I am a member of Po Yin Fat Yuen monastery concern group and refer to the report, "Monastery chief sets fire to arm in eviction dispute" (June 17).
The monastery has been located in the old Rennie's Mill Police Station since 1999. Now Sai Kung District Council wants to turn the building into a history showroom and wants to see the monastery relocated.
On Tuesday, efforts were made to evict the chief of the monastery without consultation.
The monastery should not be moved from its present location and to attempt to do so shows a lack of respect for freedom of religion.
The temple is a vivid part of the community. It is part of the history of Tiu Keng Leng. Although Tiu Keng Leng is now a modern new town, its association with the Kuomintang goes back to the early 1950s.
Many KMT soldiers died in fighting during the second world war and China's civil war.
A memorial tablet to these fallen heroes is in the temple. This temple is an important link between those early days in the 1950s and Tiu Keng Leng today.