Members pay an entrance fee of about HK$400,000 (S$68,000) and some have been vocal in their opposition to the redevelopment plan, citing ecological, commercial and social reasons to make their case.
Nobody working class is missing out on their golf because of this.
Beijing directly exhorted local officials to fix the problems in the aftermath of the mass protests that rocked the city in 2019, demanding that Hong Kong get rid of so-called cage homes or subdivided apartments by 2049.
Based Beijing.
The decision to build on the golf course also reflects how old business elites in Hong Kong are losing political sway as more staunchly pro-Beijing loyalists gain ground.
When Beijing’s top official for the city visited it in April, he did not meet the real estate developers association, which represents some of the richest families, raising questions over whether the interests of the wealthy clans are even a major concern to the top leadership.
Mr Zeman argued that shrinking the golf course hits at the heart of the way business is done in the city. “A lot of deals are done on the golf course all over the world for business people,” he said.
Fuck off back to your offices and make your deals there you fucking ghouls.
Compromise idea: Build 18 buildings roughly in the footprint of the greens of each hole, and put the golf course on top. Golfers can either take 2 elevators between holes, or walk a tightrope.
That would be fucking sick and golfers would probably fly in from all over just to try it.
hell this would probably get me to play golf and I hate golf
Remove the elevator option and make sure it's in a windy location and I'm sold.
See what you did? Now they're putting a zipline on the rooftop island hopping golf course.
Oh no, oh fuck, you made me want to play golf.
It's okay as long as it uses native and hardy grasses, and you don't burn fossil fuels.
g*lfers are the absolute last group of people we should be compromising with
Death to America
Golfers cannot retain their character wothout golf carts. If they lug their gear and hike from hole to hole, especially up and down stairs, it loses some of its bourgeois character.
fuck golf carts also. get rid of everything related to golf
Death to America
Can't have golf carts without golf
but you CAN have golf without golf carts
I have a better compromise plan
Only golf that is permitted after the revolution will be a driving range with current country club members "playing" as targets
They still get to play the "sport" they love, vocation becomes vacation and so on