The urging underscores the long-standing debate between property development and conservation in Hong Kong, where a shortage of usable land has been blamed for rising home prices.
Indigenous village houses in Yuen Long are seen in an aerial photo in April 2019. Photo: Winson Wong
Opinion
Ma Ho-fai
To tap Hong Kong’s village land in the New Territories for housing, mindsets must change
The sale of tso and tong land has been hampered by an incorrect interpretation of the law governing it: unanimous consent from all clan members is not necessary
In case of objections, district officers tasked with approving the land sale are duty bound to consider if it is valid, instead of simply refusing consent
A worker assembles a vehicle at the general assembly line of FAW Jiefang, a truck-manufacturing subsidiary of First Automotive Works (FAW) Group Co. Ltd., in Ch