Speaking while taking nine legislators on a tour of the site on Tuesday, Wu said no laws stopped developments that might block another building's views, adding he would launch a judicial review should the Town Planning Board reject his application next month.

Hopewell Holdings intends building the SAR's largest hotel on a site fronting Kennedy Road and Ship Street. Some residents oppose it, saying the harbor and Kowloon views from Bowen Road will disappear behind the 93-storey, 2,000-room two-tower hotel.

``Show me which ordinance says that Bowen Road has got to be protected,'' Wu said.

If the attempt to sue the government failed, a judicial review would be launched, the Hopewell Holdings chairman said.

If the board rejected the development application, it would show the government was not acting in accordance with town planning laws, he added.

Hopewell owns 5,707 square metres of the 12,225 sqm area the board considers one site. Almost 5,100 sqm is public slopes, the remainder streets and lanes.

Wu said he wants the board to follow its established practise and exchange the slopes for other areas surrounding the site, which would then be developed into ``public open space.''

Kennedy Road Protection Group spokesman Roger Emmerton, whose property nears the site, said there is no specified plot ratio for the Mega Tower site, which is zoned a comprehensive development area.

The Town Planning Board decides the plot ratio, be it as low as three times or up to 20 times, but board members must first examine their own planning guidelines.