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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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【窮香僻壤】旅客專門嚟香港體驗「窮遊」?
【窮香僻壤】旅客專門嚟香港體驗「窮遊」? 發布日期:2025年10月26日 常說近年旅客訪港「降級消費」,佔遊客量近八成的內地旅客,不少崇尚「窮遊」花招百出。中國作為東南亞主要遊客來源地,例如澳門、新加坡、韓國等地的旅客亦是以中國內地為主要來源,日本亦以中國客為第二主要來源,究竟這些香港的主要競爭目的地,又會否同樣面臨相若的旅遊業危機?研究員整合以下各地的外訪旅客人均消費數字,似乎除了韓國外,其餘地方在近兩年,相對於疫前都未見明顯消費急挫:➤ 亞洲各地旅客人均消費趨勢(金額以現時當地貨幣匯率轉港元顯示)【註1】旅遊地區|2014|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019|疫情|2023|2024香港*|$7,960|$7,234|$6,599|$6,443|$6,614|$5,818|N.A.|$6,939|$5,490澳門*|$3,388|$2,723|$2,601|$2,797|$2,950|$2,601|N.A.|$4,103|$3,767新加坡|$9,708|$8,923|$9,721|$9,516|$9,012|$8,923|N.A.|$12,448|$11,178台灣|$11,361|$10,614|$9,635|$8,726|$9,336|$9,391|N.A.|$10,398|$10,244日本|$7,710|$8,985|$7,951|$7,850|$7,804|$8,085|N.A.|$10,851|$11,569韓國|$12,250|$10,987|$9,428|$10,004|$11,695|$11,302|N.A.|$10,692|$7,927*港澳兩地僅計算過夜/留宿旅客人均消費上述數字或可反映四個事實:➤ 香港旅客降級消費非近年才出現至少自十年前起,香港的旅客人均消費數字,已不斷呈現下跌趨勢,而非在疫後才出現。雖澳門、新加坡、台灣在疫前亦有旅客消費下降的現象,但在疫後卻又提振起來。而日本則似乎一直沒有明顯下跌跡象,疫後表現更創新高。➤ 大部分競爭地旅客消費疫後更勝從前除韓國外,上述所有香港的主要競爭目的地,其疫後的旅客人均消費表現,均更高於疫前的規模,連毗鄰香港的澳門,本應與香港面臨最接近的處境,但其疫後兩年的旅客平均消費,卻是近十年最佳。新加坡、台灣、日本亦是同樣狀況。➤ 僅香港及韓國人均消費在報復式旅遊後急挫逾兩成疫後各地普遍可見「報復式」旅遊消費的跡象,使2023年幾乎各地的旅客人均消費大多更勝疫前,但「復常」後,雖除日本再創新高外,其餘地方均有下跌的現象,但只有香港及韓國明顯急挫20%及25%,其他地方亦只下跌2%-10%左右,反映與香港同病相憐者,只有韓國。➤ 港澳以外地區近兩年旅客人均消費普遍破萬雖則上述各地相關數字的統計方法或有不同,其遊客消費規模或不適用於直接比較,但若姑且作參考,除澳門以外,其餘地區近兩年旅客人均消費俱普遍破萬,相對於香港去年的逾逾五千高出不少,反映遊客似乎在這些地方更願意消費。而且,上述港澳兩地的數字僅以留宿旅客作計算,若把不過夜的旅客考量在內,更可合理推斷實質平均消費或會更低。而香港已屬上述各地中物價數一數二的地方,消費量亦可如此之低,這數字反映「窮遊」在香港的普遍程度,或遠遠大於其餘主要競爭目的地。【註1】摘錄至各地政府相關部門數據,如香港政府統計處、澳門政府統計暨普查局、新加坡統計局、台灣交通部觀光署、日本の観光統計データ及韓國觀光公社等;新加坡及韓國的數字,以「國際旅遊收入(Tourism Receipts)」除以「外國入境人次/總外地遊客量」作計算。
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.









