(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-11 16:42

Donald Trump gestures to photographers at the Aberdeenshire Council inquiry into his plans for a golf resort, Aberdeen, northeast Scotland on June 10, 2008.[Agencies]

Donald Trump argued his case yesterday for the construction of a 1 billion-pound ($2 billion) golf resort on a stretch of coast in northeast Scotland after months of acrimony between the billionaire developer and local residents.

Trump faced a panel of planners and environmentalists' lawyers in a public inquiry in Aberdeen. He wants to build the "world's greatest golf course" at the Menie Estate, 19 kilometers north of the oil town. But plans to create a course on a legally protected site of scientific interest have been met with opposition from local environmentalists and the landowner.