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Conserving and Enjoying Our Lantau

Lantau is an affluent place with beautiful natural landscape, tranquil religious atmosphere,
villages in unique rural character and extensive country park with a rich array of flora and fauna.

Spatial planning for the area must take heed of the inherent value of Lantau. The predominant
part of Lantau with the natural and cultural resources, unique rural settlements, in particular
the South Lantau, shall be conserved, preserved and enhanced with low-impact recreation

and leisure facilities to shape Lantau into a kaleidoscopic city getaway destination for public
enjoyment.

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Striking a Balance between Conservation and Development

1. Nature Conservation

Besides areas with conservation-related zonings (i.e. ‘Green Belt’, ‘Conservation Area’, ‘Coastal
Protection Area’ and ‘Sites of Special Scientific Interest’) on statutory plans, about 70 per

cent of land in Lantau is designated as country parks to protect the valuable natural resources.
Moreover, to promote environmental sustainability, opportunities should be seized to create,
enhance and regenerate the environmental capacity of the existing natural assets for people’s
enjoyment and for enhancing biodiversity.

Pui O is enriched with wetland plants and macro-invertebrates at the coast and is reminiscent
of the rural and agricultural area a few decades ago. The rural legacy of Hong Kong and the

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