It began as a trickle, then became a flood of complaints about the foul smell from Hong Kong’s Ta Kwu Ling landfill, 2km from Shenzhen, across the border.’s maiden account on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like microblogging site, has attracted mostly friendly comments, but some unhappy messages began turning up.
It was not as if the landfill in the northeastern New Territories had only just opened. It has been there since 1995, attracting unending complaints from residents on both sides of the border and assurances from Hong Kong authorities that their woes were heard. “Weibo opened up a channel for direct complaints from mainland netizens that had not been there before,” said Professor Tetsuro Kobayashi, a political communication scholar at City University. “If Lee is perceived as ignoring these mainlanders’ demands, their evaluation of him will deteriorate.”
“Every day I open my door, the air is filled with the rancid odour of rotting garbage, plastic and faeces,” Man said. “It is the kind of stench that makes you lose your appetite immediately.” As for the mitigating measures Lee referred to, she said they included halving the number of working areas for solid waste and spraying deodorants regularly since last year.Ricky Fan Hai-tai, chairman of the green NGO Hong Kong Environmental Protection Association, said he was glad mainland Internet users had forced the city leader to deal with a problem that had existed for a long time.
“Those sarcastic remarks now reach everyone in the country,” he said. “If they are not dealt with properly, it will definitely affect mainlanders’ perception of Hong Kong and undermine integration efforts in the development plan of the Greater Bay Area.”
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