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Appendix II - S Kwai Tsing 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 Kwai Tsing District.

2 All 1 - (a) Supports the provisional Item (a) DCCAs recommendations on S03 The supporting view is noted. (Kwai Shing East Estate), S04 (Upper ), S05 (Lower Tai Wo Hau), S07 ( Estate North), S11 (), S14 (), S18 (), S19 (), S20 (Kwai Shing West Estate), S21 (), S22 (Wai Ying), S23 ( Estate), S24 (Greenfield), S25 (Cheung Ching), S26 (Cheung Hong), S27 (Shing Hong), S28 (Tsing Yi South), S29 (Cheung Hang), S30 (Ching Fat) and S31 (Cheung On).

(b) Other than those mentioned Item (b) in item 2(a) above, holds The view is noted. reservation on the provisional recommendations on the remaining DCCAs. Proposes that more consideration should be given to community ties in future delineation exercises, including to draw up a new

* W: Number of written representations. O : Number of oral representations. S. Kwai Tsing District - 350 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O working principle stipulating that the population of a split-up housing estate in a single DCCA cannot be less than 3 000 or three building blocks so as to avoid the relevant residents in the DCCA being neglected.

(c) With reference to a survey Item (c) conducted by HKU Social The proposal made in the Sciences Research Centre representation involves for the Sham Shui Po DC in alteration of administrative 2002, requests the EAC to district boundaries, which does relay to the Government not fall under the purview of the that the residents living in EAC. The EAC has referred the south of Lai King Hill this view to the Government for Road in the Kwai Tsing consideration. District support the transfer of that area to the .

3 S01 – 19^ 4 (a) Object to the transfer of Item (a) Kwai * Chun Kwai House, Ha This proposal is accepted. In Hing Kwai House and Chau reviewing the boundaries of the Kwai House of Kwai DCCAs, it is a statutory S02 – Chung Estate, and Kwai requirement that the EAC has to Kwai Fuk Court from S06 (Kwai examine the existing boundaries Luen Chung Estate South) to S01 of DCCAs on the basis of the () and request population of individual S06 – withdrawing the relevant DCCAs in the year in which the Kwai provisional relevant election will be held. Chung recommendations. The EACO stipulates that apart Estate Reasons are summarised as from taking into account the South follows: projected population, the EAC must also have regard to the  the five building blocks other statutory factors, concerned and S01 including community identities, (Kwai Hing) are preservation of local ties and

^ Of which, seven are template letters. Besides, one representation contains 666 signatures from the public. S. Kwai Tsing District - 351 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O S07 – separated by a steep physical features (such as the Kwai slope and the lift which size, shape, accessibility and Chung was requested for years development) of the relevant Estate has still not been built. area when adjusting the DCCA North Therefore, it would be boundaries. Based on the very dangerous and 2015 original DCCA boundary, inconvenient for the the population of S06 (Kwai residents to go to and fro Chung Estate South) (21 829) the two DCCAs. It is will exceed the statutory also difficult for the permissible upper limit residents concerned to go (+31.51%), hence there is a to S01 (Kwai Hing) to need to adjust its boundary by seek assistance from the transferring some of its DC member; buildings to the adjacent DCCA with a view to maintaining the  all buildings of Kwai population of the DCCA within Chung Estate are closely the statutory permissible range. connected in terms of historical development, When drawing up the geographical location provisional recommendations, and community needs. the EAC noted that the Besides, their community Government has agreed to build development is unique; an escalator next to the staircase connecting S01 (Kwai Hing)  the provisional and S06 (Kwai Chung Estate recommendations break South) (“a-hundred-step community integrity and staircase”) and the construction identities of Kwai Chung works will be carried out from Estate because the 2 May 2018 to 1 May 2019. residents of Chun Kwai Therefore, transferring Chun House, Ha Kwai House Kwai House, Ha Kwai House and Chau Kwai House of and Chau Kwai House of Kwai Kwai Chung Estate, and Chung Estate, and Kwai Fuk Kwai Fuk Court share Court to S01 (Kwai Hing) is the living space, geographically feasible. geographical location and facilities such as Nevertheless, upon receipt of shopping arcade, market, the representations, the EAC leisure facilities, car park conducted site visits in August and social services and September 2018 and noted organisation with the that the relevant works had not residents of other commenced yet. According to building blocks of Kwai the Government’s works S. Kwai Tsing District - 352 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Chung Estate. They are schedule, there must be a delay also facing the same in the above works. In view of community issues; this and having taken geographical factor into  should not solely consideration, the EAC agrees consider the compliance to retain Chun Kwai House, Ha with the principle that Kwai House and Chau Kwai the DCCA population House of Kwai Chung Estate, cannot exceed the and Kwai Fuk Court in S06 population quota. The (Kwai Chung Estate South). principle of preserving In the absence of better community integrity is alternative option, the EAC more important; proposes to keep the boundary of S06 (Kwai Chung Estate  there are various types of South) unchanged and allow its buildings in S01 (Kwai population (21 829) to exceed Hing). If Chun Kwai the statutory permissible upper House, Ha Kwai House limit (+31.51%). and Chau Kwai House of another housing estate, According to the proposal made and the disciplined in the representations, the services quarters Kwai respective populations of S01 Fuk Court are also (Kwai Hing) and S06 (Kwai included in the DCCA, it Chung Estate South) are: will be difficult for the DC member to serve and S01: 13 197, -20.50% handle views of residents S06: 21 829, +31.51%. with different interests from different groups; Regarding the views on the population figures, the  query the population projected population figures as figures of S01 (Kwai at 30 June 2019 are used for the Hing) and S06 (Kwai delineation exercise for the Chung Estate South). 2019 DC Ordinary Election. The representations As in the past, the projected consider that Kwong Fai population figures are provided Circuit in S01 (Kwai by the AHSG, set up specially Hing) contains a lot of for the purpose of the subdivided units. The delineation exercise under the EAC’s reliance on the Working Group on Population figures from the Distribution Projection in the population by-census PlanD. The current population may possibly seriously distribution projections are S. Kwai Tsing District - 353 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O underestimate the derived by using scientific and population of the DCCA. systematic methodology based In fact, the actual total on the results of the 2016 population of S06 (Kwai population by-census carried Chung Estate South) is out by the C&SD as well as the roughly over 19 000, up-to-date official data kept by which is in line with the the relevant government statutory requirement departments. Members of the and no adjustment is AHSG are all professional required; departments which all along have been responsible for  as the owner and territory-wide population management census and projections on organisation of Kwai population distribution. They Chung Estate, the possess the most up-to-date population figures information on the population provided by the HD and land and housing should be more accurate. development, and the data are According to the figures highly-accepted generally. provided by the HD, the The EAC has all along relied on provisional the statistical figures provided recommendations will by the AHSG, which are the render the population of only data available for the S06 (Kwai Chung Estate delineation exercise. South) below the statutory permissible Regarding the other issues as lower limit; mentioned in the representations, the delineation  there is no substantial recommendations must be change in the population based on objective data of of S06 (Kwai Chung population distribution. Estate South) and hence Arrangements on district no need to transfer some administration matters or of the buildings in the community services provided DCCA to S01 (Kwai by DC members are not the Hing); relevant factors of consideration.  constant changes to DCCA boundaries and the division of Kwai Chung Estate into three DCCAs make it hard for the public to adapt and S. Kwai Tsing District - 354 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O seek assistance from the DC member;

