DAB lawmaker admits he suggested the government scale down controversial Yuen Long public housing project
Leung Che-cheung denies lying about his understanding of the development
Beijing-loyalist lawmaker Leung Che-cheung has admitted that it was him who first suggested the government scale down a controversial public housing project in Yuen Long.
The Post has learned that all the top government officials including the chief executive and the three key secretaries took part in a collective decision on the project. Leung and Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah, who has distanced himself from the project, are expected to come clean on their roles in the project in a press conference today.
Lawmaker Leung Che-cheung, from pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, was chairman of the Yuen Long District Council when officials consulted him behind closed doors in 2013 and 2014.
He had previously stated that he had no knowledge of the reasons why the project was scaled down from 17,000 units to 4,000 units.