Antonio Ng pushes land reclamation for locals only

Legislator Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong is urging the MSAR Government to ensure the city’s land reclamation areas are developed to fulfill the housing demands of local residents.
In his latest written interpellation, the directly elected legislator queried whether the authorities could guarantee that the future development of the reclamation areas would be prioritised for local housing rather than for paying off land debts, given it has not yet approved any private projects in the zones.
He urged the government to make pledges prior to the completion of the reclamation works so that the city’s new land would not be exchanged for other idle plots seized by the government.
In addition, the legislative member suggests that the purchase of new residential units in the reclamation areas should be restricted to local permanent residents with no more than one residential unit, in order to ensure the fairness of buying new residential units for first-time home buyers.