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Safety concern a red herring

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So now boats and aircraft are to be prohibited from the area around the Disney site on Lantau for fear of spoiling 'the magic'.

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Mr Mike Rowse mentions 'safety' as a reason to impose these bans.

When I look out of my window and see helicopters flying tourists on pleasure flights low over Stanley and Shek O, where are the safety considerations then? Surely this is a red herring used to justify acquiescence to yet another demand from Disney.

Is it not the case that Mr Rowse has backed himself into a corner by telling everyone how vital Disney is, and now he has to bow down and agree whenever further concessions and special arrangements are demanded by the Disney corporation? What further concessions will come to light in the coming months and years? KEITH WATSON Tai Tam

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