If a prerequisite for this open forum was to require the government or myself to pledge a 'no-relocation, no-demolition' for Queen's Pier, then, sorry, I can't do it.
July 2007: on the demolition of Queen's Pier in Central
I have never seen a developer willing to scale down its projects by this much ... it has fulfilled corporate social responsibility.
November 2008: praising Hopewell Holdings reducing the number of floors in its hotel tower in Wan Chai (Hopewell Centre II) by one third.
I told the chief executive that the incident not only reflected the building failure problem, but also a more serious social problem. These most dilapidated blocks are housing the most underprivileged group in Hong Kong. They need our care.
February 2010: on the tragic collapse of an old tenement in Ma Tau Wai, which killed four people
