Don't Keep On Rejecting Land Options: Carrie Lam

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2018-06-06 HKT 11:37

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  • Don't keep on rejecting land options: Carrie Lam

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday called on Hong Kong not to keep on rejecting different options suggested for new residential land solely on the basis of various survey findings.

"Don't say no, try to say yes," Lam told a meeting held by the Urban Land Institute.

She said there will be reports about surveys every day saying different groups want different things. "We are stuck if everybody takes that sort of attitude," Lam said.

"I am just appealing to the people of Hong Kong that we need to take Hong Kong's interests – immediate interests and long-term interests – into account in discussing these issues and hopefully come up with a broad consensus on where land should come from," the Chief Executive said.

The government's Task Force on Land Supply has come up with 18 proposals on ways to find land for public housing and is holding a public consultation on the suggestions. But most of the major ideas presented have come under criticism from one group or another.

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