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Minutes of the 23rd Meeting of the 4th Wan Chai District Council
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Date: 7 July 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 2:30 p.m. Venue: District Council Conference Room, Wan Chai District Office,
21/F Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, H.K.

Present Chairperson

Mr SUEN Kai-cheong, SBS, MH, JP

Vice-Chairperson

Mr Stephen NG, BBS, MH, JP

Members

Ms Pamela PECK Ms Yolanda NG, MH Ms Kenny LEE Ms Peggy LEE Mr Ivan WONG, MH Mr David WONG Mr CHENG Ki-kin Dr Anna TANG, BBS, MH Ms Jacqueline CHUNG Dr Jeffrey PONG

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Representatives of Core Government Departments

Ms Angela LUK, JP Ms Renie LAI
District Officer (Wan Chai), Home Affairs Department Assistant District Officer (Wan Chai), Home Affairs Department

  • Ms Daphne CHAN
  • Senior Liaison Officer (Community Affairs), Home Affairs

Department

  • Mr CHAN Chung-chi
  • District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Wan Chai),

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department District Commander (Wan Chai), Hong Kong Police Force Police Community Relation Officer (Wan Chai District), Hong Kong Police Force
Mr Nelson CHENG Ms Dorothy NIEH

Mr FUNG Ching-kwong Assistant District Social Welfare Officer (Eastern/Wan Chai)1,
Social Welfare Department
Mr Nelson CHAN Mr Franklin TSE
Chief Transport Officer/Hong Kong, Transport Department Senior Engineer 5 (HK Island Div 2), Civil Engineering and Development Department

  • Mr Simon LIU
  • Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong East), Leisure and

Cultural Services Department
Ms Brenda YEUNG

Mr Vincent PANG
District Leisure Manager (Wan Chai), Leisure and Cultural Services Department District Lands Officer (Hong Kong East), Lands Department

Representatives of Other Government Departments and Organisations

Ms Bernadette LINN, JP Mr Jim LAM
Director of Lands Senior Estate Surveyor (Technical Information), Lands Department

for agenda item 1

  • Mr Alex KWOK
  • Senior Estate Surveyor/Land Control & Lease

Enforcement (District Lands Office/Hong Kong East, West & South), Lands Department

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Mr LAI Man-hin, FSDSM Mr TONG Chung-wai
Director of Fire Services Divisional Commander (Hong Kong Central), Fire Services Department

for agenda item 2

Mr CHEUNG Tsee-tuck Mr Eric LO
Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer (Hong Kong), Fire Services Department Divisional Officer (Management Group)2, Fire Services Department

  • Ms April KUN
  • Acting Chief Town Planner (Studies and Research),

Planning Department

  • Mr Patrick FUNG
  • Acting Senior Town Planner (Studies and Research 5),

Planning Department

for agenda item 4

Dr Eunice MAK Ms Pearl HUI
Deputy Project Director, AECOM Asia Co. Ltd Project Manager, AECOM Asia Co. Ltd Senior Town Planner, AECOM Asia Co. Ltd Public Engagement Specialist, Kadoorie Institute Public Engagement Coordinator, Kadoorie Institute
Mr Kenny CHAN Ms Joyce CHOW Ms Carol LEE

Mr Jonathan LEUNG Ms Yanny LI
Chief Engineer (Railway Development 1-2), Railway Development Office, Highways Department Acting Senior Engineer (SCL 6), Railway Development Office, Highways Department Senior Engineer (Priority Railway 3), Transport Department
Mr Johnny CHAN

for agenda item 5

Mr Walter LAM Mr T. C. LAM Mr Kelvin WU Ms Sandy WU Dr Victor WONG Ms Joyce WONG
Construction Manager (SCL Civil), MTRCL Construction Manager (SCL Civil), MTRCL Senior Liaison Engineer, MTRCL Projects Communications Manager, MTRCL Arup Hong Kong Ltd Arup Hong Kong Ltd

