On Tuesday, officials from the Lands Department entered the three villages of Wang Chau in the New Territories. Escorted by dozens of police officers, they put up notices announcing that the government would requisition the private-owned greenbelt land within three months. Villagers would thus be evicted by early August. This act caught the villagers by surprise, … Continue reading The defence of Wang Chau: Barricades are up, but villagers still hope for talks