Hong Kong may use luxury Fanling golf course to build 12,000 public housing flats
- New figure more than doubles previous number of homes proposed for Fanling site by government study in 2018
- Flats would be built in 10 blocks, accommodating about 33,600 people, as well as providing welfare and recreational facilities
Up to 12,000 public housing flats could be built on land currently used as part of an exclusive golf site in northern Hong Kong which is set to be returned to authorities next year, the government has proposed.
The proposal to redevelop 32 hectares of the 172-hectare Fanling site, leased to the Hong Kong Golf Club, was among several controversial recommendations made by government advisers in 2018 to increase land supply to solve the city’s housing crunch.
In a paper submitted to North District Council on Friday, the government revealed the conclusions of a planning study for the site.
“The planning intention of this site is to provide space for high-density residential development, and concentrate public-sector housing at the northernmost part of the area in order to fit in the urban planning of the adjacent Fanling-Sheung Shui new town,” the paper said.
The site, located east of Fan Kam Road, also known as the Old Course, will be slated for redevelopment. The paper said housing should be confined to the northernmost part of the site, which measures about eight hectares.
