Public’s views to be taken into account in planning process for reclaimed land off Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, minister says
- Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn says public opinion on home density and transport routes for reclaimed land will be heeded
- Linn confirms reclamation work for ‘Lantau Tomorrow Vision’ will start on schedule in 2025, with the land expected to be enough for up to 260,000 homes
Hong Kong’s development minister has pledged to listen to public opinion over the number of flats and transport routes planned for land to be reclaimed off Lantau Island before work starts in three years.
Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho on Saturday said the government would discuss the massive 1,000-hectare (2,471-acre) reclamation project near Kau Yi Chau at a Legislative Council panel meeting on December 19.
The scope of the reclamation, land use, the allotment of space for housing and commerce, and the alignment of major roads and railways will be looked at.
Linn said the reclamation would begin in 2025 as planned.
“We hope to explain to the public, and we will also listen to their opinion,” she said.
The artificial islands are part of the “Lantau Tomorrow Vision”, a project designed to meet the city’s long-development needs unveiled by former city leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in her 2018 policy address.
