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Victoria Harbour Reclamation in Hong Kong By : Cameron Dey
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Page 1: Victoria Harbour Reclamation in Hong Kong By : Cameron Dey.

Victoria Harbour Reclamation in Hong Kong

By : Cameron Dey

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Victoria Harbour

• Is a natural landform harbour situated between Hong Kong Island, and the Kowloon Peninsula.

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History

• The Harbour was named after Queen Victoria of Britain

• Has been reclaimed in the past

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Why the government is doing this

• To make way for more business buildings

• To make more money with new businesses

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Effects

• The Harbour area gets reduced.

• Damages the harbours cleanliness

Grey all

reclaimed land

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Public Concerns

• local people protest about harbour reclamation

• Legislative council will hold vote for future harbour

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What's happening now

• The Central harbour now looks like this.

Follow the link to watch the video of

reclamation

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=0z3tYUKlzPE

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Conclusion

• I hope that this presentation has shown the importance of the harbours reclamation.