An ad-hoc land use concern group yesterday submitted a petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, urging the government not to build a public housing estate on the plot of the abandoned La Scala luxury housing project near the airport and the city’s solid waste incineration plant because any area near such a plant was not suitable for human habitation.
The group said that residents living close to this kind of facilities were facing a higher risk of developing cancer.Chui last year proposed building 8,000 public housing units on the ex-La Scala plot.
Amy Sio Long Heong (left), a member of ad-hoc land use concern group “Our Land, Our Plan”, yesterday hands in her group’s petition to an official (centre), while fellow member Chu Kai Tong looks on, outside Government Headquarters. The two banners read “Don’t hide the pollution situation [near the incinerator]” and “Take responsibility for residents’ health”. Photo: Tony Wong
