Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to an official outside the bureau in Praça do Tap Seac, the group’s deputy leader Tam Chon Ip said he and his fellow activists were urging the government to suspend the demolition of the shipyards and to come up with a concrete redevelopment plan for the village.
The shipyards went out of business over a decade ago.
Tam said his group had collected 670 signatures for the petition. The signature campaign was launched late last month.
Accompanied by former shipwrights and Hon Kei Café Owner Leong Kam Hon (centre), Tam Chon Ip (first from left), the deputy leader of an ad-hoc concern group for the preservation of Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village, as well as the group’s convener Chan Kam Po (second from left), hand their petition to an official (third from left) outside the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) in Praça do Tap Seac yesterday. – Photo: MPDG
