关键词: 填海造地, 环境管理, 海岸管理, 土地利用, 香港

Abstract: According to the Territorial Development Strategic Review published by the Hong Kong Government in 1996, the population of Hong Kong would grow from 6. 3 million of the pre-sent to 8.1 million in 2011. This would pose a substantial demand in land supply and reclama-tion is an easier and more economical approach to satisfy this need.In the past 150 years, total area reclaimed was in excess of 4 000 hm2. Suggestion by the Government to further reclaim the Victoria Harbour, Green Island and Lantau Island was re-ceived with scepticism and grave concern on the visual and environmental impacts.The author was not against reclamation and there are benefits to be gained if it is carried out with careful selection of sites without affecting the fairways. However, before large scale reclamation is to proceed, priority must be given to alternative sources of land supply such as derelict farm lands in "New Territories", reconstruction of the old industrial, commercial and residential areas as well as new towns along the route to the new airport and redevelopment of the Kai Tak Airport.Before engineering works of large scale reclamation, cumulative environmental impact studies must be undertaken to avoid irrevocable visual and ecological impacts.

Key words: Reclamation, Environmental management, coastal management, landuse, Hong Kong