Land & Building Advisory Committee members have generally welcomed suggestions of lowering development density to improve our living environment.

The committee today discussed the Stage Three Public Consultation of the HK2030 Study.

However, committee chairman Professor Yeung Yue-man said members felt that any reduction of development density can only take place in new development areas, mainly in the New Territories or land yet to be leased. Otherwise, it will serve as a disincentive to urban renewal and private property rights may also be affected.

"Some members considered that given the pace of change of the modern world and the trend of globalisation, we might not need to make specific choices for the next 20 or 30 years," he said.