Hong Kong 'hands PLA radar station on territory's highest mountain in secret deal'
Radar station on Tai Mo Shan is found to be fenced off from the public without the government listing it among local military sites
A radar station that is sitting on public land at the top of Tai Mo Shan has been granted secretly to the People's Liberation Army, according to a lawmaker who is threatening to take the government to court for keeping the public in the dark.
Dr Kenneth Chan Ka-lok, of the Civic Party, said he would not rule out seeking a judicial review over the government's non-disclosure of the construction and use of the radar station by the army's Hong Kong garrison, when there was a proper channel and mechanism to announce it.
Chan urged officials to release more details about the allocation of the estimated 9,300 square metre site, which was not listed among the 19 designated military sites and facilities in the city.
The radar, along with a building and a basketball court, is located near the Observatory's weather radar and the Civil Aviation Department's radar on the 957-metre mountain, Hong Kong's tallest peak.
All three facilities lie behind fences, with public access restricted. Garrison officers have been spotted inside the station.
Chan said that under the Garrison Law, Hong Kong officials and the PLA were obliged to tell the public about the existence of such a site.
"They should follow the Garrison Law provisions to designate the place as a military site with restricted public access," he said.