Minutes of the Third Meeting of Yuen Long District Council in 2018 Date
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The minutes were confirmed on 4 September 2018 without amendment. Minutes of the Third Meeting of Yuen Long District Council in 2018 Date : 26 June 2018 (Tuesday) Time : 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Venue : Conference Room, Yuen Long District Council, 13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long Present Time of Arrival Time of Withdrawal Chairman: Mr SHUM Ho-kit (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Vice-chairman: Mr WONG Wai-shun, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Members: Mr CHAM Ka-hung, Daniel, (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) BBS, MH, JP Ms CHAN Mei-lin (Beginning of the meeting) (4:50 p.m.) Mr CHEUNG Muk-lam (Beginning of the meeting) (3:30 p.m.) Mr CHING Chan-ming (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Ms CHIU Sau-han, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr CHOW Wing-kan (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr KWOK Hing-ping (Beginning of the meeting) (2:55 p.m.) Mr KWOK Keung, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) The Hon KWONG Chun-yu (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LAI Wai-hung (Beginning of the meeting) (11:15 a.m.) Ms LAU Kwai-yung (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LEE Yuet-man, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) The Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, (Beginning of the meeting) (12:15 p.m.) SBS, MH, JP Mr LEUNG Fuk-yuen (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LUI Kin, MH (9:45 a.m.) (6:10 p.m.) The Hon LUK Chung-hung (Beginning of the meeting) (12:15 p.m.) Ms MA Shuk-yin (10:00 a.m.) (End of the meeting) Mr MAK Ip-sing (9:50 a.m.) (4:00 p.m.) Mr MAN Kwong-ming (Beginning of the meeting) (6:05 p.m.) Mr MAN Ping-nam, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (12:15 p.m.) Mr SIU Long-ming (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr TANG Cheuk-him (Beginning of the meeting) (6:00 p.m.) Mr TANG Cheuk-yin (Beginning of the meeting) (3:15 p.m.) Mr TANG Ho-nin (Beginning of the meeting) (5:50 p.m.) Mr TANG Ka-leung (Beginning of the meeting) (6:05 p.m.) Mr TANG Lai-tung (Beginning of the meeting) (12:15 p.m.) Mr TANG Sui-man (Beginning of the meeting) (11:00 a.m.) Mr TANG Yung-yiu, Ronnie (Beginning of the meeting) (2:50 p.m.) Mr TO Ka-lun (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr TSANG Shu-wo (Beginning of the meeting) (6:15 p.m.) Mr WONG Cheuk-kin (9:35 a.m.) (4:50 p.m.) - 1 - Ms WONG Wai-ling (9:40 a.m.) (End of the meeting) Mr WONG Wai-yin, Zachary (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr YIU Kwok-wai (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr YOUNG Ka-on (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Ms YUEN Man-yee (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Secretary: Mr KONG Kwok-piu, Bill Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Yuen Long District Office Assistant Ms WONG Man-ting, Executive Officer I (District Council), Secretary: Mandy Yuen Long District Office In Attendance Mr YUEN Ka-lok, Enoch, JP District Officer (Yuen Long) Mr NG Lak-sun, Nixon Assistant District Officer (Yuen Long) 1 Ms MAK Ka-ying, Carren Assistant District Officer (Yuen Long) 2 Mr CHAN Hon-kwan, Harris Senior Liaison Officer (Rural), Yuen Long District Office Mr NG Kai-tung, Absalom Liaison Officer i/c (Town 1), Yuen Long District Office Mr LAM Chi-keung, Desmond Chief Engineer/West 1, Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr KWONG Ying-wai Chief School Development Officer (Yuen Long), Education Bureau Mr CHEUNG Pui-chung District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Yuen Long), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr LEE Wai-man District Commander (Yuen Long), Hong Kong Police Force Ms YIP Yan-cheung Assistant Police Community Relations Officer Youth Engagement (Yuen Long District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr WONG Wing-hung, Chief Manager/Management (Tuen Mun and Stephen Yuen Long), Housing Department Ms CHAN Suet-ching, District Lands Officer/Yuen Long (District Lands Angela Office, Yuen Long), Lands Department Mr NG Ping-tong, Gordon Administrative Assistant/Lands (District Lands Office, Yuen Long), Lands Department Mr LEE Wai-keung, Ambrose Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Support) Yuen Long, Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr NG Yuk-man, David District Planning Officer (Tuen Mun and Yuen Long West), Planning Department Ms CHU Wing-yin, Diana District Social Welfare Officer (Yuen Long), Social Welfare Department Mr LAM Chi-ming, James Assistant District Social Welfare Officer (Yuen Long)1, Social Welfare Department Ms TAM Lok-yan, Carol Senior Transport Officer/Yuen Long 1, Transport Department - 2 - Item II Mr LIU Chun-san, JP Under Secretary for Development, Development