Gina Chan Fung-chun ("Unbiased ruling for island waste site", May 25) is right to be suspicious of the Environmental Protection Department's motives in choosing Shek Kwu Chau, which is so obviously the wrong place to build an incinerator.
Every point in the department's own environmental impact assessment (EIA) made it quite plain that it is the wrong place.
Moreover, when the department chose Shek Kwu Chau, it had no idea of how much extra taxpayers' money would be eaten up in capital or running costs. What kind of site selection process is this?
I note the department's recent "blueprint" shows pictures of Shek Kwu Chau, although of course no decision has yet been taken.
This is an old government trick, and a sign of panic - when all else fails, pretend something is a done deal and then just hope it can be slipped through without anyone noticing.
Also, the frenetic efforts by the department's Elvis Au, through these columns and elsewhere, to defend this indefensible choice just show how desperate the department is.
