Release PLA barracks in Kowloon Tong for public housing, Hong Kong lawmaker urges
Two barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in downtown Kowloon should be released for public housing, according to a People Power lawmaker who intends to apply to town planning regulators for the changes.
Two barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in downtown Kowloon should be released for public housing, according to a People Power lawmaker who intends to apply to town planning regulators for the changes.
The 10-hectare Osborn Barracks in Kowloon Tong, also known as the Kowloon East Barracks, and the 11-hectare Gun Club Hill Barracks in Jordan can provide land to build about 12,900 Home Ownership Scheme flats in all, lawmaker Albert Chan Wai-yip says.
He aimed to submit a planning application as early as Wednesday to the Town Planning Board for the proposed changes.
“I see no reason why the PLA needs the downtown sites,” Chan said.
“Even if they all move to Shenzhen, they can reach almost every part of Hong Kong in one to two hours.”