Bureau Ms CHONG Yau-ling, Principal Assistant Secretary (Planning & Christina Lands)6, Development Bureau Mr LAM Chi-man, David Principal Assistant Secretary (Planning & Lands)5, Development Bureau Mr WONG Lap-ki Assistant Secretary (Planning)6, Development Bureau Ms CHIU Lee-lee, Lily Chief Estate Surveyor (Acquisition Section), Lands Department Mr WU Pak-lam Senior Manager/Clearance (Clearance/Headquarter Office), Lands Department Mr YAM Sai-ling Principal Lands Executive/Railway Development & Special Projects (Atg.), Lands Department Mr LAM Chi-keung, Desmond Chief Engineer/West 1, Civil Engineering and Development Department Item III Mr CHOW Bing-kay Senior Engineer/North West, Transport Department Items IV to VII Mr HO Hon-kit, Humphrey Assistant Director/New Buildings 2, Buildings Department Mr TAM A Ray, Albert Chief Structural Engineer/New Territories, Buildings Department Mr CHAN Chau-fat Assistant Director/Railways, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Mr VY Ek-chin Chief Engineer/Railways 1, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Mr WONG Wing-kin, Terry General Manager – Infrastructure Maintenance, MTR Corporation Limited Mr HO Wing-hong Manager – External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Ms LAM Yuen Assistant Public Relations Manager - External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Items VIII to X Mr FU Chuen-fu, Mark Political Assistant to Secretary for Transport and Housing, Transport and Housing Bureau Mr LO Kwok-wah, Kelvin, JP Project Manager/Major Works, Highways Department Mr WAN Cheuk-keung Senior Engineer/Yuen Long Footbridge, Highways Department Mr LAU Shing-cheong Chief Engineer/Land Drainage, Drainage Services Department Mr WONG Hip-lik, Thomas Chief Engineer/Drainage Projects, Drainage Services Department Mr CHOW Bing-kay Senior Engineer/North West, Transport Department - 3 - Absence Mr CHAN Sze-ching Absent with apologies Mr TANG Hing-ip, BBS Absent with apologies * * * * * Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and departmental representatives to the third meeting of the Yuen Long District Council (“YLDC”) in 2018. He congratulated Mr LEUNG Ming-kin on his daughter’s birth on behalf of Members. 2. The Chairman extended a particular welcome to Mr NG Yuk-man, David, the newly appointed District Planning Officer (Tuen Mun and Yuen Long West) of Planning Department, to the meeting. Mr NG replaced Mr LAM Chi-man, David, whom the Chairman thanked for his past assistance to the Council on behalf of the YLDC. The Chairman also extended a particular welcome to Ms YIP Yan-cheung, the newly appointed Assistant Police Community Relations Officer (Yuen Long District) of Hong Kong Police Force, to the meeting and thanked Mr LEE Pak-ho, Beco for his past assistance to the Council on behalf of the YLDC. 3. The Chairman welcomed the following departmental representatives to the meeting: Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Mr LEE Wai-keung, Ambrose Support) Yuen Long, Leisure and Cultural Services Department (Stood in for Mr WONG Shu-yan, Francis, Chief Leisure Manager (New Territories North)) Senior Transport Officer/Yuen Long 1, Transport Ms TAM Lok-yan, Carol Department (Stood in for Mr HUE Ka-yiu, Daniel, Chief Transport Officer/New Territories North West) Assistant District Social Welfare Officer (Yuen Mr LAM Chi-ming, James Long)1, Social Welfare Department ((Stood in for Ms CHU Wing-yin, Diana, District Social Welfare Officer (Yuen Long)) 4. As to the agenda, the Chairman suggested dealing with Items IV to VII together as they were four questions raised by 26 members about the subsidence of the viaduct piers at West Rail Yuen Long Station. The Chairman said following the media report on the subsidence problem of the viaduct piers at West Rail Yuen Long Station on Friday before the meeting, Members hoped that the YLDC would pay due regard to the situation and invite representatives from the Government and MTR Corporation Limited (“MTRCL”) to the meeting for an urgent discussion. Therefore, he agreed to exercise the power under Order 13(1) of the District Council Standing Orders ("Standing Orders") and accepted the above four questions at a short notice. - 4 - 5. Moreover, as agenda items VIII to X were three questions raised by 20 Members about the works project of an elevated footbridge linking West Rail Long Ping Station and Kau Yuk Road in Yuen Long, the Chairman suggested dealing with the items together. The Chairman said five Members had already submitted questions about the elevated footbridge on 4 June. Since matters on pedestrian corridor had all along been followed up by the Traffic and Transport Committee (“T&TC”), the questions should be referred to the T&TC for follow-up. That said, as the Legislative Council Finance Committee (“LegCo FC”) would deliberate the works project of the footbridge on 29 June or later, it might be too late if the matter was discussed at the T&TC meeting on 12 July.