Members pay an entrance fee of about HK$400,000 (S$68,000) and some have been vocal in their opposition to the redevelopment plan, citing ecological, commercial and social reasons to make their case.
Nobody working class is missing out on their golf because of this.
Beijing directly exhorted local officials to fix the problems in the aftermath of the mass protests that rocked the city in 2019, demanding that Hong Kong get rid of so-called cage homes or subdivided apartments by 2049.
Based Beijing.
The decision to build on the golf course also reflects how old business elites in Hong Kong are losing political sway as more staunchly pro-Beijing loyalists gain ground.
When Beijing’s top official for the city visited it in April, he did not meet the real estate developers association, which represents some of the richest families, raising questions over whether the interests of the wealthy clans are even a major concern to the top leadership.
Mr Zeman argued that shrinking the golf course hits at the heart of the way business is done in the city. “A lot of deals are done on the golf course all over the world for business people,” he said.
Fuck off back to your offices and make your deals there you fucking ghouls.
citing ecological reasons to make their case
motherfucker golf courses are already an affront to god and nature
Somehow their poisoned grass fields with zero animal life are environmental
raising questions over whether the interests of the wealthy clans are even a major concern to the top leadership.
ughhhh this fucking wording
Do these communists even care about the ultra-wealthy? Is a great line and we should say it more
I knew a guy who was complaining that the Chinese state seized his capital investments. He did not like it when I tried to explain that expecting the communist party to look after your capital and then getting mad when they take it is not reasonable
First they came after the developers, and I said nothing, for I wasn’t a developer. Then they came for the landlords, and I said nothing, for I wasn’t a landlord. …
FUCK. GOLF.
FUCK. GRASS. IT HAS NO ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE.
HOUSE THE PEOPLE.
This article had us fucking rolling, it reads like a joke news story in a video game. These people are malding so much over their precious golf that they’re stumbling over each other to embarrass themselves about it.
The idea of redeveloping golf courses into housing is much more mature in Singapore, where the government laid out a plan in 2014 for how it will balance the need for housing with golfing.
The wealthy clans can’t live without their golf! This is cultural genocide!
