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Simple public housing|The Legislative Council passed the plan Kai Tak residents criticized hard push: distort and stigmatize residents

2023-02-08T04:44:18.190Z


Controversy over simple public housing continues. The Public Works Subcommittee of the Legislative Council today (8th) passed the first batch of 4 simple public housing projects with no objections, including the Kai Tak World Fortune Road project involving 10,700 units, which will be handed over to the Finance Ministry.


Controversy over simple public housing continues. The Public Works Subcommittee of the Legislative Council today (8th) approved the first batch of 4 simple public housing projects with no objections, including the Kai Tak World Fortune Road project involving 10,700 units, which will be handed over to the Finance Ministry. Committee deliberation.

Residents of Kai Tak immediately issued a statement today saying that they were "extremely disappointed" with the passage of the project by the Legislative Council, criticizing government officials for refusing to come to the district to meet with local residents, but posting posts on social platforms in the air. "Personalize residents" and directly denounced the authorities for pushing the plan, which made the Kai Tak plan "unbelievable".


▼On February 2, Kai Tak private housing owners called a residents meeting to urge the government to put aside the construction of simple public housing in the area▼


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Residents of Kai Tak said that they were extremely disappointed that the Public Works Subcommittee of the Legislative Council passed four simple public housing projects including Kai Tak World Fortune Road in the morning, and criticized the government for only announcing that 10,000 simple public housing projects would be built in the area Residents immediately sent two open letters to the government to express their opposition to the housing units. In just a few days, more than 16,000 signatures were received to oppose the plan of the authorities.

Residents of Kai Tak also criticized that the government's repeated remarks "distorted the meaning of the residents" and "stigmatized the residents on social platforms and pushed the plan hard". Kai Tak is the second core business district, and the development of Hong Kong has been delayed for more than 7 years, and the project is a waste of public funds. The government's planning in Kai Tak is "untrustworthy", which will seriously affect investors' perception of Hong Kong government policies. Confidence.

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▼Simple public housing Kai Tak Kai Tak site selection▼


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▼Site selection of eight simple public housing plots▼


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Simple public housing|Institute of Surveyors: The location of Kai Tak does not hinder property prices, and future use should be planned. Simple public housing|Residents of Kai Tak objected to the site selection of World Win Road and petitioned the Housing Bureau to urge the mistake to be corrected as soon as possible|Wengxian Ho: It is a win-win social project. Abandoning public housing three times to choose a building has to be moved away. Ho Yong-yin: simple public housing such as lifeboats is difficult to consult Kai Tak and other eight sites in advance. Lack of overall planning of Kai Tak simple public housing | Huang Weilun reiterated that he will not change the site selection: "Singing bad words" in one's own area is harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself

Source: hk1

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