Homes Task Force Chief Sure Government Will Listen

The head of the government's land supply task force is confident the administration will take on board its recommendations, even though there has been no official response a month after it delivered its report.

Stanley Wong said the government would need time to fully take on board the report, which ran to more than 100 pages and was delivered at the end of last year.

Some of its proposals, he added, involved the remits of various bureaus. That includes the controversial idea of taking part of the Hong Kong Golf Club's historic Fanling course for homes.

"Some of the options will touch open different bureaus, particularly if you talk about the golf course," he told RTHK's Ben Tse.

"You will unavoidably touch upon the sport and recreational policy, which is basically being managed by the Home Affairs Bureau."

However, Wong said he was confident that the government would go ahead with the proposal to convert the golf course, despite criticism from some high-profile parts of the business sector. Task force member Wong Kwun had warned he would resign if the golf option was rejected.

Stanley Wong also acknowledged that some task force members were unhappy that the government had proposed large-scale reclamation off Lantau that went beyond what the group had put forward.