As the general standards of living have risen, public expectations of levels of service and protection against flooding have also increased. The Government has long realized the need for a strategy for flood prevention in Hong Kong to tackle the flooding problem and to meet the public expectation.
The Government has carried out a series of Flood Control Strategy Studies, which provided a framework for the Government to progressively and systematically formulate an effective flood prevention strategy. The strategy needs to consider both technical and management options, expressed through structural and non-structural measures. In developing the strategy, a number of constraints and objectives have been considered, including social and economic pressures, financial and legal constraints, geographical and environmental conditions, institutional and management constraints and development plans. The strategy comprises many components and the following major items will be discussed under the following sections:
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