Tai Long Wan still under threat from spa, resort development
Developer planning resort in pristine coastal area of Sai Kung country park - even though another proposal was knocked back last week
A developer is still eyeing the pristine Sai Kung country park enclave of Tai Long Wan - despite town planners rejecting controversial applications for five houses in the area last week.
"The Tai Long Wan resort and spa projects will be developed to become a key resort attraction" with "the potential to become a popular spot for weddings and holidays", according to the developer's website.
Utahloy Group, recently renamed Tuenbo Group, said 24 hectares of agricultural land would be redeveloped into "a lagoon surrounded by resort houses transformed from the abandoned villages".
It is listed as an "environmental and conservation project".
Responding to inquiries from the South China Morning Post last week, the developer confirmed Tai Long Wan was still a "long-term project" and had been placed under the management of an affiliated non-profit organisation called the Greenlife Conservation Foundation.
"GCF is a charitable not-for-profit organisation focused on sustainable development and conservation projects for the benefit of Hong Kong," Serge Gander, the foundation's group chief operations officer, said in an email through Tuenbo.