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Sino Land tycoon Robert Ng becomes first private developer in Hong Kong to back controversial plan to use part of Fanling golf course for flats
- Land supply task force recommended developing 32 hectares of prestigious 172-hectare course to provide 4,600 flats
- Asked for his view on proposal, Sino Land chairman says ‘I support it’
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Property tycoon Robert Ng Chee Siong has given his backing to a controversial plan to rip up part of Fanling golf course to build flats as a way to ease Hong Kong’s housing shortage.
Ng, chairman of Sino Group, is the first private developer to publicly support the proposal, one of the major options to boost land supply for housing put forward by a government task force last December.
The task force recommended developing 32 hectares of the prestigious 172-hectare course to provide land for 4,600 flats.
“I support it,” Ng said, when asked for his view on the proposal in Beijing on Sunday.
Asked to also comment on opposition to the scheme, he said: “Hong Kong is a free society. Everyone is entitled to their views. And for me, I support [the golf course plan].”
Ng was in the capital to attend the annual session of top advisory body the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
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