A government’s interdepartmental working group yesterday carried out the repossession of the plot of land where the ill-fated Pearl Horizon residential project is located by removing items from the plot, according to a statement by the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT).
The statement noted that the plot in Areia Preta district, officially known as plot “P”, covers an area of 68,000 square metres.
The ill-fated residential construction project has been mothballed since December 2015 when its provisional land concession expired. The government then announced the annulment of the site’s provisional land concession in January 2016. The project’s developer – Polytex – then sued the government over the land concession’s cancellation. Since then, dozens of disgruntled pre-sale buyers have held a string of protest rallies and repeatedly petitioned the government over their plight.
Workers hired by the government clear the Pearl Horizon plot of land in Areia Preta district during yesterday’s official repossession of the property, as police officers look on. The plot is located next to the busy Oriental Pearl roundabout – the local entrance to the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
