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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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【銅鑼灣都有沙灘?】
【銅鑼灣都有沙灘?】 發布日期:2025年8月10日 上星期本研發布的《香港海灘地圖》,統計彈丸之地如香港,竟有至少619個海灘【註1】。除了黃大仙區、灣仔區、油尖旺和九龍城區外,區區均有海灘,連面維港兩岸也有7個海灘,全部位於多年180多年的填海歷史後後,維港僅餘的極少數的海灘(見圖):➤ 銅鑼灣消防局對開(長約23米)*➤ 環港島西廢物轉運站對開(長約40米)➤ 昂船洲軍營周邊5個海灘(長約111-190米)*為人工灘 這7個海灘雖然不可游泳(根據《船舶及港口管制規例》不得在維港游泳,而昂船洲更是軍事禁區),但這寫泳灘還保留著180多年前維港的天然海岸面貌,是極為重要的歷史見證外,亦為維港兩岸的風景保存了多樣的風光。它們的存在亦證明了填海以前,維港兩岸其實有更多的天然海灘,當中當然包括十分受市區泳客歡迎的荔枝角灣/荔灣【註2】,隨著戰後工業及城市發展,維港水質直線下降,變得不再合適游泳,戰後加速的填海計劃令餘下的海灘也逐一絕跡,維港不再是市民會游泳的地方。《香港海灘地圖》及其轉載的帖子中,最受關注的要算是銅鑼灣消防局對開的海灘。它位於銅鑼灣避風塘最深處,如果在維港乘船的話,視線亦被東區走廊擋住,岸上的維園道不繁忙,亦沒有直接通道接駁海灘,令其一點也不顯眼,但這個海灘其實大有來頭,海灘之上的三角天后廟,2023年正式「遷移」上岸【註3】。它曾經為全港唯一水上天后廟,極具特色,更加能夠代表民間宗教及避風塘文化,是為很好的旅遊及教育資源。除了市區之外,研究員及義工亦檢視了如下數百公里的海岸線,發現香港海灘多如繁星之餘,絕大部分均沒有正式命名。不少位於海岸公園和郊野公園的細小海灣,猶如世外桃源,水清沙幼,被山丘和內灣環抱,不過海洋垃圾破壞嚴重,水雖清澈但不少極偏遠海灘的潮汐週期最高水位線,堆積了極多垃圾,多到一個連衛星圖片亦能看得清楚的程度(見留言圖/續圖),但交通不便下多年來沒有人清理,亦是編製《香港海灘地圖》是的一個意外發現。《香港海灘地圖》之能夠完成,主要依靠的工具是政府近月推出的Open3DHK可視化三維地圖【註4】,這幅地圖將全香港的建築物和地貌以3D形式顯示。雖然不少對於Open3DHK的討論圍繞在市區建築物資料公開的商業應用等,但郊區的資料同樣有很大發揮空間,除了是次海灘統計外,連村屋僭建亦一目了然,實在有助民間監察鄉郊棕地丁屋亂象。 Open3DHK地圖為近年政府少有的公開資料大躍進,市民必然會期望不同的政府資料亦會利用日新月異的科技,逐步適當地向市民公開。//《香港海灘地圖》部分記錄的海灘三維地圖截圖,請見留言(FB)或續圖(IG 及threads) 參考資料 [...]
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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.









