EMAHK is pleased to support the HKIE Environmental Division Annual Forum 2024: Driving New Metropolis in GBA Towards Climate Resilience and Sustainability.

The forum aims to discuss and share knowledge, insight, expertise and experiences on essential elements and considerations for developing new metropolis in GBA to achieve climate resilience and sustainability.

It will focus on engineering challenges and innovation opportunities in four sessions:

I) Smart Town Planning in New Developing Areas – in Terms of Sustainability and Environmental Excellence;

II) Climate Resilience Approach for Development of New Metropolis in GBA;

III) ESG Driven New Technologies and Innovations for Environmental Excellence and Climate Resilience and

IV) Scaling Up Green Financing to Accelerate Carbon Neutrality.

Event details:

Date: 18 April 2024

Venue: 1/F Grand Ballroom I to III, Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East (TKO)

Time: 09:00am-5:00pm

Fee & Registration: Click HERE for detail and registration

For further information or enquiries, please contact the Secretariat, Ms Teresa Tse, at Tel: 6937 5399 or email to HKIEEVDAnnualforum@gmail.com

Yuen Long Bypass Floodway is a 3.8 kilometres long drainage channel built at the south of Yuen Long Town. Different from the traditional river training works which increase the flow capacity of the rivers by straightening, widening and deepening the river channels, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway (YLBF) adopts the method of interception, intercepts 40% of the runoff in the Yuen Long Catchment, and then discharges the intercepted flow to the Deep Bay without passing through the Yuen Long Town, which reduces the flood risk of Yuen Long significantly.

DSD strives to revitalize water bodies by incorporating green and eco-conservation elements into a number of projects in hopes of beautifying river environment and promoting ecological conservation while actively providing Hong Kong with a high degree of flood protection. The Bypass Floodway has incorporated a series of environmental designs, its flow is not carried straight to the sea but passing through different regimes including bends, shallow ponds and wetland. The channel bottom and slope are covered by different species of herbaceous plants to provide a natural riverbank with aesthetic and ecological value. A system of dry weather flow pumping station and inflatable dam is provided at the downstream end to control the water level in the Bypass Floodway and to prevent polluted water in the downstream from flowing back into the Bypass Floodway.

Through this visit, you will know more about the nature-based solutions and eco elements in public works.

Schedule:

2:00 – 2:15pm Registration at YOHO, Yuen Long (Shuttle bus will leave at 2:15pm sharp)

2:30 – 4:00pm Technical Visit (Group tour by DSD / GREEN POWER staff)

4:00 – 4:15pm Return and dismiss at YOHO, Yuen Long

Venue: Registration at YOHO, Yuen Long, and the tour route https://goo.gl/maps/ZWdGf1juyvYvYXQAA.

Language: Cantonese

No. of attendees: 24 (first come first serve), assign to the waiting list when full.

Fee: HK$150 for EMAHK current members. HK$350 for EMAHK current member with 1 friend, HK$300 for 1 non-member.

Registration link (will be closed on 22 Feb 2024)

Click HERE !