LettersWhy Hong Kong Ocean Park must steer clear of property development
- If Ocean Park is a part of Hong Kong’s collective memory, opening the door to property development, as suggested by the commerce secretary, will not help preserve it
The debate over Ocean Park continues to drag on and our government is casting around for ideas that might generate a solution. However, as our government is essentially clueless as to how to manage its own business, let alone how to manage Ocean Park, this debate appears to be an exercise in futility.
Might I suggest that the latter option be taken off the table, unless we intend to simply shut the gates and hand over the keys to our friendly local property oligarchies.
The government should at least get some revenue out of Ocean Park’s land by selling it for redevelopment, rather than Hongkongers all being taken for a collective ride by any wily developer who can afford the lawyers required to destroy any badly thought out effort to preserve the park through some form of support initiative.