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szdaily -> Shenzhen
Dapeng hearing to be held today
     2014-April-17  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    Anne Zhang

    zhangy49@gmail.com

    A PUBLIC hearing concerning the potential environmental impact of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Dapeng Bay will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Dapeng New Area Administrative Committee, according to the Cross-border Environment Concern Association.

    Li Manling, a member of a Hong Kong-based environmental nonprofit organization, is among five participants selected by lottery from 53 public applicants to attend today’s hearing, which will be held by the State Oceanic Administration’s South China Sea Branch.

    The other four participants include three individuals: He Lanrong, Wang Guihua and Wang Wenbing whose professions were not made public, and Shenzhen Shiyuchong Port Zone Joint Development Co.

    The project, planned by China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), if approved will reclaim 39.7 hectares of land from the sea in Dapeng Bay for a gas storage facility and a wharf for LNG vessels.

    The hearing will cover the purpose of the land reclamation and the effect it may have on local livelihoods and the environment. The feasibility of clean production and environmental protection measures to be employed in the construction of the project will also be discussed.

    More than 80 percent of respondents surveyed by sznews.com opposed the project. Among other objections, opposing respondents said that a land reclamation project would negatively affect seawater and the maritime environment, and the project would also raise the risk of petroleum leaks and spills.

    The Cross-border Environment Concern Association began collecting public opinions on the project through its official Sina Weibo account after its member, Li, was selected for the hearing. The organization said it invited residents to offer comments and some of those comments will be passed on to the project’s administrators during today’s hearing.

    The hearing is reportedly not open to the media. Still, several environmentalists, artists and scholars have declared they will stage a protest against the project outside the building where the hearing is being held. The protesters are expected to include Zhang Xuehu, editor-in-chief of China United Television, and local artist Yin Xiaolong.

    Yin told Shenzhen Daily that he will bury himself in the sand on the coastline set to be reclaimed by the project. “By burying myself I will attempt to tell others that reclaiming the coastline is to bury the ecology that gives us life,” Yin said.

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