A player lines up a shot at Hong Kong Golf Club. The 172 hectares of parkland, forest and beautiful open spaces for numerous kinds of passive recreation, as well as local and international golfing events, is leased from the government. Photo: Dickson Lee
A player lines up a shot at Hong Kong Golf Club. The 172 hectares of parkland, forest and beautiful open spaces for numerous kinds of passive recreation, as well as local and international golfing events, is leased from the government. Photo: Dickson Lee
Jason Wordie
Opinion

Opinion

Then & Now by Jason Wordie

Hong Kong’s leader wants good stories to tell. Hong Kong Golf Club is one, as part of the city’s wonderful countryside. So don’t build housing on it

  • Building public housing on part of Hong Kong Golf Club would deprive Hong Kong of multiple economic and social benefits and rob future generations
  • It is in the Hong Kong public’s interest – and that of the Chinese nation as defined by Xi Jinping’s ‘ecological civilisation’ call – to retain this parkland

Jason Wordie
Jason Wordie

Updated: 1:39pm, 27 Jun, 2023

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A player lines up a shot at Hong Kong Golf Club. The 172 hectares of parkland, forest and beautiful open spaces for numerous kinds of passive recreation, as well as local and international golfing events, is leased from the government. Photo: Dickson Lee
A player lines up a shot at Hong Kong Golf Club. The 172 hectares of parkland, forest and beautiful open spaces for numerous kinds of passive recreation, as well as local and international golfing events, is leased from the government. Photo: Dickson Lee
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