Finial/Executive Council Scheme
On 18 December 2007, the Executive Council of Hong Kong approved the construction of the east section of South Island Line. A total of five stations will be built. The railway will be seven kilometers long, and takes 10 minutes to travel from South Horizons Station to Admiralty Station. The railway will be medium capacity system and cost HK$10 billion, which is 42% more than the original estimate of HK$7 billion back in 2006. Comparing with previous schemes, Wan Chai Station will not be built, while the construction of Happy Valley Station is under negotiation between MTR Corporation and Hong Kong Jockey Club. It has also been suggested to rename the station to "Racecourse Station"; however, that name is already used by another existing station on the East Rail Line. The construction of the west section of South Island Line has not been confirmed yet.
In June 2011 a resident of the South Horizons private residential estate at Ap Lei Chau filed suit against the government (including the chief executive, Transport Department, and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau) in the High Court to block the construction of the South Island Line. His suit alleged that the dust resulting from the construction of the line would cause harm to trees, and that the importation of large numbers of mainland and South Asian construction workers posed a threat to public safety.
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