News: The government has admitted that it once considered whats now been deemed an #UN feasible plan to build a mini-Hong Kong in #Guangdong province, to construct homes for the poor and the elderly, and to relocate space-intensive ind #US tries like recycling. A front-page story in the Apple Daily Newspaper cited confidential government documents as saying that the chief executive had ordered officials to look into a proposed 100-square kilometre Hong Kong Garden, in the district of Nansha in Guangzhou, and the island of Hengqin in Zhuhai. The report said the land would be leased #UN til 2047 -- to accomodate public ho #US ing, elderly homes -- and provide needed space for columbaria, and recycling facilities. Residents there would receive similar education and medical services similar to Hong Kong, and the area would even adopt the SARs legal and #tax systems. The government first responded by saying it had no plans to lease any land in either location; nor has it floated such an idea to a committee on economic cooperation with the #China #CCP that was formed last October. Then, hours later, it issued a seperate release admitting matters pertaining to cooperation with the Pearl River Delta had been disc #US sed internally. The spokesman added that a subsequent study fo #UN d ideas such as leasing land from #Guangdong , and implementing local laws in the #China #CCP, to be #UN feasible. . #hk #hknews
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:55:10 +0000
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