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Ms Leonie LEE Mr Ryan CHU
Assistant Secretary (Heritage Conservation)3, Development Bureau Engineer (Heritage Conservation)Special Duties, Development Bureau

for agenda item 6

Mr Tony CHEUNG Mr Thomas Jefferson WU Mr Chris LI
Senior Engineer (Wan Chai), Transport Department Managing Director, Hopewell Holdings Limited General Manager, Hopewell Project Development Limited
Mr Philip LIAO Mr Peter MAK
Partner, Philip Liao and Partners Ltd Director, WMKY Limited

Absent with Apologies

Mr David LAI

Secretary

  • Mr Vincent CHUK
  • Senior Executive Officer (District Council)/Wan

Chai, Home Affairs Department

Action

Opening Remarks

  • 1.
  • The Chairperson welcomed Ms Bernadette LINN, JP, Director of

Lands, Mr Jim LAM, Senior Estate Surveyor (Technical Information), Mr Vincent PANG, District Lands Officer (Hong Kong East) and Mr Alex KWOK, Senior Estate Surveyor/Land Control & Lease Enforcement (District Lands Office/Hong Kong East, West & South) of the Lands Department (LandsD), to the meeting. The Chairperson, on behalf of the Wan Chai District Council (WCDC), extended welcome to Mr Nelson CHENG, District Commander (Wan Chai) of the Hong Kong Police Force, who attended the meeting for the first time; Mr Franklin TSE, Senior Engineer 5 (HK Island Div 2) of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), who replaced Mr Samson LAM; and

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Mr FUNG Ching-kwong, Assistant District Social Welfare Officer (Eastern/Wan Chai)1 of the Social Welfare Department (SWD), who replaced Mr NGAN Man-por. The Chairperson congratulated Mr Stephen NG and Mr David WONG for being awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star and Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service respectively.

(Mr CHENG Ki-kin joined the meeting at 2:35 p.m.)

  • 2.
  • The Chairperson asked Members to note the papers on the

conference table and the suggested discussion time. He reminded them that a maximum of three minutes were allowed for each Member to speak in respect of each agenda item.

Meeting with Head of Department
Item 1: Visit by Director of Lands

  • 3.
  • The Chairperson invited Ms Bernadette LINN, JP, Director of

Lands, to brief Members on the work of LandsD.

  • 4.
  • Ms Bernadette LINN, JP, with the aid of PowerPoint presentation,

briefed Members on the work of LandsD. The areas covered were land disposal, including sale of government land, private treaty grant, land lease modification and in-situ land exchange; granting of short term tenancies (STT); estate management, including land control actions and lease enforcement; land acquisition and clearance; and land survey and mapping.

(Dr Jeffrey PONG and Ms Pamela PECK joined the meeting at 2:47 p.m. and 2:55 p.m. respectively.)

  • 5.
  • The Chairperson thanked Ms Bernadette LINN, JP for introducing

concisely and clearly the work of LandsD. He then invited Members to express their views.

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Action

  • 6.
  • Ms Peggy LEE raised the following comments and enquiries:

  • (i)
  • The problem of skips had been an issue of concern for local

residents. There were cases where LandsD had removed the skips or instituted prosecution, but the construction waste in the skips was then left on the ground, causing environmental hygiene problems. To address these cases, she enquired whether a warning notice could be posted again during an inspection by staff of LandsD to remind the party concerned that enforcement action would be taken if the waste was not cleared. She suggested that communication between departments should be strengthened; otherwise only LandsD would take enforcement action, with no other departments to follow up the problems left after the enforcement action, leaving the problems to remain unresolved.

  • (ii)
  • Illegal display of banners had been a serious problem in Wan

Chai District. Unauthorised banners such as commercial advertising banners, publicity banners from various organisations or political banners were commonly seen on footbridges and streets. She enquired if LandsD could step up enforcement to reduce the nuisance caused by unauthorised banners to local residents. .

  • 7.
  • Mr Stephen NG, BBS, MH, JP raised the following comments and

enquiries:

  • (i)
  • Various departments seemed to be unable to find a solution

to the problem of skips. He enquired whether a registration system could be implemented to require skips owner or manufacturers to be registered, with a view to facilitating any necessary enforcement actions in the future.

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Action

  • (ii)
  • He expressed concern over street sleepers’ occupation of

subways, public spaces and government land. Such problem was in particularly rampant in the subway opposite the Hong Kong Racing Museum. He enquired what actions could be taken to address the issue.

