A senior member of the Macau Institution of Engineers, Leong Hong Sai, said yesterday his group was proposing reclaiming land along the west coast of the peninsula 5.5 metres higher than the current sea level.
Leong, who chairs the association’s supervisory board, spoke to reporters in a tea house in Rua de Cinco de Outubro where some 50 shop owners from the Inner Harbour area discussed flood prevention projects for the area. The meeting was organised by the Macau Central and Southern District Industry and Commerce Federation.
Leong is one of the candidates of the electoral group Progress Promotion Union (UPP), No. 2 on the ballot in Sunday’s direct legislative election.
Leong, a civil engineer, said his association was proposing the reclaimed land stretch 30 to 40 metres from the current waterfront.
Leong Hong Sai, who chairs the Macau Institution of Engineers’ supervisory board, speaks to reporters outside a tea house in Rua de Cinco de Outubro yesterday. Photo: Tony Wong
