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2020-09-07 07:00
Last update date: 2020-09-07 07:00
The Fanling Golf Course Lease expires on August 31 this year.
The Home Affairs Bureau will allow the Hong Kong Golf Club to use the entire site under the current terms until November 30 this year. It also stated that the special transitional arrangements for the resumption of the 32 hectares of land for housing construction will remain unchanged, and the remaining 140 hectares will be used The symbolic land price is renewed until 2027.
The land problem has plagued the people of Hong Kong for many years, but the golf club can use the government's land for seven years. It is inevitable that the people will feel that "only Zhou officials are allowed to fight the waves, and the people are not allowed to settle down."
The title deed of the 172-hectare Fanling Golf Course has expired on August 31, 2020.
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The Fanling Golf Course is exclusive to the rich?
The pink golf course covers an area of 172 hectares, which is equivalent to a Tsuen Wan, but only 2,500 members of the golf club have been able to enter the stadium for many years.
Among them, the membership price of the "Hong Kong Golf Club" that operates the Ling Gao Course has always been beyond the reach of ordinary citizens. According to the information on the online membership transfer platform, the club has frozen the number of memberships for more than 30 years. The borrowing price has reached 12 million Hong Kong dollars.
Whether the government can open the door to the "valuable" golf club to the public depends on the details of government terms in the future.
During the "transitional period" of the next three years, the government stated that the club must further open its facilities during the contract renewal period under the new policy, including opening 30% of the total facilities to qualified external organizations. Participate in sports activities, not less than 240 hours a month, etc.
However, there is still a lot of distance to expect the terms to allow citizens to enter the stadium.
For example, the local research agency pointed out that in the past, the golf course was often only open for working days, sunrise and sunset, and other time for the public, and it was not suitable for golf. The government should explain to the public as soon as possible the opening arrangements for the "transition period" and ensure that the terms and conditions It does achieve the effect of opening up to the public.
Replan 172 hectares of land
The Fanling Golf Course should not be reduced to a back garden for the rich. On the one hand, it should be made available to more people and open more time for public use before land is used to build houses.
On the other hand, the government should increase the size of the 32 hectares of land that it has decided to reclaim.
While the people of Hong Kong are plagued by housing problems, the government still "maintains the original verdict" on the remaining 140 hectares, allowing the golf club title to be renewed until June 2027, and still has no intention of conducting research on changing land use.
In the land debate the previous year, the Hong Kong government, which vowed to find land to build houses and solve the housing problem, should reconsider whether it is important for the rich to "fight the waves" or whether the Star Dou citizens succumbed to the subdivided housing waiting to be upstairs.
The Hong Kong government should aim to re-plan 172 hectares of land and recover the entire Fanling golf course for housing construction and other community supporting purposes.
Compared with other development projects such as Kwu Tung Chung, Fanling Golf Course can not only involve less stakeholders, and there is no need to compensate for relocation and relocation on a large scale. Because Fanling is originally close to the urban area, it is only 550 minutes away from East Rail Sheung Shui Station. Meters, the development has been supported by the transportation system and community facilities.
If the affluent class who has been using golf courses is the obstacle to finding land to build houses, the Hong Kong government must face the vested interests and truly seek a way out for the people to live and work, instead of letting golf courses spend seven years between sub-houses. Another seven years.
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