【明報專訊】Tai Long Sai Wan residents
Residents of the village are worried that the incorporation plan will harm their right to build ''small houses'' (丁屋) in the area. One villager criticises the plan, saying it will mean the ''destruction'' of the village.
Lau Wong-fat, who represents the villagers, argues that the British colonial government promised them that their place wouldn't be made country park land. He says the government's incorporation plan constitutes a breach of faith as well as an infringement of Article 44 of the Basic Law, which is aimed at protecting the interests of NT indigenous inhabitants (新界原居民).
The government
Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing (環境局長黃錦星) says the majority of Hong Kong people support the incorporation plan. He says the government respect villagers' land entitlements (土地權益), which he says the plan will not affect.
Environmental groups
A coalition of environmental groups, made up of WWF Hong Kong, Friends of the Earth, Green Sense etc, has issued a joint statement expressing support for the plan. It says the veto of the proposals will set a bad precedent, leaving HK country park enclaves at the mercy of reckless ''development''.
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