The Hong Kong Golf Club project is controversial, not only because it pits the housing needs of the poor against the interests of the city’s rich and famous, but because it was made with public good in mind. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
The Hong Kong Golf Club project is controversial, not only because it pits the housing needs of the poor against the interests of the city’s rich and famous, but because it was made with public good in mind. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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Hong Kong should play the game on land needed to ease housing crisis

  • Decision by previous government to spare green belts from development, but build on part of a golf course used by elites, may be reconsidered

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Updated: 7:30am, 12 Aug, 2022

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The Hong Kong Golf Club project is controversial, not only because it pits the housing needs of the poor against the interests of the city’s rich and famous, but because it was made with public good in mind. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
The Hong Kong Golf Club project is controversial, not only because it pits the housing needs of the poor against the interests of the city’s rich and famous, but because it was made with public good in mind. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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