“…This act replaced with a single comprehensive system 78 existing pieces of legislation and amended more, which, as in Hong Kong, had grown up piecemeal to deal with matters of land, planning, environment, etc. The overriding purpose of the RMA is "to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources" and is the prime goal of all decision-making conducted under the Act (Memon, 2002;Margerum, 1995;Michaels and Furuseth, 1997). A similar system could address HK's need to conserve biodiversity, yet also accommodate development through a single, logical process of general environmental management.…”