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Appendix II - L Tuen Mun District Summaries of Written/Oral Representations

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O 1 All 1 - Supports the provisional The supporting view is noted. DCCAs recommendations on all DCCAs of the Tuen Mun District.

2 L01– 1 - Holds no objection to the The view is noted. Tuen provisional recommendations. Mun Town Centre

3 L01 – 1 - (a) Proposes to re-delineate the Item (a) Tuen DCCAs of the Tuen Mun This proposal is not accepted Mun District so as to improve the because: Town population deviation and Centre community integrity of (i) according to the proposal Tuen Mun Town Centre made in the representation, L02 – and southeastern part of the population of L02 (Siu Tuen Mun. Details are as Chi) (21 669) will exceed follows: the statutory permissible L03 – upper limit (+30.54%); and On Ting  transfers Villa Tiara from L01 (Tuen Mun Town (ii)the populations of L02 (Siu L04 – Centre) to L02 (Siu Chi); Chi), L03 (On Ting), L04 (Siu Tsui), L05 (Yau Oi  transfers Siu On Court South) and L06 (Yau Oi L05 – from L02 (Siu Chi) to North) will fall within the Yau Oi L03 (On Ting) and then statutory permissible range. South transfers Siu Lun Court According to the established from the latter to L04 working principles, L06 – (Siu Tsui); adjustments to their existing Yau Oi boundaries are not required. North  transfers Oceania Heights from L06 (Yau Oi North) to L04 (Siu

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O L07 – Tsui) so that the latter Tsui will comprise the entire Hing Siu Lun Court, Oceania Heights and Nerine L08 – Cove; and  adjusts the boundaries of L05 (Yau Oi South) and L09 – L06 (Yau Oi North) so King that these two DCCAs Hing will comprise Tsui Ning Garden in L04 (Siu L10 – Tsui), part of Yau Oi Hing Estate in L05 (Yau Oi Tsak South), part of in L06 (Yau Oi L11 – North) and Goodview Garden.

L15 – (b) Objects to the provisional Item (b) Yuet recommendations on This proposal is not accepted Wu dividing Shan King Estate because the populations of L07 into L08 (Shan King) and (), L08 (Shan King), L16 – L09 (), and Tai L09 (King Hing), L10 (Hing Hing Estate into L09 (King Tsak), L15 (), L16 (Siu Hing) and L10 (). Hei), L17 (Wu King), L20 (Lok L17 – Considers that Tsui) and L21 (Lung Mun) will Wu re-delineation of the fall within the statutory King DCCAs concerned can permissible range. According rectify the above situation to the established working L20 – and the problem of having a principles, adjustments to their Lok relatively large population existing boundaries are not Tsui in L11 (San Hui). Details required. of the proposals are as L21 – follows: Lung Mun  deletes L16 (Siu Hei) so as to free up a DCCA for the creation of a new DCCA in the area of . The name of the new DCCA is “Tai Hing”; L. Tuen Mun District - 198 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O  transfers Siu Hei Court and from L16 (Siu Hei) to L17 (Wu King) and L20 (Lok Tsui) respectively, and Marina Garden to L15 (Yuet Wu);

 transfers the area in the west of Lung Mun Road in L20 (Lok Tsui) (including ), and the areas in the north of Wong Chu Road and in the west of Lung Mun Road in L21 (Lung Mun) to L08 (Shan King);

 transfers some of the buildings in L08 (Shan King) to L09 (King Hing) so that the latter will only include Shan King Estate and renames it as “Shan King North”. For L08 (Shan King), renames it as “Shan King South & ”; and

 transfers Chelsea Heights in L07 (Tsui Hing) and the area of Choy Yee Bridge in L11 (San Hui) to L10 (Hing Tsak). Renames L10 (Hing Tsak) as “Choy Yee Bridge”.

