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Wetlands in threats
“Study on the Ownership of Fish Ponds in North West New Territories” revealed the environmental threats in North West New Territories through strategic research on the land hound by private developers. The fish ponds may be developed through “land sharing” scheme by the Government.
Brownfield in the NT
“Brownfields in Time: Tracing the course of Brownfields expansion in the New Territories” tracked the proliferation of brownfields
between 1993 and 2017, and through case studies discuss the causes of their significant spread, with a view to lay the foundation for public discussion on a brownfield policy.
Missing Options
In the “Missing Option: Research on Temporary Use and Vacant Government Land in Hong Kong”, we discovered 532 pieces of vacant government land with a total area of 301 hectares. The land parcels, being left vacant or “under-utilised” by the Government, can be found in all 18 districts in Hong Kong.
“Honest Consultation” on Land Supply
“Your Real Choices: Honest consultation on land supply” was written by Liber Research Community and the Citizens Task Force on Land Resources to provide counter-arguments on the official “big land debate” by the Task Force on Land Supply in 2018. We have printed 12,000 copies of the booklet for free distribution to the public.
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【城市空間大放送】重建商獲贈額外5分1住宅可售樓面 對舊區有咩潛在影響?
【城市空間大放送】重建商獲贈額外5分1住宅可售樓面 對舊區有咩潛在影響? 香港樓市近月似乎有所復甦,但仍有不少發展商負債累累,舊區重建有減慢跡象,例如近年湧現不少俗稱「流拍」的失敗的舊樓強制拍賣個案。 對於發展商而言,市區重建的目標是希望新住宅項目起得越高、賣得越多、賺得越盡就越好,故此他們均透過不同手法,嘗試突破人口密度、地區景觀、建築高限和地積比等限制。不過這些規劃限制,正是保持香港市區宜居度的要素,若然起得密密麻麻,交通、空氣、景觀將被犧牲,這些複雜的規劃參數,亦是多年來政府與地產商的角力場所。 但近來政府史無前例地,放寬了市區重建的規劃參數,彷如向發展商「送大禮」【註1】:在七個指定舊區,包括:深水埗、油旺、九龍城、土瓜灣在內,所有現有樓齡達50年或以上的建築,若這些舊樓含一定住宅用途,且地盤面積不少於700平方米(稍大於一個標準網球場),發展商展開重建計劃時,可獲得20%的免補地價總樓面面積作為獎勵,發展商或只需肩負額外的建築成本,即可起多五分之一可售樓面。 而即使發展商不在相應重建項目利用這20%額外地積比率,政府亦容許其直接轉化為地價價值,甚至應用於位於北都及全港其他地區所進行的任何土地交易中所須支付的地價,對發展商而言無異於可以直接「套現」。 簡單而言,政府以「加速舊區重建」為由,罕有地向地產商間接地送現金,相信可以幫助財政狀況欠佳的發展商,但公帑是否用得其所,就見仁見智,因為按過往百多年的土地行政做法,這些牽涉土地增值的行為,發展商均需向政府補回地價,現在則免除發展商這方面的財政負擔,如此有系統地送大禮,史上極其罕有。 而這項措施對於市區發展至少有以下5大問題值得反思: ➤ 地圖炮式送禮,為何不針對狀況最惡劣建築提供重建獎勵? [...]
About Liber Research Community
Registered as a non-profit organization in 2014, Liber Research Community consists of a group of people who undertake independent research with the development of Hong Kong in mind. Liber Research Community is a testing ground where people with different research interests can get together and improve the research capacity of society as a whole.









