A senior Hong Kong official has defended the exclusion of public flats near the proposed site of the Pak Shek Kok rail station, arguing it will not align with the existing private housing already there and that the area lacks the necessary community facilities.Permanent Secretary for Development Doris Ho Pui-ling stressed on Friday that the revised proposal would not affect the government’s 10-year housing plan.“We already have sufficient land for our 10-year housing plan, so even without the public housing originally proposed at this site, it will not affect our supply,” she said, referring to the government’s target to build 420,000 flats, including 294,000 for public housing, by 2036.
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FRI · 2026-07-10 · 05:32 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0710-91846
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Hong Kong official defends U-turn on public flats at Pak Shek Kok rail stop site
Hong Kong's Permanent Secretary for Development, Doris Ho Pui-ling, defended the decision to exclude public housing from the proposed Pak Shek Kok rail station site. She stated on Friday that the area's existing private housing and lack of community facilities made it unsuitable for public flats.
Kristen CheungSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-10 · 05:32 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Hong Kong's Permanent Secretary for Development, Doris Ho Pui-ling, defended the decision to exclude public housing from the proposed Pak Shek Kok rail station site. She stated on Friday that the area's existing private housing and lack of community facilities made it unsuitable for public flats. Ho emphasized that this revised proposal would not impact the government's 10-year housing plan, which aims to build 420,000 flats, including 294,000 for public housing, by 2036. She assured that sufficient land is already secured to meet these targets, even without developing this specific site for public housing.
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Government aims to build 420,000 flats, including 294,000 for public housing, by 2036.
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Revised proposal will not affect the government's 10-year housing plan.
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Exclusion of public flats is due to misalignment with existing private housing and lack of community facilities.
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Hong Kong official defends exclusion of public flats near Pak Shek Kok rail station site.
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