Rugby ground in Tin Shui Wai saved from bulldozers; Hong Kong now awaits decision on Fanling golf course
- Application to ‘re-zone’ the sports ground is withdrawn before a Town Planning Board meeting
- Golf community awaits land supply task force decision on the fate of its courses
Hong Kong sport won a minor but significant victory in its never-ending battle to preserve grounds with the proposal to re-zone the Tin Shui Wai rugby pitch withdrawn.
However, the sporting community is nervously awaiting results of a land supply task force study, expected to be announced on Monday, that may result in bulldozing and redevelopment of the Fanling golf course – home to the Hong Kong Golf Club and the 60-year-old Honma Hong Kong Open.
The Hong Kong Rugby Union has revealed that the re-zoning application that could have turned Tin Shui Wai Sports Ground into a shopping mall and car park had been withdrawn before the government’s Town Planning Board could discuss the matter.
“This is obviously fantastic news,” said HKRU CEO Robbie McRobbie. “We’d like to thank everyone here in Hong Kong and indeed around the world who wrote submissions to save the pitch, or showed their support in many other ways.