Discovery Bay developer submits proposal for full taxi access despite backlash

The developer of Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay has proposed allowing unrestricted taxi access and adding four new ranks in the resort-style seaside community on Lantau Island, submitting a paper to the District Council despite recent resident backlash. In the paper submitted to the Islands District Council, Hong Kong Resort Company said the current lack of point-to-point public transport “severely impacts residents’ daily lives” and that it had received hundreds of messages of support for the...

By Lo Hoi-ying