DDHC 23Rd Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the District Development and Housing Committee (DDHC) Southern District Council (2016-2019) (SDC) Date: 23 September 2019 Time: 2:30 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 LAM Kai-fai, MH (Chairman of DDHC) Dr MAK TSE How-ling, Ada, MH (Vice-Chairlady of DDHC) Mr AU Lap-sing, MH Mr AU Nok-hin Mr CHAI Man-hon Ms CHAN Judy Kapui Mrs CHAN LEE Pui-ying Ms CHEUNG Sik-yung, MH Mr CHU Lap-wai, MH Mr FUNG Se-goun, Fergus Ms LAM Yuk-chun, MH Mr LO Kin-hei Mr TSUI Yuen-wa Ms YAM Pauline Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN Mr LAW Kam-hung Ms LAW Siu-fong Absent with Apologies: Mr CHOI Tsung-mang Ms TAM May-bo, Jeanette Dr WONG Yat-lung, Philip 1 Secretary: Mr LEE Lok-him, Milton Executive Officer (District Council) 2, Southern District Office, Home Affairs Department In Attendance: Mrs MA CHOW Pui-fun, Dorothy, JP District Officer (Southern), Home Affairs Department 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 CHEUNG Wai-chun, William Executive Officer I (District Management), Southern District Office, Home Affairs Department Mr CHOW Man-hong, Mann Senior Town Planner/HK 5, Planning Department Ms TSE Wing-sheung, Doris Senior Estate Surveyor/South (Acting) (District Lands Office, Hong Kong West and South), Lands Department Mr AU YEUNG Wai-ming Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Support) Southern, Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms TENG Ka-yee, Carrie Engineer/1 (South), Civil Engineering and Development Department Ms LO Kit-sheung Housing Manager/HKI7, Housing Department Ms WONG Cho-kwan Engineer/HK (Distribution 3), Water Supplies Department Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 2): Mr KAU Kin-hong, Louis District Planning Officer/Hong Kong, Planning Department Mr CHOW Man-hong, Mann Senior Town Planner/Hong Kong 5, Planning Department Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 3): Mr SO Wing-kin Engineer/Southern 1, Transport Department Attending by Invitation (Agenda Item 4): Mr WAI Kam-fat, Danny Chief Health Inspector (Southern) 1, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department 2 Ms LI Lai-ha, Liz Senior Health Inspector (Cleansing & Pest Control), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Opening Remarks: The Chairman welcomed Members and standing government representatives to the meeting. 2. The Chairman invited Members to note that to facilitate smooth proceeding of the meeting, according to Order 15(3) of the SDC Standing Orders, all persons attending or sitting in the meeting should switch off all devices which might emit sound, and should not use any telecommunications devices for conversation during the course of the meeting. Each Member would be allotted a maximum of two 3-minute slots to speak in respect of each agenda item. According to the Secretary’s estimation, the meeting would finish at 5:10 p.m. at its earliest. Members should inform the Secretariat staff if they had to leave the meeting early. Items for Discussion Agenda Item 1: Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 22nd DDHC Meeting held on 18 July 2019 3. The Chairman said that prior to the meeting, the draft minutes of the aforesaid meeting had been circulated to all Members and relevant government department representatives. The Secretariat had not received any amendment proposals so far. 4. The minutes were confirmed by the Committee. Agenda Item 2: Proposed Amendments to the Approved Pok Fu Lam Outline Zoning Plan No. S/H10/17 (Item raised by Planning Department) (DDHC Paper No. 22/2019) (Ms CHAN Judy Kapui, Mr AU Nok-hin, Mr FUNG Se-goun and Ms YAM Pauline joined the meeting at 2:44 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 2:52 p.m. and 2:57 p.m. respectively.) 3 5. The Chairman welcomed Mr KAU Kin-hong, Louis, District Planning Officer/Hong Kong and Mr CHOW Man-hong, Mann, Senior Town Planner/Hong Kong 5 of the Planning Department (PlanD) to the meeting. 6. The Chairman invited the representatives of PlanD to briefly introduce the paper. 7. Mr Louis KAU said that PlanD submitted the proposed amendments to the Pok Fu Lam Outline Zoning Plan No. S/H10/17 (the OZP) to the Metro Planning Committee (MPC) of the Town Planning Board (TPB) for consideration on 6 September 2019 and MPC agreed that the proposed amendments to the OZP are suitable for public inspection under section 5 of the Town Planning Ordinance. The amendments would be gazetted and exhibited for public inspection on 27 September 2019 for two months. 8. Mr Mann CHOW, with the aid of PowerPoint presentation, briefed Members on the proposed amendments to the OZP, mainly the proposed amendments made to facilitate Cyberport Expansion, deletion of the obsolete alignment of Route 7 and the associated proposed amendments, and some technical amendments to the OZP and its Notes. 