Activists from four environmental protection groups yesterday jointly submitted a petition, addressed to Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On, urging the government to announce a concrete redevelopment plan for Coloane’s Lai Chi Vun Village, whichis known for its traditional shipyards.

Speaking to reporters after handing the petition to an official outside Government Headquarters, Joe Chan Chon Meng, who heads the Macau Green Students Union, said he wondered whether the government was planning to pave the way for the massive development of commercial projects in the village and its adjacent areas, as it appeared to be rushing the demolition of shipyards in the village without any development plans for the plots.

Accompanied by activists from three other environmental protection groups, Macau Green Students Union Chairman Joe Chan Chon Meng (second right) hands their joint petition to an official (first right) outside Government Headquarters yesterday. The slogans urged the government to announce a development plan for Lai Chi Vun Village and to clarify the status of the suspended Coloane Hill construction project, as well as to come up with a timetable for the setting-up of environmental protection areas in Coloane. Photo: Tony Wong

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