Our Objectives

Designing Hong Kong Harbour District is a 6-month project aimed at kick-starting consensus building among government, civic and business sectors on sustainable planning principles for the Harbour District.

The ultimate deliverable is a report identifying the key principles for a sustainable planning process to guide capacity building to deal with 9.2 million residents and 70 million tourists by 2030. Our starting point is the sustainable protection of the harbour and five core principles:

• Quality of life vs transport led planning
• Planning for the benefit for all
• Public participation and ongoing consultation
• Single accountability for the planning and implementation process
• Integrated planning for the entire Harbour District, including the harbour, the waterfronts and the surrounding districts.

Our Tools

We are organizing a series of meetings, conferences and seminars, where we gather opinions and ideas for Designing Hong Kong Harbour District:

• March 16 - Stakeholder briefing, lunch time, Island Shangri-La
• March 21 - Public Forum
• March 27 - Participant Workshop, 9-12:30, SCMP
• April 15 - Chambers of Commerce Briefing, Lunch, Marriott Hotel
• May 2 - Public Forum
• May 3 - EnviroSeries Conference, Island Shangri-La
• May 4-7 - EnviroSeries Seminars, Pacific Place Conferencing Centre

Our research further includes:

• Desk research
• Research interviews with opinion shapers and leaders involved in planning decisions
• A workshop to build consensus among the research participants on priority of the principles
• A survey of various community groups via the Chambers of Commerce (American, Australian, Canadian, HK General Chamber), via professional groups like the Urban Design Alliance/HK Institute of Planners/HK Institute of Architects, and via groups which are members of the People's Council on Sustainable Development.

The final output of this research project will be a report to the Government on Principles for Designing and Managing Hong Kong Harbour District. An Independent Panel, including Prof Peter Hills, Prof KC Lam and Ms. Terri Mottershead will verify that the report to the Government is a fair and balanced reflection of the research findings.

What will happen after May 2004

Following completion of this project end-May, we plan to review the progress we have made with advisors, endorsers, supporters and sponsors. If needed to sustain this effort, the organizers may propose the formation of a more permanent structure bringing civic, business and Government sectors together on sustainable planning for the Harbour District.

Endorsers, Supporters, Sponsors

• We welcome (public) Endorsements in writing from individuals and organizations.
• We welcome Support from individuals and organizations with any of the following:
  

• Provide relevant submissions (studies and materials)
• Distribute survey, event-related news and press releases to your constituency
• Organize live or virtual events with your constituency to discuss sustainable planning for the Hong Kong Harbour District and arrange related opinion polls
• Conduct seminars on specialist topics such as iconic urban design, best practices in town planning, sustainable planning, city density, traffic management systems, etc

• We welcome Sponsors willing to help fund research and public forums.

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fax to 2234 5410

General Enquiries
2234 6424, harbour_district@bbluesky.com

Sponsorship and fundraising
Paul Zimmerman, The Experience Group 2923 8688,
Paul@t-e-g.com

Conference, Seminars
Andrew Thomson, Business Environment Council 2784 3934,
athomson@bec.org.hk

Research and Survey
Thomas Tang, GML Consulting 2891 9670,
thomastang@gml.com.hk

Media Information
Loretta Chang 6446 1513,
loretta@bbluesky.com

For more detailed information, please visit www.friendsoftheharbour.org

Organizers
Business Environment Council
The Experience Group
GML Consulting

Advisors
Planning Department, Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Creative Initiatives Foundation

EnviroSeries Conference & Seminars 3 - 7 May, 2004
Sponsors: Gammon Skanska Limited, Island Shangri-La Hotel Hong Kong, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, The Swire Group, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Organizer: Business Environment Council

Our growing list of supporters
American Chamber of Commerce, Australian Chamber of Commerce, AGC Design, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Civic Exchange, Clear the Air, Fairmont Shipping, Friends of the Harbour, Fringe Club, Green Lantau Association, Hongkong Land, Jones Lang LaSalle, Living Islands Movement, MF Jebsen International, Quamnet, Save Kai Tak Campaign, Save our Shorelines, Society for Protection of the Harbour, Sunday Communications, Albert Cheng, Erwin Hardy.

Media Sponsor

Project Information
www.friendsoftheharbour.org