Opinion | Hong Kong government puts property developers’ desires ahead of people’s health – again
The determination to concrete over Wan Chai Sports Ground demonstrates once more that the powers that be couldn’t care less about citizens’ health and fitness if there is a fast buck to be made
It’s customary in this space to use the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon as an annual reminder to readers of the Hong Kong government’s contempt for sport.
Next Sunday, 74,000 people will get up in the small hours to make the pre-dawn starts because the government cannot contemplate inconveniencing people for a few hours once a year by closing roads for a decent amount of time.
But that HK$20 billion over five years seems to include the mammoth Kai Tak Sports Park among various community basketball hoops, five-a-side courts, heating for swimming pools and the like – welcome, of course, but not game-changing.
In the next breath CY promised “comprehensive redevelopment” of Wan Chai Sports Ground. “Apart from convention and exhibition venues, the development proposal will comprise trendy and novel recreation and sports facilities ...”
