Relevance to social and economic so development of Hong Kong Great economic loss Port airport development: >$200M ex-gratia payment 1998 Red tide: >$300M loss to the mariculture industry Disney Theme Park: >450M for clean up Tourism Large scale development planned Large scale urban development ($240 billion) A 29 km bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland( 15.6 billion)• Great economic loss – Port & airport development: >$200M ex-gratia payment – 1998 Red tide: >$300M loss to the mariculture industry – Disney Theme Park: >$450M for clean up – Tourism • Large scale development planned: – Large scale urban development (>$240 billion) – A 29 km bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland ($ 15.6 billion) Relevance to social and economic development of Hong Kong