{"id":918,"date":"2023-04-10T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/?p=918"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T04:07:38","slug":"news-2023-04-10-local-bytes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/news-2023-04-10-local-bytes\/","title":{"rendered":"Local bytes (10 April 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News and bytes for the local community.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>16 April 2023<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/breaking-news\/section\/4\/202466\/Hong-Kong-to-legalize-e-scooters-with-speed-capped-at-25km\/h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hong Kong to legalize e-scooters with speed capped at 25km\/h<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HK Standard:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lee believes the e-devices could aid citizens in remote areas to reach their destinations easier and can help Hong Kong move towards being a smart city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/breaking-news\/section\/4\/202466\/Hong-Kong-to-legalize-e-scooters-with-speed-capped-at-25km\/h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/breaking-news\/section\/4\/202466\/Hong-Kong-to-legalize-e-scooters-with-speed-capped-at-25km\/h<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>21 March 2023<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2023\/03\/21\/conservation-and-development-can-coexist-hong-kong-official-says-amid-concern-over-lantau-road-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Conservation and development can \u2018coexist,\u2019 Hong Kong official says, amid concern over Lantau road expansion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HKFP:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About 70 per cent of Lantau \u2013 the largest island in Hong Kong with a population of almost 200,000 \u2013 has been designated as country park, according to a government document.<\/p>\n<p>The island &#8216;has a unique environment and is rich in natural and cultural resources&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wynoSJM9FD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2023\/03\/21\/conservation-and-development-can-coexist-hong-kong-official-says-amid-concern-over-lantau-road-expansion\/\">Conservation and development can &#8216;coexist,&#8217; Hong Kong official says, amid concern over Lantau road expansion<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Conservation and development can &#8216;coexist,&#8217; Hong Kong official says, amid concern over Lantau road expansion&#8221; &#8212; Hong Kong Free Press HKFP\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2023\/03\/21\/conservation-and-development-can-coexist-hong-kong-official-says-amid-concern-over-lantau-road-expansion\/embed\/#?secret=u6WBK2nGxg#?secret=wynoSJM9FD\" data-secret=\"wynoSJM9FD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>20 March 2023<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.rthk.hk\/rthk\/en\/component\/k2\/1692672-20230320.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Lantau road study needed, but aims must be clear&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to keep in mind that, if you&#8217;re going to touch that road, it&#8217;s going to impact the slopes. The slope stabilisation along those roads has not been upgraded to the latest standards, so any work that&#8217;s going to be undertaken will probably have an impact on the vegetation around it, and that&#8217;s a real concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.rthk.hk\/rthk\/en\/component\/k2\/1692672-20230320.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/news.rthk.hk\/rthk\/en\/component\/k2\/1692672-20230320.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>21 December 2022<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2022\/12\/21\/proposed-lantau-artificial-islands-project-slammed-for-hk580-billion-price-tag-local-transport-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposed Lantau artificial islands project slammed for HK$580 billion price tag, local transport needs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HKFP<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A proposal for reclaiming land in Lantau\u2019s eastern waters and creating a new urban centre was introduced in 2014. Carrie Lam turned the plan into one of her flagship policy schemes &#8212; Lantau Tomorrow Vision &#8212; and drew controversy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6zDuzE8qZ7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2022\/12\/21\/proposed-lantau-artificial-islands-project-slammed-for-hk580-billion-price-tag-local-transport-needs\/\">Proposed Lantau artificial islands project slammed for HK$580 billion price tag, local transport needs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Proposed Lantau artificial islands project slammed for HK$580 billion price tag, local transport needs&#8221; &#8212; Hong Kong Free Press HKFP\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2022\/12\/21\/proposed-lantau-artificial-islands-project-slammed-for-hk580-billion-price-tag-local-transport-needs\/embed\/#?secret=7L6jtnoW2h#?secret=6zDuzE8qZ7\" data-secret=\"6zDuzE8qZ7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Posted: 10 April 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lantau in the news <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}