Hong Kong drops appeal over court ruling blocking golf-course flats
Hong Kong authorities will not appeal a Court of Appeal decision that upheld the removal of environmental approval for a plan to build 12,000 public flats on part of the city’s oldest golf course. The decision leaves the project in serious doubt, according to the South China Morning Post.
Hong Kong authorities have decided not to appeal a court ruling that cast doubt on plans to build 12,000 public flats on part of the city’s oldest golf course, the South China Morning Post reports. The Court of Appeal upheld an earlier decision revoking the project’s environmental approval. The government had planned to construct the public housing on part of the golf course, but the loss of that approval has disrupted the proposal.
Authorities said on Thursday that they had chosen not to pursue a further appeal after considering legal advice “holistically” following the Court of Appeal’s decision. The decision not to appeal leaves the housing project in serious doubt. The supplied material does not say whether the government will seek a revised approval, change the development plan or identify another site for the flats.
It also provides no details about the court’s reasoning beyond the fact that the environmental approval was overturned and that the appeal court upheld that outcome.
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