DFMC 22Nd Meeting Minutes
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Southern District Council (2016-2019) (SDC) Minutes of the 22nd Meeting of the District Facilities Management Committee (DFMC) Date : 15 July 2019 (Monday) Time : 5:48 p.m. Venue : SDC Conference Room Present: Dr CHU Ching-hong, BBS, JP (Chairman of SDC) Mr CHAN Fu-ming, MH (Vice-Chairman of SDC) Mr CHU Lap-wai, MH (Chairman of DFMC) Mr CHAI Man-hon (Vice-Chairman of DFMC) Mr AU Nok-hin Ms CHAN Judy Kapui Mrs CHAN LEE Pui-ying Ms CHEUNG Sik-yung, MH Mr FUNG Se-goun, Fergus Ms LAM Yuk-chun, MH Mr LAM Kai-fai, MH Mr LO Kin-hei Dr MAK TSE How-ling, Ada, MH Mr TSUI Yuen-wa Ms YAM Pauline Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN Secretary: Mr CHEUNG Wai-chun, William Executive Officer I (District Management), Home Affairs Department In Attendance: Mrs MA CHOW Pui-fun, District Officer (Southern), Home Affairs Department DFMC 22mins 1 Dorothy, JP Miss CHENG Wai-sum, Sum Assistant District Officer (Southern), Home Affairs Department Ms YIP Wai-see, Priscilla Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Southern District Office, Home Affairs Department Mr CHAN Ip-to, Tony Senior Executive Officer (District Management), Southern District Office, Home Affairs Department Mr MAK Ho Man, Nathan Engineer (1), Home Affairs Department Ms CHOW Ka-yan Architect (Works) 3, Home Affairs Department Ms WAN Chi-ying, Jenny Architect (Works) 6, Home Affairs Department Mr LEE Kit-wai Inspector of Works (Hong Kong), Home Affairs Department Ms MAN Chi-nga, Flora District Leisure Manager (Southern), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr AU YEUNG Wai-ming, Authur Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Support) Southern, Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms ZHAO Yee, Emily Manager (Hong Kong West) Marketing, Programme and District Activities, Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr CHONG Kin-yik, Stanley Principal Estate Officer / Hong Kong West & South (1), District Lands Office / Hong Kong West & South, Lands Department Mr NG Tsz-wing, Ricky Principal Estate Officer / Hong Kong West & South (2), District Lands Office / Hong Kong West & South, Lands Department For agenda item 4: Ms LAU Po-chu, Judy Executive Officer (Planning) 5, Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms AU YEUNG Lai-sze, Jane Senior Project Manager 327, Architectural Services Department Mr FOK Kin-chuen Project Manager 374, Architectural Services Department DFMC 22mins 2 Mr LAU Tak-cheung Architect (Partner), Percy Thomas Partnership (HK) Limited Mr LAU Wai-hung, Terry Project Architect, Percy Thomas Partnership (HK) Limited Ms YU Man-wah, Catherine Project Manager, Percy Thomas Partnership (HK) Limited Mr TSE Kam-chuen Structural Engineer, APT Engineering Consultant Limited Mr YUEN Chi-fai Assistant Structural Engineer, APT Engineering Consultant Limited For agenda item 5: Mr LI Pun-hung Sergeant, Neighbourhood Police Co-ordinator, Western District Police Community Relations Office, Hong Kong Police Force Mr NG Wing-chit Station Commander Ap Lei Chau Fire Station Fire Services Department Opening Remarks: The Chairman welcomed Members and the following government representatives to the meeting: (a) Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) (i) Ms MAN Chi-nga, Flora, District Leisure Manager (Southern); (ii) Mr AU YEUNG Wai-ming, Authur, Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Support) Southern; and (iii) Ms ZHAO Yee, Emily, Manager (Hong Kong West) Marketing, Programme and District Activities; (b) Lands Department (LandsD) (i) Mr CHONG Kin-yik, Stanley, Principal Estate Officer / Hong Kong West & South (1) (District Lands Office / Hong Kong West & South); and (ii) Mr NG Tsz-wing, Ricky, Principal Estate Officer / Hong Kong West & DFMC 22mins 3 South (2) (District Lands Office / Hong Kong West & South) (c) Home Affairs Department (HAD) (i) Mr MAK Ho Man, Nathan, Engineer (1); (ii) Ms CHOW Ka-yan, Architect (Works) 3; (iii) Ms WAN Chi-ying, Jenny, Architect (Works) 6; and (iv) Mr LEE Kit-wai, Inspector of Works (Hong Kong). 2. The Chairman said that to avoid suspending the meeting due to an insufficient quorum, Members should, as far as practicable, advise the Secretary of their early withdrawal before the meeting, and inform the Secretariat staff before leaving the meeting. 3. The Chairman advised that to enhance the efficiency of the meeting, each Member was allotted a maximum of two 3-minute slots to speak in respect of each agenda item. Agenda Item 1: Confirmation of the Minutes of the 21st Meeting held on 23 May 2019 4. The Chairman said that the draft minutes of the above meeting had been circulated to Members for comments before the meeting. The Secretariat had not received any amendment proposals so far. 5. The minutes of the 21st meeting were confirmed by the Committee. Agenda Item 2: Report on the District Free Entertainment Programmes and Other Arts and Cultural Activities in the Southern District organised by the LCSD (DFMC Paper No. 17/2019) 6. Ms Emily ZHAO briefed the meeting on the district free entertainment programmes organised / to be organised by LCSD in the Southern District from May to November 2019 and the two applications for organising programmes jointly with district organisations, as well as the details of other arts and cultural activities held between May to September 2019, as detailed in DFMC Paper No. 17/2019. 