Lawmakers slammed Hong Kong’s tourism chief on Monday, accusing him of mismanaging the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, pointing to its poor transport links and underused facilities.
In response, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung said the government was scheduled to set out an action plan in the first half of 2024 to “elaborate a little more” on future arrangements for the district.
“I think you have handled the entire cruise terminal and the facilities around it quite poorly since you took office,” lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king said at a Legislative Council panel meeting on economic development.
“The government has not made good use of the overall resources. Taxpayers invested a lot of money into the terminal … but Hong Kong people rarely go there because of the inconvenient transport and the closed shopping malls. Why?”
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