For the benefit of Civic Express Blogazine readers, I would like to draw their attention to the recent review by Hemlock of two books: “Uneasy Partners – Conflict between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong” by Leo Goodstadt and “Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong” by myself. …詳盡more…

On January 6, 2006, the LegCo Subcommittee submitted its report on the Phase II study of the West Kowloon Cultural District (“WKCD”) project to the House Committee, after the government announced in October last year a “modified approach” in response to the Phase I report dated July 8, 2005.

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It is pleasing to note that only two weeks after my book “Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong” has hit local bookstores and just a week after a review has appeared in The Weekend Standard, the themes of my book are being echoed amongst the academia.

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Any one who has read Chapter 3 of Report No. 45 of the Director of Audit (http://www.aud.gov.hk/eng/pubpr_arpt/rpt_45.htm)would probably agree that the Director’s findings and comments are not unreasonable. But in all fairness to Leung Chin-Man, he should not be the only one to shoulder all the blame, especially on the main issue of his exercising discretion over whether the Public Transit Terminus (PTT) should count GFA or not on the Grand Promenade site in Sai Wan Ho. In fact the Lands Department (LD) should also take some responsibility here for leaving the issue open to contention in the first place.

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