More villagers evicted from land earmarked for Northern Metropolis

Hong Kong authorities have evicted more residents from a village in the New Territories to make way for the Northern Metropolis megaproject, with one family…

Hong Kong authorities have evicted more residents from a village in the New Territories to make way for the Northern Metropolis megaproject, with one family complaining they only received the notice to move out last month.

Dozens of police officers, Lands Department staff members, security guards and workers from the contractors gathered at Yik Yuen Tsuen in Tuen Mun’s Lam Tei on Wednesday morning.

They used barriers to block passageways leading to some village houses, with a few officers stationed at the entrances.

Taylor Li and his family were among the villagers bidding farewell to their homes. Li said he was born and raised in the village, where his parents had settled in 1985.

They had been preparing to move out since April, when they were notified to leave in mid-May, he said.

“The government first mentioned taking back the area roughly 10 years ago. But it never gave us an exact move-out date until last month. We didn’t even know if we should fix our water leakage issues or change our electrical appliances because authorities dragged the process on for so long,” Li, who is in his thirties, said.

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