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Wang Chau housing saga

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong’s Wang Chau villagers defy eviction

4 Aug 2020 - 8:03PM

New Territories villagers chase away officials over Wang Chau project

29 Jul 2020 - 10:05PM

Hong Kong courts

No immunity for Hong Kong lawmakers who disrupt Legco, court rules

3 Jun 2020 - 2:35AMvideocam

Hong Kong housing

New controversy over Wang Chau housing project with reduced tender

Legislators single out consultancy Arup for blame, pointing to a previous violation by firm. Concern centres on new evaluation leading to income loss for workers, but government says drop is expected amid economic downturn.

13 Mar 2020 - 8:28PM

The Wang Chau development in Yuen Long is expected to be completed by 2025-26, yielding 4,000 units for a population of about 12,300. Photo: Martin Chan

Hong Kong housing

Letters | From Wang Chau to Fanling, how Hong Kong is failing on housing goals

There’s much more to lose than gain with the government’s decision to take back part of the Fanling golf club for a negligible number of public flats. But such shoddy decision-making is all too familiar.

14 Apr 2019 - 6:00PMvideocam

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

‘Long Hair’ protected from prosecution in folder snatching case, court rules

Judge says any attempt to limit lawmakers’ Legco privilege by an offence of contempt might cause ‘chilling effect’

5 Mar 2018 - 11:05PM

Hong Kong housing

‘No eviction for Wang Chau villagers before Lunar New Year’

6 Nov 2017 - 10:57PM

Residents from Wang Chau meet the media at a demonstration against the housing project. Photo: David Wong

Wang Chau villagers facing eviction warn of ‘bloody fight’

3 Aug 2017 - 10:33PMvideocam

Paul Chan

Paul Chan hands over long waits and land rows

28 Jun 2017 - 9:32AMvideocam

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

My Take | Elite contractors are living a charmed life

16 Jun 2017 - 2:13AMvideocam

21 company employees were arrested for their alleged roles in faking the concrete test results taken from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. Photo: Xinhua

Barricades erected at Wang Chau over land development plan

3 May 2017 - 10:58PM

Residents from Wang Chau tearing up government notices about the land plan. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong housing

Wang Chau housing project set for 79 lots, but fight vowed

The sites will accommodate public housing, a school and an integrated social welfare building as well as associated infrastructure works in the first phase of the controversial New Territories development project.

3 May 2017 - 1:03AM

Hong Kong housing

Villagers go on bended knee to protest against development plan

17 Apr 2017 - 9:41PM

Compensation in the works for businesses on bulldozed brownfield sites

11 Apr 2017 - 10:43PM

The lack of urban land has pushed many operators of garages, car parks and container storage facilities to use brownfield sites. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong housing

My Take | Will Carrie Lam have the guts to take back our public land?

30 Mar 2017 - 2:08AM

A public housing project proposed on a 3.8-hectare brownfield site in Wang Chau in Yuen Long owned by rural strongman Tsang Shu-wo was taken back by the government after opposition from rural leaders. Photo: Edward Wong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

9,000 public works get past Legco filibuster

18 Mar 2017 - 11:16PM

Minister warns lawmakers against more delay to construction funds

15 Feb 2017 - 11:56PMvideocam

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

My Take | It’s right to separate wheat from the chaff

6 Feb 2017 - 1:41AM

The public housing plans in Wang Chau have been drastically scaled back amid accusations that the government has craved to the demands of rural strongmen. Photo: Edward Wong

Government offers 9,400 items for approval, on all-or-nothing basis

2 Feb 2017 - 11:13PM

My Take

My Take | There’s land for housing, if officials can only see

26 Dec 2016 - 10:46PM

New World Development

Private Wang Chau development rejected on traffic concerns

24 Dec 2016 - 8:01AM

Wang Chau is located in Yuen Long in the New Territories. Photo: Shutterstock

Officials seek legal advice on housing project data leak

29 Nov 2016 - 11:06PM

The controversial housing project is in Wang Chau, Yuen Long. Photo: Shutterstock

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Wang Chau consultants got off easy over confidential leak, Hong Kong lawmakers tell officials

15 Nov 2016 - 10:29PM

My Take

My Take | Government left high and dry after suspending go-to consultant

24 Nov 2016 - 11:07AM

Company who won government tender penalised for leaking confidential data to private developer

14 Nov 2016 - 9:48AM

The site of the government’s proposed public housing project on a 3.8-hectare brownfield site in Wang Chau, Yuen Long. Photo: Edward Wong

Wang Chau villagers furious as they wake up to find notice of government construction work

11 Nov 2016 - 11:26PM

Villagers blocked the village entrance so government officials could not enter. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

District council votes against suspending controversial Wang Chau housing project

25 Oct 2016 - 10:59PM

Grubby reality eclipses Ove Arup’s soaring achievement

Company founded by the 20th century’s most admired engineer had a hand in iconic buildings the world over, including Hong Kong. It’s present-day dealings in the city, and elsewhere, would have Arup spinning in his grave

20 Oct 2016 - 1:15PM

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Wang Chau housing saga

A housing project in Wang Chau, a rural area of Yuen Long in the New Territories, drew public scrutiny in September 2016 after legislative councillor-elect Eddie Chu Hoi-dick made development reform a cornerstone of his winning campaign. Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying later revealed he approved the construction of 4,000 public housing flats displacing three villages instead of simultaneously developing a larger site controlled by rural leaders that could yield 13,000 more flats.

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9 September, 2024