Macau should lead Hengqin’s development

I have always wondered why Hengqin Island was left undeveloped for centuries. The land is obviously uneven and lumpy, which makes it harder to build there. Until the 1980s, Zhuhai was little more than a fishermen’s village, with plenty of space available in the mainland.
It’s also an historical fact that Hengqin Island – or Mountain Island, as the Portuguese prefer to call it – has been involved in what could be deemed a “soft territorial dispute.” By soft, I want to emphasise that nobody was hurt in the process of fighting for the island’s sovereignty; that is, if the deaths caused by the pirates that swarmed the island during the 19th century are not taken into account.
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Ilha da Montanha/Hengqin (foto PB)