From Government to Governance? Politics of Planning in the First Decade of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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Figure 1 Reclamation in Victoria Harbour (not to scale). Source: Lee & Ng (2007), p. 310.

Figure 2 The Five Phases of Central and Wan Chai Reclamation. Source: Author. Hong Kong outline map: http://worldmapsonline.com/images/OutlineMaps/Hong%20Kong.jpg, accessed 13 January 2008; base photo: image@2008 Digital Globe, Google Earth, accessed 13 January 2008.

Figure 3 Study Area and Key Development Sites of the Urban Design Study for the New Central Harbourfront (Central Reclamation Phase III). Source: Adapted from Planning Department, 2007.

Figure 4 Star Ferry and Queen's Pier within the Central Reclamation Phase III Project (Taken on 14 October 2005). Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Victoria_Harbour_from_City_Hall_14-Oct-2005_%281%29.jpg, accessed 13 January 2008.

Figure 5a People expressing their views on the demolition of the Star Ferry. Source: author. Figures 5b and 5c. Some protestors tried to stop the demolition of the clock tower. Source: author.

Figure 6a The Queen's Pier occupied by protestors. The four sets of words have two messages: “Help conserve Queen's Pier: you are the one we miss” and “Government forcing civic revolt: we are ready to fight.” Source: author. Figure 6b. A red banner at the Queen's Pier: “Seize again the land use decision making right.” Source: author.

Planning Department . 2007 . Study Area Information Available at http://www.pland.gov.hk/p_study/prog_s/CRUDS/eng_v1/otherinfo_eng.htm (accessed 12 January 2008)

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