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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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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

citing ecological reasons to make their case

motherfucker golf courses are already an affront to god and nature

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 44 points 2 years ago

“It is wrong in today’s climate” to take back part of the golf course, he added, at a time when Hong Kong desperately wants to attract businesses and people from overseas.

michael-laugh Nice fucking word choice, climate, yeah, that's the word I wanna use.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

I'd also be okay with someone calling their bluff and turning the thing into a nature reserve or park.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

raising questions over whether the interests of the wealthy clans are even a major concern to the top leadership.

ughhhh this fucking wording

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do these communists even care about the ultra-wealthy? Is a great line and we should say it more

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

First they came after the developers, and I said nothing, for I wasn't a developer. Then they came for the landlords, and I said nothing, for I wasn't a landlord. ...

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

oh no I said something: lol, lmao even

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[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I knew a guy who was complaining that the Chinese state seized his capital investments. He did not like it when I tried to explain that expecting the communist party to look after your capital and then getting mad when they take it is not reasonable

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

But also good and I'm glad he's mad

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Bro do you even care about the super wealthy?!

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago

This article had us fucking rolling, it reads like a joke news story in a video game. These people are malding so much over their precious golf that they're stumbling over each other to embarrass themselves about it.

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The idea of redeveloping golf courses into housing is much more mature in Singapore, where the government laid out a plan in 2014 for how it will balance the need for housing with golfing.

The wealthy clans can't live without their golf! This is cultural genocide!

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

balance the need for housing with golfing

ah yes those famously equal needs

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This article has me rock hard.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago

I've conferred with my colleagues at the Vocel Halls of Justice and we are prepared to give special dispensation. This time.

volcel-judge

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[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If there is one flaw in this beautiful story, it's that they aren't reclaiming enough to prevent people from playing golf there entirely sicko-wistful

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago

This is what I mean when I say "free Hong Kong"

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

China attaining levels of winning that no mere liberal could have imagined

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

Anarchists left-unity-2 socialists

     "Fuck golf."
[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

Today my inner china struggle session has decided china good

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, they must be yearning for freedom right now.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Please President Biden, my billionaires yearn for golf courses.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would be fucking sick and golfers would probably fly in from all over just to try it.

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[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

This fucking rules.

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

xigma-male the golfing will stop

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see you tankies are cheering on another genocide against a minority group in China. This is erasure of millionaire and billionaire culture, and you Russian CCP whataboutism bots are cheering for it!

siiiiiigh... tommy need drinky

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[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

citing ecological

You don't understand, this unnatural gras monoculture is very important for the environment!!

[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

unfathomably based

Death to America

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago
[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

xi-gun The golf course provides too little cover for a properly sporting billionaire hunt roast-adolf

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

First they came for the golf courses, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a golf course.

[–] aurelian@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Golf and it's consequences have been disastrous for the human race.

...but jokes aside fuck golf!!!! I will never understand the appeal of that "sport". My grandparents used to watch it on TV religiously and It blows my mind.

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