Controversy over the land allotment of the Fanling Golf Course has resurfaced. The Environmental Advisory Committee will continue to discuss the EIA report today (19th). The meeting will be held behind closed doors. As a result, the supply of 12,000 public housing units will be affected.
The Changchun Society pointed out that when the dispute cannot be resolved, the Environmental Advisory Committee can request to pass the report with additional conditions.
A former member of the Task Force on Land Supply pointed out that the number of waiting lists for public housing continues to rise. Although housing construction will affect the ecology, it is also necessary to consider the situation of prefabricated and subdivided flats waiting to be moved upstairs.
Fanling Golf Course.
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Wu Xiwen, the public affairs manager of the Changchun Society, said in Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Millennium" that the review of the EIA report was generally smooth in the past. Only large-scale infrastructure such as the airport's third-run project would have a long meeting and discussion. The EIA can decide whether to pass the report or attach condition passed.
In the past, when the Lok Ma Chau branch line was reviewed, due to disputes, the chairman decided not to make judgments, but only listed positive and negative opinions, which were handed over to the EPD for decision, and the report was eventually rejected.
Wu Xiwen urged the government to use strong enforcement means in the New Territories North area, and departments must also do a good job of checking.
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It was pointed out that the golf course had invited some committees to inspect and provided their own reports for reference. Wu Xiwen pointed out that the Environmental Consultation Committee will consider the opinions of the public, such as the Tai Po Lung Mei artificial beach. There is a big discrepancy between the private ecological report and the EIA report. Supplementary information is requested.
It is pointed out that the meeting held today will be handled by way of a dark vote. Wu hopes that the EPA will try its best to discuss controversial issues to build consensus, and seldom vote to make a decision. Even dark votes can’t solve the problem, and instead, we have to think about ways to deal with objections, which can’t be dealt with by voting.”
Wang Kun, the former chairman of the Public Housing Federation, believes that the Housing Authority should first simplify the application procedures for citizens.
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Wang Kun, a former member of the Task Force on Land Supply, believes that the current dispute has made the EPA become frustrated. He pointed out that when the team conducted the consultation, the waiting period for public housing in general was 4.7 years, and now it has increased to 6.1 years. The team believes that the housing construction plan will only reduce the 54 holes of the golf course by 8 holes, which will have little impact on sports. Although it will have an impact on trees and birds, the housing issue of subdivided housing residents must also be considered.
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