7. Ms Emily ZHAO added that regarding the district free entertainment programmes, DFMC 22mins 4 LCSD would act on the previous suggestion from Members by distributing extra copies of flyers to the ward offices of SDC Members in different areas. It was hoped that Members of the constituencies concerned would show their support for and assistance in distributing the flyers. It was noted that the turnout of the three activities under the Community Cultural Ambassador Scheme was lower than expected. The Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble “Along the Silk Road” Touring Concert had to be cancelled due to unsettled weather. The turnout of another activity “Street Dance Theatre ─ Hidden Dragon” Touring Performance was lower than expected because of rain on the event day. As far “I Ain’t Afraid of No Jazz” Touring Concert had an attendance less than expected. It was likely that not many people knew about the art form of Jazz music and the audience were not familiar with the repertoire performed. In this regard, LCSD had reviewed the effectiveness of the activities and the arts group had been suggested to play music which was more familiar to the audience. The arts group had accepted the above suggestion and would make arrangement to take into account audience response in future. 8. Dr MAK TSE How-ling, Ada, MH opined that the concert on Cantonese Operatic Songs only lasted for 2 hours which only allowed four songs and were not enough to satisfy the audience. Peking Opera and Cantonese Opera also faced the same problem. She maintained that LCSD had the responsibility to promote arts and cultural activities and suggested that LCSD consider starting the show earlier for the performances on intangible cultural heritage, such as Cantonese Opera and Cantonese Operatic Songs, in order to introduce the background or special characteristics of the songs during the performance, with a view to making the programmes more meaningful. 9. The Vice-Chairman commended LCSD for having reflected on the reason for lower attendance of its activities. He opined that Jazz music programme had proven to be not satisfactory, in particular, the selection of venue. Under hot weather and strong sunlight in the summer, both audience and the performers had to suffer. He hoped that LCSD could re-consider the selection of venues and explore new performance venues or consider places other than LCSD venues. He observed that busking on the street in general might be even more capable of attracting people than the programmes of high quality or high cost organised by LCSD. Therefore, LCSD was advised to note the above issues and conduct a review. 10. Ms Emily ZHAO responded that the duration of a programme depended on the art form and resources allocation. Each type of art form had a suggested programme length. The duration of Cantonese Operatic Songs or Cantonese Opera was already longer than that of the other types of programmes such as Children’s Theatre. For introduction of information of songs, some art groups would give an introduction to the audience, to help DFMC 22mins 5 them acquire more understanding and knowledge about the art form and background. For performance of Cantonese operatic songs which were relatively familiar to the audience, less time would be devoted to the introduction by the art groups so that more time could be allocated to performance. On selection of venues, apart from organising activities at LCSD venues such as park, LCSD would also arrange for stage performances at other venues like Stanley Promenade, shopping malls or community halls and would choose locations with higher pedestrian flow as far as possible. Some of the performances, however, were performed in places where pedestrian flow might be lower for the purpose of promoting arts to new audiences. Depending on the effectiveness of its activities, LCSD would review the arrangement accordingly. 11. Dr MAK TSE How-ling, Ada, MH did not accept the response of LCSD. She pointed out that she did take part in some activities in the capacity as one of the audience but had not noticed any characteristics of the arrangement. She opined that the master of ceremony was not performing well as only the names of songs, singer, theme and set tunes were mentioned, without touching on the cultural inheritance, the characteristics of the excerpt as well as the hand movements, etc. She was very disappointed at LCSD’s work on cultural promotion. Apart from the Southern District, LCSD should also put more effort into the activities held in other districts so as to improve cultural promotion.