Hong Kong Airport Expansion Threatens Endangered Porpoises
In 1991, Hong Kong set out to make history with its gleaming Norman Foster-designed international airport by leveling two islets off the tip of Lantau Island totaling 4 sq km and reclaiming 9.38 sq. km of the adjacent seabed.
The airport opened in 1998, record time for construction of such a massive project, which included the biggest enclosed terminal i…
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