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O 4 L01 – 1 - (a) Objects to the transfer of Item (a) Tuen the area of Ming Ngai This proposal is not accepted Mun Street to L11 (San Hui), and because: Town requests that the original Centre boundary of L01 (Tuen (i) based on the 2015 original Mun Town Centre) be DCCA boundary, the L11 – remained unchanged. population of L01 (Tuen San Hui Reasons are as follows: Mun Town Centre) (20 982) will exceed the statutory L15 –  people living in Ming permissible upper limit Yuet Ngai Street, Lee Yuen (+26.41%). In order to Wu Mansion and Mai Kei maintain the population of Building are long-time the DCCA within the L16 – residents who have statutory permissible range, Siu Hei developed strong some buildings in the emotional bonds with DCCA must be transferred L17 – L01 (Tuen Mun Town to the adjacent DCCA; and Wu Centre); King (ii)the delineation  in terms of district and recommendations must be street management, based on objective data of transferring the street to population distribution. L11 (San Hui) is Arrangements on district strange and administration matters or incongruous; community services provided by DC members  retaining the street in are not the relevant factors L01 (Tuen Mun Town of consideration. Centre) will not have any impact on the population distribution of Tuen Mun Town Centre as the population therein is not large. In addition, even if there is an increase in the population of L01 (Tuen Mun Town Centre), it will only increase the workload of the DC member concerned but will have L. Tuen Mun District - 200 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O no impact on the entire Tuen Mun District; and

 the delineation criteria disregard the overall planning of the area and the wishes of the residents. Delineation of DCCAs should not be decided rigidly on the basis of population quota, but the district as a whole.

(b) The total population of the Item (b) three DCCAs, namely L15 This proposal is not accepted (Yuet Wu), L16 (Siu Hei) because the populations of L15 and L17 (Wu King) is (Yuet Wu), L16 (Siu Hei) and 39 406. They should be L17 (Wu King) will fall within grouped into two DCCAs. the statutory permissible range. According to the established working principles, adjustments to their existing boundaries are not required.

5 L02 – 1 - To ensure local integrity and This proposal is not accepted Siu Chi from a long term perspective, because the populations of L02 proposes to: (Siu Chi), L03 (On Ting), L04 L03 – (Siu Tsui), L05 (Yau Oi South) On Ting  transfer Siu On Court from and L06 (Yau Oi North) will L02 (Siu Chi), where the fall within the statutory L04 – population is higher than the permissible range. Siu Tsui population quota by about According to the established 20%, to L03 (On Ting); working principles, adjustments L05 – to their existing boundaries are Yau Oi  transfer part of Siu Lun not required. South Court from L03 (On Ting) to L04 (Siu Tsui); L06 – Yau Oi  transfer Tsui Ning Garden North from L04 (Siu Tsui) to L06 (Yau Oi North); and

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O  transfer Oi Ming House and Oi Hei House from L06 (Yau Oi North) to L05 (Yau Oi South).

6 L07 – 1 - Supports the provisional The supporting view is noted. Tsui recommendations. Hing

L12–

L25 – Po Tin

L28 –

7 L12 – - 1 Agrees to create new DCCAs in The supporting view is noted. So the areas of So Kwun Wat and Kwun Yan Tin Estate. Wat

L28 – Yan Tin

8 L12 – 7 - (a) One representation supports Item (a) So the provisional The supporting view is noted. Kwun recommendations on L14 Wat ().

L13 – (b) Three representations Item (b) Sam propose to transfer Aegean These proposals are not Shing Coast from L14 (Hanford) accepted because according to to L12 (So Kwun Wat) as the proposal made in the L14 – Aegean Coast is representations, the population Hanford geographically situated in of L14 (Hanford) (10 095) will So Kwun Wat. be below the statutory permissible lower limit (-39.18%).

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O (c) One representation Item (c) proposes to transfer The This proposal is not accepted Bloomsway from L12 (So because if The Bloomsway is Kwun Wat) to L14 transferred from L12 (So Kwun (Hanford) as the housing Wat) to L14 (Hanford), the estate is geographically population of L12 (So Kwun closer to L14 (Hanford). Wat) (11 561) will be below the If the proposal will result in statutory permissible lower an insufficient population in limit (-30.35%). If Aegean L12 (So Kwun Wat), then Coast is also transferred from transfer Aegean Coast from L14 (Hanford) to L12 (So L14 (Hanford) to L12 (So Kwun Wat), the population of Kwun Wat). L14 (Hanford) (12 362) will be below the statutory permissible lower limit (-25.53%).

