Dr Kenneth Chan, a member of LegCo and of the Civic Party, said he might take the government to court for not telling the public about the small fact that they have given the Chinese army a radar station on top of our highest mountain, Tai Mo Shan, near the Observatory tower, reports the SCMP.
The station is fairly sizeable at 9,300 sq m, and includes a basketball court, to ensure that members of the PLA can relax and shoot some hoops in between doing whatever it is that the military does with a radar station.
The facility is behind fences and as expected, public access is restricted. The SCMP says garrison officers have been seen inside the radar station.
Dr Chan claims that under the Garrison Law, the government and the PLA are required to make public the existence of any military sites and facilities, but the radar site is not listed among the 19 publicly known ones. Dr Chan also said that he could find any public or legal files about the site.
In response, a government spokesperson said that the Garrison Law allows the government to “support the Hong Kong garrison in its performance of defence functions”, and that the disclosure of any details relating to “defence operations” would be “inappropriate”.
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