9. Mr Paul ZIMMERMAN, Mr CHAI Man-hon, Dr MAK TSE How-ling, MH, Mr LAW Kam-hung, Mrs CHAN LEE Pui-ying and Dr CHU Ching-hong, BBS, JP raised the following comments and enquiries: Proposed Amendment Items (a) Cyberport Expansion (Amendment Item A1): (i) a Member said that according to the Urban Design Guidelines for Hong Kong, it was recommended that the height of buildings in any proposed development along the waterfront should be lower than that of inland buildings to form a building compound with a gradual height profile, thereby minimising obstruction of views caused to inland buildings by those on the waterfront. However, the proposed building height of the Cyberport Expansion was not in line with this recommendation; 4 (ii) a Member commented that the Cyberport Expansion would have an impact on local traffic. However, there was a lack of communication among the Transport Department (TD), the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (HKCMCL), and this Committee/the community. It resulted in discrepancy between the planned traffic improvement works and the residents’ expectations. He hoped that PlanD would explain whether the planned traffic improvement works had already been finalised or consultation was still required; (iii) a Member worried that the provision of a car park and access road at grade would result in a reduction of public open space. He thus requested for provision of the said facilities underground; (b) Pieces of land along the waterfront of Waterfall Bay and its park (Amendment Item B1): (i) a Member enquired whether the redevelopment of Wah Fu Estate would be affected by the rezoning of several pieces of land adjoining the existing Waterfall Bay Park to “Open Space” (“O”); (c) Area to the south of Wah Kwai Estate and Ka Lung Court (Amendment Item B2): (i) a Member welcomed PlanD’s proposal of rezoning the area to the south of Wah Kwai Estate and Ka Lung Court to “O”. This area served as a tree transplanting site during the construction of the South Island Line (East). It was currently under the management of the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) and would be handed over to the Government in 2021. According to the past experience, she anticipated that the Housing Department (HD) would then take up the management of the site. However, she considered that as the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) put a heavier emphasis on the management of park facilities, such as provision of playgrounds for children and fitness equipment for elders, it would be better for LCSD to take up the management of the site. She understood that procedurally, HD might be required to take up the management of the site first after handover of the site to the 5 Government, but she hoped that it would be put under the management of LCSD ultimately; (d) Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel Western Portal (Amendment Item C3): (i) a Member said that the site of the western portal of Hong Kong West drainage tunnel would be rezoned to “Government, Institution or Community” (“G/IC”). She enquired about the actual use of the site; (e) Excision of sea areas along Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay (Amendment Item E): (i) a Member enquired on the reasons for excising the sea areas along Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay from the OZP, for example, whether environmental factors such as changes in the shoreline or reclamation necessitated this amendment; Other Proposed Amendments to the OZP (f) a Member said that SDC had conducted a Consultancy Study for the Promenade from Kennedy Town to Aberdeen and proposed constructing a promenade to connect Kennedy Town and Cyberport. The implementation of the proposal put forth in the consultancy study might be affected by the proposed amendments to the OZP. The Member commented that PlanD should consider the development of the promenade when mapping out the long-term planning for the Southern District. Another Member said that besides the aforementioned consultancy study, funding had been granted under the District Minor Works programme of SDC for conducting a number of works for connecting the waterfront of Pok Fu Lam. He was disappointed that the proposed amendments to the OZP and its Explanatory Statement as well as the papers submitted to the MPC did not reflect SDC’s views on enhancing the connectivity of the waterfront. Nevertheless, he noted that the link between Cyberport Waterfront Park and Sandy Bay was mentioned in paragraph 7.7.2 of the Explanatory Statement of the OZP; (g) a Member said that the obsolete alignment of the Route 7 should have 6 been deleted earlier. The Member commented that the proposed planning design with coastal roads as axes was outdated and therefore supported the amendment.

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