Lawmaker to call for Legco to delay Tuen Mun landfill debate

A legislator is planning to propose that lawmakers defer indefinitely Friday’s discussion and possible vote on a controversial proposal to fund a study on the expansion of the Tuen Mun landfill.

Democratic Party’s Wu Chi-wai said he would raise a motion to abort the debate, scheduled for the finance committee meeting in the Legislative Council on Friday afternoon, concerning the government’s request for HK$35 million to fund the study.

The funding request proposal has met strong opposition from political parties and residents who say Tuen Mun is home to a number of noxious facilities and cannot take anymore.

Ten Tuen Mun residents have been on a hunger strike outside the Legco building in Admiralty since Thursday.

Another lawmaker, “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung has filed hundreds of amendments in a filibuster also aimed at getting the government to withdraw the proposal.