Places and Trails across Hong Kong

Utilise urban parks equitably, mitigate Hong Kong’s climate hazards now

Utilise urban parks equitably, mitigate Hong Kong’s climate hazards now

Hong Kong will face more intense heat, flood, storm surges and biodiversity depletion under climate change. Healing Parks, an advocacy group, says that urban parks can help to mitigate these hazards – but current park design guidelines fail to consider climate resilience. If the government remains inactive, it would harm…

Wang Chau, Basalt Island and Bluff Island

Wang Chau, Basalt Island and Bluff Island

The Ung Kong group of islands is a cluster of three islands – Wang Chau, Basalt Island and Bluff Island, lying off the southeast tip of the Sai Kung Peninsula.             They’re made of the same tuff that occurs from the southeastern peninsula to the Ninepin Group, and developed in the…

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Activities in Hong Kong outdoors

Taking Hong Kong landscape photos come rain or shine

Taking Hong Kong landscape photos come rain or shine

Even if you don’t travel outside Hong Kong, your photos have to be much the same, week after week, day after day after day. Shooting from the same spot, it’s possible to take highly contrasting photos, such as by heading out at different times of day, and making…

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Hong Kong’s Wonderful Wildlife

Tired and perhaps injured Red-footed Booby rescued on Cheung Chau

Tired and perhaps injured Red-footed Booby rescued on Cheung Chau

I had a whatsapp message from Nick Florent this afternoon, a bird on the beach, on Cheung Chau; there was a photo too – a red-footed booby! This seabird is rare in Hong Kong, and even then seen pretty much only over waters well south of Hong Kong…

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Weather including tropical cyclones

Typhoons and Rainstorms Past Help Hong Kong Forecasts Today

Typhoons and Rainstorms Past Help Hong Kong Forecasts Today

Wetter, Wilder Weather Events Loom with Warming World You may find yourself on a Hong Kong beach, on a roasting hot day when the sun feels extra searing, the air cloying and superheated. Though there’s not a breath of wind, and the sea appears calm, surf builds along…

“Typhoon to Hong Kong Soon” Makes Great Clickbait

“Typhoon to Hong Kong Soon” Makes Great Clickbait

While Hong Kong is sometimes hit by typhoons, predicting them in advance is tricky. Yet this doesn’t stop social media and even mainstream media posts that latch on to occasional results of computer forecast models that suggest potential typhoons, even while other results at the same time show…

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Hong Kong conservation

Green Groups’ Responses to the Public Consultation for the South Lantau Eco-Recreation Corridor

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Conservation not a slogan South Lantau Biodiversity and Ecosystems Beach Water Quality as Indicator of Development Table 1. Beach water quality of bathing beaches in proposed South Lantau Eco-recreation Corridor in 2023: Bathing Beach Annual Grading Annual Ranking Weekly Grading Good Fair Pui O Good 28 71% 26%…

Deep Bay including Mai Po in Hong Kong: Wetland Under Siege with Typically Timid Conservation

Deep Bay including Mai Po in Hong Kong: Wetland Under Siege with Typically Timid Conservation

If you’re among the privileged few with access to the inner sanctum of Deep Bay in northwest Hong Kong – a viewing hide at the seaward edge of the mangroves, you can experience one of the finest bird spectacles in east Asia.  As the tide rises on a…

San Tin Fish Ponds a Key Part of Deep Bay wetlands and Can Help Flood Control

San Tin Fish Ponds a Key Part of Deep Bay wetlands and Can Help Flood Control

If you’re unfamiliar with the Deep Bay wetland shared by Hong Kong and Shenzhen, you might wonder about the significance of the expanse of fish ponds in the area of north Hong Kong that will be the site of a major new development, the Northern Metropolis – as…

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