Questions for discussion

1.  Why didn't the HKSAR government eliminate all the frontier closed area at a time? What was the importance of maintaining the frontier closed area?

2.  From the viewpoint of the residents in Sha Tau Kok, what were the pros and cons of the first stage of reduction of frontier closed area?

3.  With reference to the situation in Sha Tau Kok, to what extent do you agree that economic development is boosted at the expense of environment and heritage conservation?