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E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 53 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Appendix II - E Yau Tsim Mong District Summaries of Written/Oral Representations Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O 1 All DCCAs 1 - (a) Objects to the delineation of Items (a), (b) and (c) E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui West), These proposals are not accepted E02 (Jordan South), E03 because: (Jordan West), E04 (Yau Ma Tei South), E05 (Charming), (i) overall speaking, proposals E07 (Fu Pak), E09 (Cherry), made in the representation will E16 (Yau Ma Tei North), E17 affect E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui (East Tsim Sha Tsui & King’s West), E10 (Tai Kok Tsui Park), E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui South), E11 (Tai Kok Tsui Central) and E19 (Jordan North), E14 (Mong Kok East) North) and proposes to and E15 (Mong Kok South). re-delineate the above DCCAs. The projected population of Details are as follows: these DCCAs will fall within the statutory permissible range. E07 (Fu Pak) and E09 (Cherry) According to the established retains the Hermitage in E07 working principles, adjustment (Fu Pak) because transferring to their existing boundaries is the Hermitage from E07 (Fu not required. Therefore, the Pak) to E09 (Cherry) would number of affected DCCAs undermine the community ties under the proposals made in between the Hermitage and the the representation will be more Park Avenue. These two than that in the EAC’s housing estates are managed recommendations; and developed by the same developer and their residents (ii) after the proposed adjustments, also share the shopping centre the projected population of and other facilities. E02 (Jordan South), E03 (Jordan West), E04 (Yau Ma E07 (Fu Pak) and E05 Tei South), E05 (Charming), (Charming) E07 (Fu Pak), E12 (Tai Nan), transfers Hoi Fu Court from E16 (Yau Ma Tei North) and E07 (Fu Pak) to E05 E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & (Charming) because Hoi Fu King’s Park) will exceed or fall Court and Charming Garden short of the statutory are both Home Ownership permissible upper/lower limit: Scheme estates sharing the use of Hoi Wang Road, and adjusts E02:10,231, -39.69% the south boundary of E05 E03:25,409, +49.78% (Charming) to Lai Cheung E04:12,545, -26.05% Road. * W: Number of written representation O: Number of oral representation E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 54 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O E05 (Charming) and E16 (Yau E05:22,786, +34.32% Ma Tei North) E07:11,520, -32.09% transfers the buildings from the E12:21,382, +26.04% east of Ferry Street to Canton E16:23,590, +39.06% Road in E05 (Charming) to : E16 (Yau Ma Tei North) E17 10,419, -38.58% because the living circle of these buildings is different (iii) there is a view supporting the from that of Charming Garden. delineation proposal for E03 On the contrary, the living (Jordan West) (Please see item circle of these building is (5)); and closer to that of Dundas Street and Shanghai Street. The (iv) taking into account the proposal would also increase population distribution and the population and area of E16 geographical factors, it is (Yau Ma Tei North). inevitable that a DCCA is formed by more than one E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) and community. E16 (Yau Ma Tei North) in order to balance the population of E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) and E16 (Yau Ma Tei North), and having considered that the area in the north of Waterloo Road is far away from the community facilities of E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) resulting in a relatively weaker community tie, it is proposed to use Waterloo Road as the boundary of these two DCCAs. E03 (Jordan West) and E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) transfers the Coronation from E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) to E03 (Jordan West) because its nearby facilities (e.g. bus stops) are situated in E03 (Jordan West). Besides, changes the east boundary of E03 (Jordan West) to Nathan Road, Ning Po Street and Temple Street and renames this DCCA as “Jordan North”. E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 55 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & King’s Park) since E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui and King’s Park) is separated by Gascoigne Road so a weak community tie, proposes to re-delineate E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & King’s Park) by covering King’s Park Hill and the area in the east of Nathan Road to Diocesan Girls’ School of E19 (Jordan North). This DCCA is to be renamed as “King’s Park”. E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui Central) comprises East Tsim Sha Tsui of E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & King’s