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Category Archives: DSD

Sham Tseng, Mother Goose

November 19, 2014by samalbahaykubo Leave a comment

Talking of out of the way places to go to eat, also in mid-80s, I was taken to a place famous for its goose. I have to say that goose […]

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Channelisation, DSD, Environment, Fung Shui, Heritage, Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Territories, Pollution

Tung Shing Lei

July 4, 2014by samalbahaykubo 4 Comments

Back in 1996-97, I was asked to take over some uncompleted field survey work for a proposed floodway bypassing Yuen Long town centre. I was tasked with doing a site […]

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Channelisation, DSD, Ecology, Environment, Fung Shui, Habitat destruction, Heritage, Hong Kong, Nature, New Territories, Wetlands, Yuen Long

The Eiffel Tower and Lau Fau Shan peninsula

June 26, 2012by samalbahaykubo 1 Comment

Not a lot of people know that on a clear day you can see the Eiffel Tower from Lau Fau Shan in the Northwest New Territories. Actually, it isn’t the […]

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China, DSD, Ecology, Environment, Habitat destruction, Heritage, Hong Kong, Nature, New Territories, Shenzhen, Tin Shui Wai, Wetlands

Closed Border Area (West) – Nature

July 27, 2010by samalbahaykubo Leave a comment

The western end of the closed border area is a wide expanse of mostly active, manmade fishponds reclaimed from Inner Deep Bay. Some of the fishponds found alternative use as […]

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Channelisation, China, DSD, Ecology, Environment, Habitat destruction, Heritage, Hong Kong, New Territories, Pollution, Shenzhen, Wetlands

Closed Border Area – Heritage

July 27, 2010by samalbahaykubo Leave a comment

Shenzhen city (like HK and Kowloon) was built without a sewage treatment plant. There was a river nearby, however, so engineers piped the sewage untreated in to that. The Shenzhen […]

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Channelisation, China, DSD, Ecology, Environment, Fung Shui, Habitat destruction, Heritage, Hong Kong, New Territories, Pollution, Shenzhen, Wetlands

Yuen Long – beyond the highway

July 27, 2010by samalbahaykubo Leave a comment

When Yuen Long Bypass was constructed to ease traffic congestion from road haulage via Lok Ma Chau crossing, the designers used the only tools available to them: a ruler and […]

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China, DSD, Ecology, Environment, Habitat destruction, Heritage, Hong Kong, New Territories, Pollution, Wetlands, Yuen Long

Yuen Long – Heritage

July 27, 2010by samalbahaykubo Leave a comment

Yuen Long has the reputation of being the go-to place for eating dog. It’s a bit lawless and after crossing Deep Bay and the fishponds of Tin Shui Wai, was […]

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China, DSD, Environment, Fung Shui, Heritage, Hong Kong, New Territories, Pollution, Yuen Long

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