Government Golfs Around the Rules The Court of Appeal's decision to uphold conditional approval for building 12,000 flats on part of Hong Kong's oldest golf course is a setback for the government's push to boost public housing supply.
However, it also provides an opportunity to reexamine the relationship between urban planning and conservation in one of the world's most densely populated cities. The case revolves around the development of 9.
5 hectares of land at the Fanling golf course, which was taken back from the Hong Kong Golf Club three years ago.