(iii) A large number of old buildings in Wan Chai was designated as “One European House” in the land leases. Upon redevelopment, developers had to bring their cases to court before they could redevelop the old buildings into multi-storey buildings. There were currently no clear standards for making applications for redevelopment.

(iv)

He opined that “Hong Kong Map Service” was a good idea

and suggested that more elements should be added to the website such as outline development plans.

  • 8.
  • Mr David WONG raised the following comments and enquiries:

  • (i)
  • Owing to the sophisticated division of duties among

departments, inter-departmental collaboration was often required in carrying out daily land control work. The Highways Department (HyD), the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) and the police might be involved. It was well known that long-term reliance on inter-departmental collaboration would bring about many limitations. Besides, the existing ordinances were enacted

  • many years ago, which had limited coverage.
  • He

suggested that LandsD should amend the relevant ordinances to tackle the difficulties in law enforcement.

  • (ii)
  • The development of the Caroline Hill Road site, where the

former headquarters of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department was situated, had been under planning

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Action for almost a decade. He enquired if there was a concrete schedule or any preliminary development direction.

  • 9.
  • Ms Jacqueline CHUNG raised the following comments and

enquiries:

  • (i)
  • As regards the assessment of the Caroline Hill Road site,

there were many minibus stations or taxi stands occupying road surface in Wan Chai District, resulting in traffic congestion. She enquired if LandsD could consider setting up a transport interchange on Caroline Hill Road and utilise the area to relieve traffic congestion.

  • (ii)
  • A large number of street sleepers had been living in the

subways in Happy Valley. The District Officer (Wan Chai) (DO) and the District Lands Office concerned had paid great effort to clear the things placed in the subways by treating those things as illegal structures. However, the current situation had been worsening, with accumulation of things not as simple as illegal structures. Street sleepers placed household items such as mattresses and cupboards in the subways, turning the area into a home-like setting, which posed a threat to the safety of pedestrians and environmental hygiene. As government lands were managed by LandsD, she enquired about the laws which LandsD could invoke when working with WCDC to clear the things of street sleepers. Noting that LandsD was able to clear the tents outside the Legislative Council, she opined that it should actively consider how to clear the things of street sleepers, which were also movable items similar to the tents.

(iii) Noting that the Gloucester Road Refuse Collection Point had been operated on a temporary basis for a long time, she enquired if LandsD could consider changing the land use to

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Action flexibly utilise the site, so that the existing substandard temporary refuse collection point could be upgraded to a formal one.

  • (iv)
  • In the past, the land disposal of Tang Lung Street and

Thomson Road sites used to include roads. There were various lots under a sublease. The lots were currently purchased by a consortium and combined into a large lot. Take Tang Lung Street as an example, a traffic lane was fenced by the consortium. If the traffic lane on the other side was also purchased and fenced by any other consortium, the access of public vehicles and fire engines to the area might be affected.

  • 10.
  • Dr Jeffrey PONG raised the following comments and enquiries:

  • (i)
  • When dealing with district issues, it was common for Lands

Offices to collaborate with the Buildings Department (BD), the FEHD and the Transport Department (TD) to carry out joint frontline work. He enquired how the departments would coordinate the work. Such information would enable Members to know which department they should approach when dealing with district issues.

  • (ii)
  • The illegal display of banners in crowded places, residential

areas and subways was common. While this was unlawful occupation of government land, no improvement had been seen over the years. He enquired about the principles for carrying out an inspection, and asked whether an inspection was conducted after receiving a complaint or conducted regularly to high risk places.

(iii) Sometimes there were recycling vehicles occupying the area around Tai Hang Road and Happy Valley unlawfully. He

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Action enquired if such recycling vehicles were under the purview of LandsD, similar to the illegally parked bicycles occupying government land. He also enquired how LandsD would address such problem.

  • (iv)
  • The “Hong Kong Map Service” was a great service. He

enquired if a reporting mechanism could be established for the public to upload photos of unauthorised structures and illegal banners to the website for action of LandsD.

