The DAB hinted last night that it would support plans to build the new government headquarters on the Tamar site, after the chief executive took the extraordinary step of attending a meeting of the party's central committee.
Senior party officials have been insisting for months that the offices be built on the site of the old Kai Tak airport.
At last night's meeting Donald Tsang Yam-kuen listened to the party's views on the Tamar site development and again stressed that the headquarters must be built on the harbourfront in Central.
Party members expressed their reservations about the Tamar plan, describing the site as the most expensive piece of vacant land in Hong Kong and estimating it could fetch $24.3 billion if sold on the open market.
They also repeated their argument in favour of the Kai Tak site, saying a new development there would resurrect the once-thriving area of southeast Kowloon.
Party chairman Ma Lik said after the meeting that the chief executive had attended the meeting at the request of the party.
'We talked about governance and co-operation between the party and the administration,' Mr Ma said.
