OBJECTORS to the Black Point power line gave up their battle yesterday for compensation from China Light and Power over the route of the high-voltage cable - but they claimed to have won reconsideration of the route by the Executive Council.
Alice Lam Wang Sum-mei, organiser of the Black Point Routing Objectors' Association, said the Planning, Environment and Lands Branch had told her a revised scheme of the arrangement was being drawn up for council consideration in September.
This scheme would set out the options of changing the route and the consequences of leaving it as it was, she said.
'If they do not re-route, we reserve the right to sue for administrative misjudgment,' she said.
Of the 100 claims before the Lands Tribunal yesterday, only three remained after the rest withdrew following legal advice, China Light and Power said.
A decision would be made on the three in October.
Under the Electricity Networks Ordinance, owners of property within a 50-metre corridor of the power lines are allowed to claim compensation. The 100 claims were put forward by owners outside this corridor.