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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.

sicko-charging

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.

party-sicko

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.

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[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago
[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

Wtf why is there even a golf course in the first place

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[-] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

unfathomably based

Death to America

[-] aurelian@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Wait what entrance fee of $68,000! That can't possibly be an entrance fee but it has to be a yearly subscription or something right?

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Probably the admission fee to the country club attached to the greens. There'll be a much more "reasonable" annual fee (maybe $10k) and maybe greens fees per game.

Private clubs and country clubs do this to keep poor people out.

[-] StalinForTime@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Gods be praised

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago
[-] RuthlessCriticism@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Why is it that the Seattle 'leftists' can't do something like this?

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[-] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

absolutely idiotic to waste any space in the most dense commercial real estate on earth on fucking golf. Go fly to the mainland if you want to play golf dickheads, they at least have land to spare

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago
[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Lmao the business ghouls have zero case and the angry British vacationers can kick rocks

[-] Annakah69@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago
[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago
[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

You will take safe transportation. You will walk in the park. You WILL NOT live in the pod. And you WILL be happy. nineteeneightyfour

NOOOOO

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Chuds are unironically whinging about 15 minute cities so... yeah, this exactly.

[-] sicklemode@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago
[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Hong Kong's real estate situation is unique, to be sure, but I really hope I start seeing more of this kind of thing elsewhere.

It's not that I actually want to see more buildings everywhere. But there are tons of areas with a constant housing crisis. The rich have made sure that policies are in place where they can continue to sit on properties and keep rents high indefinitely while the majority suffer. Maybe new development needing to encroach on their precious rich people spaces could make a difference.

....lol probably not.

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile Denmark is building a new island for the rich and the speculants. It's gonna fuck everything up and there's no reason to do it. They need to build a new road to support all the trucks delivering polluted dirth thats to be dumped into the ocean. This isdespite everybody being against it AND it being illegal. We just got cod back into the baltic deeper-sadness I wanna move to Beijing.

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