Lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu, Hong Kong Government, Home Affairs Bureau: Hong Kong does not want a zoo.

Hong Kong is a crowded place with over 7 million people living in just 426 square miles. The population density is estimated at 17,024 people per square mile. Lawmaker Bill Tang-Ka Piu is saying a zoo should be built. He suggests that the government uses restored landfill sites, which are not suitable for housing, to build a zoo. We disagree with him. We do not want a zoo to be built in Hong Kong. We want the government to encourage children to observe animals in their natural habitat - the wild - not by going to the zoo to stare at them in a cage. Children should be taught in school that animals belong in the wild.
Tang said:
"As it is in Hong Kong, even rich families cannot see real animals without having to endure the crowds...it's high time for us to build a big zoo for our children."
Refer here for the article written by the South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1493526/call-animal-instinct-hong-kong-schoolchildren-want-zoo