  • 11.
  • Dr Anna TANG, BBS, MH raised the following comments or

enquires:

  • (i)
  • Occupation of government land could be found in the

subway on Wong Nai Chung Road and the side area of the Southorn Playground. Various kinds of stuff were being placed there. Under the Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 28), LandsD was required to post a prior notice not less than one day before the clearance of the occupied land or the demolition of illegal structures. She queried why LandsD allowed the occupiers to clear the stuff instead of taking enforcement action directly, given that the occupation was unlawful. She suggested that the Directors of Lands should consider amending the relevant ordinance, taking into account the environment and actual needs of Hong Kong.

  • (ii)
  • She enquired if LandsD would collaborate with other

departments in the land disposal for the construction of a filling station, so as to understand the impacts of the filling station on local residents, traffic as well as the environment.

  • 12.
  • Mr Ivan WONG, MH pointed out the historical problem of private

streets could be found in Wan Chai Mid-Levels. The ownership of roads

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Action was granted along with the land sites by the Government at that time, resulting in future problems of maintenance, traffic congestion as well as health and safety. However, the existing ordinances and procedures for the resumption of private streets were very complicated. He enquired how LandsD would learn from mistakes to improve the problems or help the owners troubled by the problem of private streets in the future.

  • 13.
  • Ms Yolanda NG, MH raised the following comments and enquiries:

  • (i)
  • In Wan Chai, there were dozens of complaints about

unauthorised structures, skips, banners, floor slabs and bamboo scaffolds every day. She hoped that LandsD would conduct a comprehensive review of the relevant policies, apart from stepping up law enforcement.

  • (ii)
  • It was a usual practice to submit applications for temporary

occupation of a pedestrian area for organising activities to LandsD. However, it was said that LandsD had issued an internal notice stating that the TD would take over the processing of such applications. LandsD did not inform District Councils (DCs) and district offices of such a change. She enquired about the considerations based on which LandsD revised the scope of duties, and asked if it had considered consulting DCs. .

(iii) Regarding the nine government sites open for tender, she agreed that there would be a certain degree of difficulty for non-profit-making organisations to operate the sites. She suggested that LandsD could consider a new practice, taking the initiative to open the sites for use as public spaces. The views she collected when she approached some of the members of the public in the occupation areas during the Occupation Movement reflected that some of them joined the Movement not to express their political

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Action views but to enjoy exchanging views with others in a public space. Therefore, she suggested that LandsD could consider opening some places for the public to gather for discussion.

  • (iv)
  • Concerning the problem of unlawful occupation of lands, she

pointed out that some commercial publicity vehicles and commercial activities on the streets seemed not to be subject to any regulatory control. There were six to seven commercial booths in the pedestrian areas in the district such as the areas around East Point Road and SOGO Department Store every weekend. These activities had been increasingly frequent, thus affecting formal applications by local organisations for venues. requested LandsD to face up to the problem.
She

  • 14.
  • Ms Bernadette LINN, JP made the following responses:

  • (i)
  • With regard to the problem of skips, a joint working group

comprising different policy bureaux had been set up to study the way forward for the management of skips. In view of the genuine needs of the industry concerned, the study areas of the working group included how to allow placing of skips in an orderly manner and the possibility of introducing a licensing scheme. The work of the working group was underway and a final decision had yet to be made.

  • (ii)
  • LandsD had dealt with many cases where the construction

materials in the skips were left on footpaths. If such cases caused immediate serious traffic blockage, the police and the HyD would deal with the cases within their ambit. If there was no imminent danger, the case would be handled by LandsD.

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Action
(iii) The Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 28) was not the only tool for managing matters happened on streets and government land. There were other ordinances such as the Summary Offences Ordinance, which could be invoked to address street obstruction cases and institute prosecution. For hawking activities on government land, the FEHD might take enforcement action under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance. The Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 28) focused mainly on illegal structures on government land.

  • (iv)
  • As regards the division of work among departments, street

management work was coordinated via a platform set up by the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB). Generally, hawking activities on footpaths would be dealt with by the FEHD; cases involving structures would be dealt with by LandsD in accordance with the Lands (Miscellaneous Provisions)

  • Ordinance (Cap. 28).
  • In dealing with these cases,

departments had a good understanding of each other’s work. However, undoubtedly, there might be grey areas in individual cases, which would require close communication between the District Officer, the District Lands Officer and heads of other departments in the district. If a large scope of work was involved, the case would be dealt with via the platform of the HAB, with heads of departments taking charge of the case. Other individual cases would be handled through collaboration between staff within the district.

