of the winning projects of this year’s Esri Young Scholars Award is to examine whether the planning of Hong Kong can achieve mixed and diversified land use which results in an ideal combination of residential, leisure, industrial and commercial land use supported by public transportation, so that residents can avoid long commutes to school and work. If greening is added, the new town will be even more healthy and sustainable.
This is also my expectation for Hong Kong s newly developed areas. At the end of June, the Legislative Council discussed the land use for long-term development of innovation and technology, covering an area of 154.5 hectares, larger than seven Taikoo Shing, including five new development areas: Kwu Tung North New Development Area, Hung Shui Kiu / Ha Tsuen New Development Area, Yuen Long Industrial Estate Extension at Wang Chau, Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, and San Tin / Lok Ma Chau Development Node. In addition, there is a 130-hectare
The government announced that the MTR Corporation Limited (MTR) will start the detailed planning and design of the Northern Link project in the New Territories. It includes construction of Kwu Tung (KTU) Station, and a 10.7-km-long railway link between the existing Kam Sheung Road Station of West Rail Line and KTU Station, with three intermediate stations at San Tin, Ngau Tam Mei and Au Tau. The entire line is expected to be completed by 2034.
With the Northern Link connecting the East Rail Line and the West Rail Line, a railway loop will be completed serving the New Territories and Kowloon, which can greatly improve the transport connectivity between the east and the west of the New Territories. For example, it currently takes more than one hour to drive from Yuen Long to Kwu Tung during peak hours; after opening the three stations on the Northern Link, it will only take 12 minutes for a railway journey from Kam Sheung Road to Kwu Tung in the future. Besides, the land along the Nor
Parties Call on Myanmar Military to Accept Election Results
Voting during the Nov. 8 general election. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy
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By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint 3 February 2021
Yangon Political parties say they want Myanmar’s military not to hold a new election but to accept the result of the 2020 general election.
After seizing power in a coup on Monday on the pretext of electoral fraud in the November election that brought a landslide victory to the National League for Democracy (NLD), the Tatmadaw (military) declared a state of emergency for a year followed by a new election with the military handing power to the winner.