Hong Kong must scrap housing plan and preserve golf course
Court ruling shows building housing on the Old Course makes no sense as city strives to become a leading host of international sporting events
This is better than pursuing a further attempt to persuade the courts to uphold a fatally flawed process. Now, a broader review of the plans can be undertaken in light of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in favour of the Hong Kong Golf Club.
There are many lessons to be learned from the affair. The Court of First Instance found in 2024 that the process by which the EIA report was prepared and approved was littered with errors and breaches of the law. Almost all of those findings were endorsed by the Court of Appeal.