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    STEPS IN AMOY STREET, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG Contents 1. Background of the Study 2. Research on the Study Area 2.1 Early History of the Study Area 2.2 Amoy Street: Origins and Early Development 3. The Steps in Amoy Street: Preliminary Findings 3.1 Site Observations 3.2 Land Records 4. Findings of Ground Investigations at No. 186 Queen’s Road East 5. Comparison with Swatow Street 6. Conclusions 7. Bibliography 8. Chronology of Events 9. Plates 1 Pottinger’s Map (1842) 2 Gordon’s Map (1843) 3 Lt Collinson’s Ordnance Survey (1845) 4 Plan of Marine Lot 40 (1859) 5 Plan of Marine Lot 40 (1866) 6 Plan of Marine Lot 40 (1889) 7 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Lanes (1901) 8 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Streets (1921) 9 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Streets (1936) 10 Widening of Amoy Street (1949) 11 Surrender of Sec. A of I.L. 4333 (1949) 12 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Streets (1959) 13 Plan of Swatow Street (1938) 14 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Streets (1963) 15 Plan of Amoy & Swatow Streets (1967) 1 1. Background of the Study 1.1 The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will redevelop the site of Lee Tung Street and McGregor Street for a comprehensive commercial and residential development with GIC facilities and public open space. Shophouses at 186-190 Queen’s Road East (Grade II) will be conserved for adaptive re-use. The Town Planning Board (TPB) at its meeting on 22 May 2007 approved the Master Layout Plan submitted by URA with conditions including the submission of a conservation plan for the shophouses to be preserved within the site to the satisfaction of the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services or of the TPB.
  • Final Results for the Year Ended 30 June 2018

    Final Results for the Year Ended 30 June 2018

    Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 Highlights FY18 Disposal of approximately 66.69% of the issued shares of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited completed on 4 April 2018. HHL has received net cash proceeds of approximately HK$9 billion and recognised post-tax net gain of approximately HK$5.1 billion Profit attributable to owners of the Company before fair value gain of completed investment properties up 380% yoy to HK$6,405 million, mainly due to gain on disposal of HHI Core profitN1 down 4% yoy to HK$1,285 million or HK$1.48 per share, mainly due to growth in investment properties, hospitality and treasury income being offset by fall in (i) toll road contribution given HHI Disposal; (ii) Hopewell New Town profit given tightening policies; (iii) Heyuan Power Plant profit shared Second interim dividend of HK88 cents per share, second interim dividend in lieu of final dividend with effect from FY18 Investment properties and hospitality EBIT up 6% yoy to HK$917 million Panda Hotel’s total revenue rose 11% yoy to HK$339 million due to increase in room and F&B revenues Hopewell New Town booked RMB269 million of sales, down 62% yoy given (i) higher base in
  • Installation Locations of Internet Protocol Cameras

    Installation Locations of Internet Protocol Cameras

    Annex Installation Locations of Internet Protocol Cameras District Installation Locations Central / 1. Outside Bowen Road Refuse Collection Point Western 2. Recyclable Collection Bin at Elgin Street (near Mid-Levels Escalator) 3. Rear Lane of Hau Wo Street, Sai Wan 4. At the junction of Elgin Street and Staunton Street 5. At the junction of Castle Steps and Robinson Place, No. 70 Robinson Road, Mid-Levels 6. Sands Street (near Lift) 7. Wo On Lane 8. Near Shek Tong Tsui Whitty Street Children's Playground 9. Pavement of Davis Street (section between Forbes Street and Belcher's Street) 10. Recyclable Collection Bin at Mosque Street (near Mid-Levels Escalator) 11. At the junction of Sataunton Street and Shelly Street Wanchai 12. Cannon Street 13. At the junction of Bowrington Road and Wan Chai Road 14. Pavement outside Methadone Clinic, No. 2 O'Brien Road 15. At the junction of Hennessy Road and Johnston Road (near Methodist House) 16. Tin Hau Station near Lau Sin Street Temporary Sitting-out Area 17. At the junction of Leighton Road and Wong Nai Chung Road(near Craigengower Cricket Club) 18. No. 4 Tin Hau Temple Road 19. At the junction of Cross Lane and Wood Road 20. At the junction of Canal Road West and Wan Chai Road 21. At the junction of Spring Garden Lane and Sam Pan Street (outside Spring Garden Lane Sitting-out Area) Eastern 22. At the junction of Shing On Street and Tai Shek Street, Sai Wan Ho 23. At the junction of North Point Road and Chun Yeung Street/Java Road 24.
  • Historic Building Appraisal 1 Tsang Tai Uk Sha Tin, N.T

