Hong Kong official defends U-turn on public flats at Pak Shek Kok rail stop site

A senior Hong Kong official has defended the exclusion of public flats near the proposed site of the Pak Shek Kok rail station, arguing it will not align with the existing private housing already there and that the area lacks the necessary community facilities.
Permanent Secretary for Development Doris Ho Pui-ling stressed on Friday that the revised proposal would not affect the government’s 10-year housing plan.
“We already have sufficient land for our 10-year housing plan, so even without the...