The latest family embroiled in a land row in the northeastern New Territories is a victim, instead of a beneficiary, of new-town development although it owns land in the area, one of its members says.
The family of Henry Ho Kin-chung, erstwhile political assistant to Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po, holds four lots of land along Ho Sheung Heung Road in Kwu Tung.
Henry Ho resigned yesterday after his family's interests caught public attention.
His uncle Ho Mun-jing was critical of suggestions that the family would benefit from the official development of Kwu Tung.
Rather, the government's compensation - estimated to be HK$20 million - would hardly be enough for the family to rebuild a factory they established in the area in the 1970s, he said.
"We bought the land and built the factory several decades ago," he said. "Compensation of HK$20 million would not allow us to rebuild the factory elsewhere. We are the biggest loser [in the new-town development]."