Landfill plans in jeopardy as rural strongman stands firm
Rural strongman Lau Wong-fat has renewed his call for the administration to ditch its landfill extension plans for the sake of harmony within the legislature. Earlier in the day, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met the Tuen Mun District Council to rally support for a study into expanding a landfill in the area.
Rural strongman Lau Wong-fat has renewed his call for the administration to ditch its landfill extension plans for the sake of harmony within the legislature.
Earlier in the day, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met the Tuen Mun District Council to rally support for a study into expanding a landfill in the area.
The government should listen to good advice and public opinion by withdrawing the funding requests and resubmitting them in the next legislative session
So far, no sign of reconciliation seems to have emerged between the executive and legislative arms of government before funding requests for the Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling landfills are tabled to the Legislative Council Finance Committee tomorrow.
Unless Lau changes his mind, officials remain unlikely to secure enough support to push through the plans.
"The government should listen to good advice and public opinion by withdrawing the funding requests and resubmitting them in the next legislative session," he said yesterday.
"This is the best of the best options for them. By doing so, it will help avoid the creation of deeper conflicts within the legislature."
