{"id":101139,"date":"2018-11-10T17:08:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T10:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grand-lantau-reclamation-plan-a-distraction-from-the-real-short-term-need-for-land\/"},"modified":"2018-11-10T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:03:10","slug":"grand-lantau-reclamation-plan-a-distraction-from-the-real-short-term-need-for-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grand-lantau-reclamation-plan-a-distraction-from-the-real-short-term-need-for-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Lantau reclamation plan a distraction from the real short-term need for land"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nChief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cites uncertainties over the government\u2019s ability to develop farmland or brownfield sites in the New Territories, and therefore says reclamation is needed to boost the land supply for housing. Her \u201cLantau Tomorrow Vision\u201d however worsens the problem by diverting away necessary resources.
\nIf there is a need for reclamation, action should be under way now to fast track sites which can be developed quickly, such as at Nam Tong to the…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Grand Lantau reclamation plan a distraction from the real short-term need for land<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cites uncertainties over the government\u2019s ability to develop farmland...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qjh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":118711,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/developers-eye-guishan-islands-reclamation-to-augment-lantau-plan-in-easing-hong-kongs-land-woes-in-test-for-greater-bay-area\/","url_meta":{"origin":101139,"position":0},"title":"Developers eye Guishan Island\u2019s reclamation to augment Lantau plan in easing Hong Kong\u2019s land woes in test for Greater Bay Area","date":"September 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A guild of developers and real estate professionals have proposed to reclaim several islands lying in the sea between Lantau Island and Macau to augment the Hong Kong government\u2019s HK$624 billion (US$80 billion) Lantau Tomorrow reclamation project for alleviating the city\u2019s land shortage.The proposal by the 229-member Hong Kong\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100282,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rational-debate-needed-on-lantau-reclamation-for-our-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":101139,"position":1},"title":"Rational debate needed on Lantau reclamation for our future","date":"October 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Itis often said that civilised, rational debate can help you discover and illuminate the truth. 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