(d) One representation Item (d) proposes to transfer four This proposal is not accepted villages (i.e. Tai Lam because there is no sufficient Chung Tsuen, Luen On San objective information and Tsuen, Tai Lam Wong Uk justification to prove that the and Tai Lam Wu Uk) from proposal made in the L13 () to L12 representation is obviously (So Kwun Wat). Reasons better than the provisional are as follows: recommendations in terms of preserving community identities  makes the populations of and local ties. L12 (So Kwun Wat) and L13 (Sam Shing) to be closer to the population quota, which helps improve population distribution;

 Siu Lam Tsuen, So Kwun Wat Tsuen and Nim Wan Tsuen in L12 (So Kwun Wat) as well as Tai Lam Chung Tsuen and Luen On San Tsuen in L13 (Sam Shing) are all under . L. Tuen Mun District - 203 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Thus, their residents have similar backgrounds and concerns. The proposal can achieve community integrity and cater for the unique needs of the community;

 geographically, Tai Lam Chung Tsuen, Luen On San Tsuen, Tai Lam Wong Uk and Tai Lam Wu Uk as well as So Kwun Wat and Siu Lam, are all located in the north of – Tai Lam. Therefore, designating Castle Peak Road – Tai Lam as the DCCA boundary can better tie in with the geographical environment and the physical features of the area;

 Tai Lam Chung and Siu Lam belonged to the same DCCA in the past. Residents nearby have similar concerns. Hence, the proposal can preserve the original community ties; and

 the proposal only involves changes to two existing DCCAs and has no impact on the major housing estates in the area.

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O (e) One representation objects Item (e) to the provisional This proposal is not accepted recommendations on L12 because: (So Kwun Wat), L13 (Sam Shing) and L14 (Hanford). (i) there is no sufficient To even out the populations objective information and of these DCCAs and reduce justification to prove that the impact on L14 the proposal made in the (Hanford), as well as to take representation is obviously into consideration the better than the provisional preservation of community recommendations in terms integrity and local ties, of preserving community proposes to: identities and local ties; and

 retain the area of Tsing (ii)the delineation Ying Road (i.e. The recommendations must be Bloomsway and Harrow based on objective data of International School population distribution. ) in L14 Arrangements on district (Hanford) so that administration matters or community integrity and community services local ties can be provided by DC members preserved. The are not the relevant factors Bloomsway is close to of consideration. Seaview Garden and Palm Beach in L14 (Hanford). On the contrary, it is separated from the area of Avignon in L12 (So Kwun Wat) by a small hill and Harrow International School Hong Kong, and therefore there is lack of ties; and

 transfer Tai Lam Chung and the villages and residential buildings in the area of Tsing Fat Street in L13 (Sam Shing) to L12 (So Kwun Wat). As L12 (So L. Tuen Mun District - 205 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Kwun Wat) has many villages, transferring the above villages and residential buildings to L12 (So Kwun Wat) will enable the DC member concerned to focus on the village affairs in the area. In addition, as Tai Lam and Siu Lam are close to each other, and both located in the marginal region of the southeastern Tuen Mun, the integration of both places into one DCCA can preserve community integrity and local ties.

(f) One representation Item (f) considers that following the This proposal is not accepted development of the because the delineation southeastern part of Tuen recommendations must be Mun, the nature of Sam based on the population Shing Estate and other distribution and relevant local low-rise private residential factors. It is inevitable that a buildings and the rural area DCCA is composed of more in L13 (Sam Shing) are not than one community. Besides, similar, and proposes to: the proposal made in the representation is not obviously  transfer The Bloomsway better than the provisional and Harrow International recommendations. School Hong Kong from L12 (So Kwun Wat) to L14 (Hanford);

 transfer Sam Shing Estate from L13 (Sam Shing) to L14 (Hanford), and Tai Lam Chung to L12 (So Kwun Wat); and

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Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O from L14 (Hanford) to L13 (Sam Shing). Rename the latter as “Gold Coast”.

