CE: Public housing near airport to proceed

Chief Executive Chui Sai On has pledged that the planned plot for public housing near the airport will proceed.
Shortly before he left for Beijing on Wednesday, Chui remarked that he would be speaking with Chinese officials over the SAR’s marine development. The Central Government granted the region jurisdiction over 80 square kilometers of sea water nearly a year ago.
Chui assured that the public housing project would progress despite the strong opposition from the Urban Planning Committee, which fears that the large-­scale projects would harm the surrounding environment.
Back in June, when the La Scala land plot was recovered, authorities promised to turn it into a public housing estate with government facilities.
“First of all, we need to lay out an overall plan. The SAR government has already launched a study into the use of the region’s waters in the medium to long run, ranging between 2016 and 2036,” he told the press, as cited by TDM.
Meanwhile, in response to legislators’ suggestions of scrapping the Light Rail Transit planned for the Macau peninsula, Chui again said the government was “extensively asking for opinions on it.”
The CE believes the decision will be announced by the end of this year.
“There must be a final decision, yet it will have to be scientifically grounded and based on citizens’ opinions,” Chui highlighted.