Park) and the area in the south of Austin Road to Cameron Road (excluding the buildings alongside Hillwood Road and those near Nathan Road to Austin Avenue) of E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui Central). This DCCA is to be renamed as “Tsim Sha Tsui East”. E19 (Jordan North) comprises the area around Jordan Road, Temple Street, Ning Po Street and Nathan Road of E19 (Jordan North), the areas in the north of Kowloon Park to Jordan Road and Fortune Terrace of E02 (Jordan South), the buildings alongside Hillwood Road and the areas around Kowloon Cricket Club, United Services Recreation Club and Gun Club Hill Barracks of E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui Central). The code and name of this DCCA are to be changed to E02 “Jordan South”. E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 56 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O E02 (Jordan South) after the above adjustments, this DCCA would comprise the remaining part of the existing E02 (Jordan South) and E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui Central) as well as China Hong Kong City of E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui West) and the southern area of China Hong Kong City. The code and name of this DCCA are to be changed to E19 “Tsim Sha Tsui South”. E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui West) after the above adjustments, set up a separate DCCA comprising the remaining part of the existing E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui West), which covers the area from Kowloon Station to Canton Road and Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station. (b) Proposes to delineate E06 (Mong Kok West), E13 (Mong Kok North), E14 (Mong Kok East) and E15 (Mong Kok South) according to the main roads, such as Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok Road, Argyle Street and Nathan Road so as to allocate the community facilities in the district properly and balance the population of the DCCAs concerned. The proposed coverage of the DCCAs concerned is as follows: E06 (Mong Kok West) includes the areas in the east of Ferry Street to Nathan Road, and the south of Argyle Street to Dundas Street. E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 57 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O E13 (Mong Kok North) includes the areas in the east of Tong Mi Road to Nathan Road, and the south of Prince Edward Road West to Argyle Street. E14 (Mong Kok East) includes the areas in the east of Nathan Road and Sai Yee Street to the District Boundary, and the south of Boundary Street to Mong Kok Road and Argyle Street. E15 (Mong Kok South) includes the areas in the east of Nathan Road to Sai Yee Street, District Boundary and Tung Choi Street, and the south of Mong Kok Road and Argyle Street to Dundas Street and Soy Street. (c) Having considered the development history and background of Mong Kok to Tai Kok Tsui, proposes to delineate E10 (Tai Kok Tsui South) and E11 (Tai Kok Tsui North) by Tai Kok Tsui Road and rename these two DCCAs as “Tai Kok Tsui West” and “Tai Kok Tsui East” respectively. The boundary of E12 (Tai Nan) is then adjusted accordingly. The proposed coverage of the DCCAs concerned is as follows: E10 “Tai Kok Tsui West” includes the areas in the east of Sham Mong Road to Tai Kok Tsui Road, the south of Chui Yu Road to Li Tak Street, and Tai Chi Factory E. Yau Tsim Mong District - 58 - E. Yau Tsim Mong District Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s views No. W O Building. E11 “Tai Kok Tsui East” includes the areas in the east of Tai Kok Tsui Road to Tong Mi Road, and the south of Tung Chau Street to Anchor Street. E12 (Tai Nan) includes the areas in the east of Tung Chau Street to Nathan Road, the south of Boundary Street to Prince Edward Road West, and Cheung Fung Mansion. (d) Supports the provisional Item (d) recommendation on E08 The supporting view is noted. (Olympic) in Tai Kok Tsui as it is in line with the EAC’s statutory criteria and working principles. 2 E01- 1 - Disagrees with the delineation of This proposal is not accepted Tsim Sha E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui West), E02 because: Tsui West (Jordan South), E16 (Yau Ma Tei North), E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & (i) overall speaking, the proposal E02- King’s Park) and E18 (Tsim Sha made in the representation will Jordan Tsui Central). In order to affect E01 (Tsim Sha Tsui South integrate people of different West). The projected economic backgrounds and achieve population of this DCCA will E16 – a fairer allocation of resources and fall within the statutory Yau Ma Tei services, proposes to revise the permissible range. North boundaries of the DCCAs According to the established concerned as follows: working principles, adjustment E17 – to its existing boundary is not East Tsim E16 (Yau Ma Tei North) required.