Henderson Land is testing the resolve of the government's planning advisers again, seeking a review of its decision not to allow the developer more time to start work on its 14-year-old housing project on the Nam Sang Wai wetland.
The application was received by the Town Planning Board yesterday. Planning laws require a review, conducted by board members, to be scheduled within three months.
The application flies in the face of ferocious opposition from environmentalists to Henderson's plan for luxury houses and a golf course.
The developer has not ruled out going to the courts it if does not get its way.
'The law allows us to seek a review and go to the board personally to present our case to the members,' a spokeswoman for the developer said. 'We hope to finish all these processes before we can work out proposals that can make everyone happy.'
Opponents who have been calling on Henderson to drop the project to improve its image said they were extremely disappointed with the latest move and would organise a public rally in Central on January 23.
'Henderson Land should know well what the public thinks. It is wrong for them to go ahead with the review and it shows how reluctant they are to become a socially responsible company,' said Kwong Chun-yu, a Yuen Long district councillor and rally organiser.