    Historic Building Appraisal 1 Tsang Tai Uk Sha Tin, N.T

    Historic Building Appraisal 1 Tsang Tai Uk Sha Tin, N.T. Tsang Tai Uk (曾大屋, literally the Big Mansion of the Tsang Family) is also Historical called Shan Ha Wai (山廈圍, literally, Walled Village at the Foothill). Its Interest construction was started in 1847 and completed in 1867. Measuring 45 metres by 137 metres, it was built by Tsang Koon-man (曾貫萬, 1808-1894), nicknamed Tsang Sam-li (曾三利), who was a Hakka (客家) originated from Wuhua (五華) of Guangdong (廣東) province which was famous for producing masons. He came to Hong Kong from Wuhua working as a quarryman at the age of 16 in Cha Kwo Ling (茶果嶺) and Shaukiwan (筲箕灣). He set up his quarry business in Shaukiwan having his shop called Sam Lee Quarry (三利石行). Due to the large demand for building stone when Hong Kong was developed as a city since it became a ceded territory of Britain in 1841, he made huge profit. He bought land in Sha Tin from the Tsangs and built the village. The completed village accommodated around 100 residential units for his family and descendents. It was a shelter of some 500 refugees during the Second World War and the name of Tsang Tai Uk has since been adopted. The sizable and huge fortified village is a typical Hakka three-hall-four-row Architectural (三堂四横) walled village. It is in a Qing (清) vernacular design having a Merit symmetrical layout with the main entrance, entrance hall, middle hall and main hall at the central axis. Two other entrances are to either side of the front wall.
  • 20140331 Stubbs Road (Tree) (Eng)

    20140331 Stubbs Road (Tree) (Eng)

    TRAFFIC ADVICE Temporary Traffic and Transport Arrangements on Stubbs Road, Happy Valley Members of the public are advised that due to collapse of tree, the following temporary traffic and transport arrangements are being implemented until re-opening of the road: I. Temporary Traffic Arrangements (a) Road Closure The section of Stubbs Road between Tung Shan Terrace and No. 34 Stubbs Road (Craigmount). (b) Traffic Diversion (i) Vehicles on Wong Nai Chung Gap Road northbound heading for Queen’s Road East will be diverted via Stubbs Road roundabout, Tai Hang Road, Blue Pool Road and Wong Nai Chung Road; and (ii) Vehicles on Queen’s Road East eastbound heading for Wong Nai Chung Gap Road will be diverted via Morrison Hill Road, Sports Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Sing Woo Road, Blue Pool Road and Tai Hang Road. II. Public Transport Arrangements (a) Bus Diversion The following bus routes will be temporarily diverted: Routes Direction Bus Diversion CTB 6 To Stanley via Morrison Hill Road, Sports Road, NWFB 66 Wong Nai Chung Road, Sing Woo Road, Blue Pool Road and Tai Hang Road. CTB 76 To Shek Pai Wan CTB 6 To Central via Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, Tai NWFB 66 Hang Road, Blue Pool Road, Sing Woo Road, King Kwong Street, Shan Kwong CTB 76 To Causeway Bay Road, Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. NWFB 15 To the Peak via Queen’s Road East, Morrison Hill Road, Sports Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Sing Woo Road, Blue Pool Road and Tai Hang Road. To Central via Tai Hang Road, Blue Pool Road, Wong Nai Chung Road and Queen’s Road East.