{"id":100761,"date":"2016-09-20T09:17:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T01:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=100761"},"modified":"2016-09-20T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T01:17:59","slug":"row-housing-plan-dims-leung-re-election-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/row-housing-plan-dims-leung-re-election-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Row over housing plan dims Leung re-election hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revelation that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was personally involved in a controversial decision to scale down a public housing project in Wang Chau in Yuen Long is poised to deal a severe blow to his re-election bid. Will it be the last straw on the back of the camel? You bet.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, a spokesman of Leung\u2019s office confirmed his boss had chaired a cross-departmental group meeting on the Wang Chau project in 2013.<\/span> The spokesman claimed Leung, since taking office in 2012, \u201chas been chairing cross-departmental meetings almost every week, to push forward and coordinate the work of more than 20 medium and long-term land development projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

No details of the 20-odd projects were given.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By Chris Yeung Revelation that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was personally involved in a controversial decision to scale down a public housing project in Wang Chau in Yuen Long is poised to deal a severe blow to his re-election bid. Will it be the last straw on the back of the camel? You bet. 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