Villager sues small Hong Kong developer in bid to get two houses built as part of land swap deal for ecologically rich area

An indigenous villager is suing a small developer that agreed to protect one of Hong Kong’s most ecologically rich enclaves through an unprecedented land swap with the government, claiming his family was left out of the development plan after 38 years of waiting. Lee Pak-yan accused Sha Lo Tung Development Company of breach of contract in failing to negotiate any plan to build houses for affected villagers, which he said was part of an agreement in 1979 to turn Sha Lo Tung in Tai Po...