Overseas tour group Flying Fox still wants to build a zip-line attraction in Hong Kong and is considering three locations in Lantau, according to its partner Ngong Ping 360.
The group proposed last year to build two sets of 300-metre cross-valley parallel zip lines in North Lantau near the cable car terminal, enabling participants to hook on a line and zoom from one station to the next at great height.
Government advisers and green groups objected, saying the proposal was an inappropriate use of a country park.
But the founders of Flying Fox - Jonathan Walter, who served with the British Army in Hong Kong, and Richard McCallum, who worked with Swire Group and Cathay Pacific - have strong faith in the city and would like to press on, Ngong Ping 360's managing director Wilson Shao Shing-ming said yesterday.
"They were surprised by the strong opposition to the plan," he said, adding that the group is now trying to find non-country park areas to build the attraction. It could submit a revised proposal to the government next year.
Meanwhile, the cable car operator is planning to revamp its 6,000 square feet theatre attraction at Ngong Ping Village.
