Hong Kong environment chief allays fears of developing country parks for housing
Wong Kam-sing says policy to conserve green spaces is in place, following earlier remarks by members of land supply task force
Hong Kong’s environment secretary on Saturday played down concerns that the city’s country parks would be developed for housing and said the government had a policy in place to conserve such areas.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor had appointed the 30-strong Task Force on Land Supply last Tuesday, aiming to engage communities in a debate and gain public consensus on how to tackle the city’s housing crunch.
Critics had pointed out that at least five members in the task force had a track record of supporting the development of country parks.
Last week, two members of the group, Stephen Wong Yuen-shan and Lau Chun-kong, had said they could study developing the boundary areas of country parks, raising concerns about encroaching development on the limited green spaces in the city.