9 L25 – 10 - (a) Object to the creation of a Items (a) to (c) Po Tin new DCCA comprising These proposals are not Yan Tin Estate and other accepted because: L28 – villages. Reasons are Yan Tin summarised as follows: (i) upon receipt of the representations, the EAC  the provisional conducted site visit and recommendations have noted that Yan Tin Estate not taken into account and other villages are very the different needs of close to each other; residents in the public housing estates and (ii) the delineation villages; recommendations must be based on the population  forming a DCCA solely distribution and relevant for Yan Tin Estate can local factors. It is effectively safeguard the inevitable that a DCCA is interests of residents, composed of more than one preserve community community; harmony and give appropriate assistance to (iii) arrangements on district the residents; administration matters or community services  the residents of Yan Tin provided by DC members Estate will jeopardise the are not the relevant factors tranquil environment of of consideration for Tze Tin Tsuen; delineation; and

 the residents of Tze Tin (iv) the EACO stipulates that Tsuen do not like being the EAC is responsible for in the same DCCA with drawing up the provisional outsiders; recommendations and to consult the public  the delineation of thereafter. During the DCCAs should not be consultation period, carried out only on the members of the public can basis of population size, express their views on the L. Tuen Mun District - 207 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O but also community provisional integrity and identity; recommendations through different means. The  switching DCCAs causes EAC will consider every confusion to the representation received residents; and during the consultation period objectively before  before formulating the making the final provisional recommendations. recommendations, the EAC did not consult the residents who are now forced to accept them.

(b) Nine representations suggest Yan Tin Estate forming an independent DCCA.

(c) One representation agrees to transfer Hanison Garden, Grand Villa, San Hing Tsuen, Villa Pinada and Yan Tin Estate to L28 (Yan Tin) but suggests that Tze Tin Tsuen be transferred to L25 (Po Tin) because according to the provisional recommendations, the population of L28 (Yan Tin) is slightly higher than the population quota while that of L25 (Po Tin) is lower than the population quota by 7.04%. Transferring Tze Tin Tsuen to L25 (Po Tin) will bring about a more balanced population distribution between L25 (Po Tin) and L28 (Yan Tin). In addition, Tze Tin Tsuen has always belonged to L25 (Po L. Tuen Mun District - 208 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Tin). Minimising changes to the DCCA can maintain its stability and facilitate residents’ adoption.

10 L25 – 1 - Agrees to the provisional This proposal is not accepted Po Tin recommendations in principle because the delineation and suggests transferring Kei recommendations must be L28 – Lun Wai from L25 (Po Tin) to based on objective data of Yan Tin L28 (Yan Tin) because Kei Lun population distribution. Wai is geographically closer to Arrangements on district Yan Tin Estate than Po Tin administration matters or Estate. Besides, this can also community services provided facilitate the provision of by DC members are not the services by DC members. relevant factors of consideration.

11 L25 – 1 - Agrees to create a new DCCA This proposal is not accepted Po Tin in the area of Yan Tin Estate. because the population of L29 In order to even out the (Tuen Mun Rural) will fall L28 – populations of L25 (Po Tin), within the statutory permissible Yan Tin L28 (Yan Tin) and L29 (Tuen range. According to the Mun Rural), proposes to: established working principles, L29 – adjustment to its existing Tuen  transfer Villa Pinada from boundary is not required. Mun L28 (Yan Tin) to L25 (Po Rural Tin); and

 transfer the area of from L29 (Tuen Mun Rural) to L28 (Yan Tin).

12 L28 – 2 - (a) One representation Items (a) and (b) Yan Tin proposes to re-delineate the These proposals are not boundaries of L28 (Yan accepted because the L29 – Tin), L29 (Tuen Mun populations of L29 (Tuen Mun Tuen Rural), L30 () and Rural), L30 (Fu Tai) and L31 Mun L31 (Prime View) so that (Prime View) will fall within Rural community integrity is the statutory permissible range. preserved, small According to the established L30 – communities are not working principles, adjustments Fu Tai isolated and the population to their existing boundaries are distribution of each DCCA not required. L. Tuen Mun District - 209 - L. Tuen Mun District

Item No.* DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O L31 – is more balanced. Details Prime are as follows: View  transfers Napa Valley, Beneville and South Hill Crest from L31 (Prime View) to L30 (Fu Tai);

 transfers Botania Villa and Fuk Hang Tsuen from L30 (Fu Tai) to L29 (Tuen Mun Rural); and

 transfers Tuen Tsz Wai and from L29 (Tuen Mun Rural) to L28 (Yan Tin).

(b) One representation considers that Fu Tai Estate in L30 (Fu Tai) is not closely connected with the rural area in the DCCA. Proposes to transfer the villages of L29 (Tuen Mun Rural) to L28 (Yan Tin) so that L29 (Tuen Mun Rural) has room to absorb the villages of L30 (Fu Tai).