The government plans to reclaim part of the Fanling Golf Course for public housing development. Controversy about the use of the golf course has reignited. The Town Planning Board's public representations on the rezoning plan expired on August 30. A total of 6,791 representations were received, among which the former Planning Department Director Ling Jiaqin and the Public Housing Association supported the housing construction plan. Ling Jiaqin believes that the ecological value of the golf course involved is relatively low, and believes that the plan has balanced conservation and development. The plan to build 12,000 public housing units can better respond to social housing needs. .
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Ling Jiaqin pointed out that the location is appropriate: responding to the demands of public housing to increase speed, quantity and efficiency
Among the 6,791 public representations received by the Town Planning Board recently regarding the rezoning of Fanling Golf Course, the former Director of Planning, Ling Ka-chin, who had publicly supported the proposal, also included it. The only "residential (Class A)" land in the plan, nearly 70% of the land area has been occupied by man-made structures, including open-air parking lots, staff dormitories, etc. It is considered that the overall ecological value of the site is relatively low, with seven Double plot is compared to high-density development as "appropriate location", and it also responds to the society's demand for "speed, volume, and efficiency" of public housing to solve the problem of subdivided housing.
The Public Housing Federation describes the housing plan as having a solid foundation of public opinion
The Public Rental Housing Federation and New Thinking also put their support for the proposal on paper. The former believes that the proposed rezoning has gone through a long and extensive consultation process in the "Land Debate" and describes the proposal as having a "solid public opinion foundation". It has risen to a six-year record high, with a total of 242,000 people waiting for public housing. There is concern that if the development plan is blocked, it will affect the overall public housing supply by 3.6% in the future, which is equivalent to about 60% of the target of 21,000 new public housing units per year. %, bluntly "the impact must not be ignored."
In addition to former high-ranking officials, housing groups and political parties, private companies have also expressed their support for rezoning. Among them, Savills (Hong Kong), an international real estate service group, also supports the rezoning and housing plan.
The Group's Chief Executive Officer, Chen Zhiqiu, who is also a member of the Housing Authority, submitted the representation on behalf of Savills, stating that the Group, like the Hong Kong community, is concerned about the housing issues of the people, especially the shortage of housing supply, and therefore supports the government's proposal. Project for rezoning land and building public housing.
He continued that the scope of housing construction in the existing scheme only accounts for 30% of the entire site, and he believes that the issue of development and conservation has been balanced.
Fanling Golf Course｜The club claims that the development may lead to the settlement of the clubhouse and urges members to object to our approval of the Fanling Golf Course. The Advisory Council suspends its decision. Concerned groups point out that the rare concern about housing is becoming more and more pressing for Fanling Golf Course | The EPA's decision to suspend its decision is like the Raab Society's concern about the 7-year waiting list for public housing