Golf Course or Housing? A Patch of Green Divides Hong Kong

On an autumn afternoon at the Hong Kong Golf Club, hundreds of dogs — pugs, Pomeranians, Shiba Inus — strolled the verdant grounds with their owners in tow, enjoying rare access to the range that charges new members a $2 million entry fee. But these impeccable greens, in the northern reaches of Hong Kong, have become an unlikely battleground. The Hong Kong Golf Club has been fighting a government proposal to carve out less than one-fifth of its 172 acres of land and redevelop it for public housing. The open…