Victoria Canal

View large image Thanks to questionable reclamation work in Victoria Harbour, even the Star Ferry has been affected.

Not only has it lost about 100 trips per day, and seen longer sailing routes to get around the works, the shrinking harbour's rougher water has slowed docking times while the ferries maneuver and bounce in the swells.

From Friends of the Harbour:

The original Victoria Harbour was about 7,000 hectares in size. By 1990, over 2,500 hectares had already been reclaimed, but Government still proposed to reclaim a further 1,297 hectares. By the time the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance was enacted in 1997, a further 661 hectares had been reclaimed such that nearly half of the original harbour had been made into land. Despite the Ordinance, the Government has been proposing to reclaim the remaining 636 hectares. Thus, Hong Kong is in danger of losing the total of 3,800 hectares (15 square miles), that is, more than half of the harbour.

If the government doesn't stop reclaiming Victoria Harbour, it'll wind up no wider than a canal.

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