Yacht tourism, yacht tourism, and more yacht tourism

RTHK reports…

Officials are planning to turn a typhoon shelter in southern Hong Kong into a marina equipped with recreational facilities and residential housing in a bid to promote yacht tourism.

The Development Bureau on Wednesday said it expects to launch a tendering exercise next year to seek developers to construct the marina in the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter expansion area.

In a paper submitted to Southern District Council, the authorities said the planned 11-hectare marina could offer 200 berths.

The other part of the proposal includes turning a 1.16-hectare site around Po Chong Wan into residential units as well as other facilities for services such as food and beverage and yacht maintenance “to make better use of the piece of land”.

…The shelter area is among three proposed locations outlined in the chief executive’s policy address to boost yacht tourism.

The other two are the former Lamma quarry area and the Hung Hom harbourfront.

Even assuming that Hong Kong needs ‘yacht tourism’ – do we really need three marinas? As for the housing, it will of course be of the luxury sort.

How is Mark Clifford’s book on Jimmy Lai ‘seditious’? The Standard quotes a source…

…The seized biography of Lai allegedly disregards facts by glorifying Lai’s actions in colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security, attacks Hong Kong’s judicial personnel, misrepresents the government’s detention arrangements for Lai, and deliberately vilifies Hong Kong and the mainland in an attempt to incite sedition among Hong Kong residents.

Have the authorities detected any evidence of the book inciting any sedition among Hong Kong residents? Is it criminal to ‘disregard facts’, ‘glorify’ someone’s actions, criticize judges or prisons, or ‘vilify’ places?