Hundreds of security guards and police officers were deployed on Tuesday to evict about 20 residents from a Hong Kong village as part of the government’s Northern Metropolis blueprint, despite residents saying their concerns remain largely unresolved.
The operation by the Lands Department on Tuesday sparked heated confrontations with Tin Sam Tsuen villagers, who lived in properties built under the small-house policy.
They argued that the government had yet to provide satisfactory compensation and relocation packages.
At 9am, hundreds of security guards in reflective vests gathered at the village in Hung Shui Kiu. Half an hour later, lands officials confronted residents at a steel gate leading to a cluster of eight houses.
Some villagers said compensation offers for their homes fell below market rates, while others claimed they had not been offered any relocation or compensation packages.
The village sits within the planned Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area, earmarked as a high-end professional services and logistics hub under the Northern Metropolis megaproject.