 the elderlies living at Chun Kwai House, Ha Kwai House and Chau Kwai House of Kwai Chung Estate are used to the service of the incumbent DC member. They worry that it will be hard for them to communicate with an unfamiliar DC member in future; and

 dividing Kwai Chung Estate into three DCCAs and having three DC members serving the estate would make it difficult for them to reach a consensus, because the three DC members may have different stands and views on social issues.

(b) One representation Item (b) proposes to retain Chun This proposal is not accepted Kwai House, Ha Kwai because Kwai Fuk Court is House and Chau Kwai separated from S01 (Kwai House of Kwai Chung Hing) by Chun Kwai House, Ha Estate in S06 (Kwai Chung Kwai House and Chau Kwai Estate South), but supports House of Kwai Chung Estate. the transfer of Kwai Fuk Court to S01 (Kwai Hing).

(c) One representation suggests Item (c) that if retaining the original This proposal is not accepted boundary of S06 (Kwai because: Chung Estate South) will S. Kwai Tsing District - 355 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O cause its population to (i) the population of S07 (Kwai exceed the statutory Chung Estate North) permissible upper limit, (20 053) is already close to then proposes to transfer the statutory permissible one of the housing estates upper limit (+20.81%). It in the DCCA concerned to has no sufficient room to S07 (Kwai Chung Estate absorb the population of any North) and Sun Kwai Hing one of the housing estates in Gardens be retained in S01 S06 (Kwai Chung Estate (Kwai Hing). South); and

(ii)according to the proposal made in the representation, the population of S02 () (11 594) will be below the statutory permissible lower limit (-30.15%).

4 S01 – 2 - (a) One representation Item (a) Kwai considers that under the This proposal is not accepted Hing provisional because the number of affected recommendations, the DCCAs under the proposal S02 – populations of the newly made in the representation will Kwai created S02 (Kwai Luen), be one more than that in the Luen S06 (Kwai Chung Estate provisional recommendations. South) and S15 (Hing The affected population under S06 – Fong) are relatively low, the proposal will be larger, too. Kwai while that of S01 (Kwai Chung Hing) is seriously high. Estate Besides, the problem of South relatively high population of S07 (Kwai Chung Estate S07 – North) has still been Kwai unresolved. Proposes to: Chung Estate  retain Hibiscus Park in North S15 () so that its population will S15 – increase to about 16 000; Hing Fong  transfer Kwai Chun Court and Kwai Hing S. Kwai Tsing District - 356 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Estate (around 7 000 people) from S01 (Kwai Hing) to S02 (Kwai Luen) so that the population of S02 (Kwai Luen) will become around 19 000;

 retain Kwai Fuk Court in S06 (Kwai Chung Estate South); and

 group Chun Kwai House, Ha Kwai House and Chau Kwai House of S06 (Kwai Chung Estate South), Pak Kwai House and Hop Kwai House of S07 (Kwai Chung Estate North), and Kwong Fai Circuit of S01 (Kwai Hing) together to form a new DCCA. After such adjustments, the population of S07 (Kwai Chung Estate North) will decrease to 14 000.

(b) One representation objects Item (b) to the provisional This proposal is not accepted recommendations on S01 because the number of affected (Kwai Hing), S02 (Kwai DCCAs under the proposal Luen), S06 (Kwai Chung made in the representation will Estate South) and S15 be one more than that in the (Hing Fong) because they provisional recommendations. neglect the issue of local The affected population under ties and are not supported the proposal will be larger, too. by population data. According to the provisional recommendations, the populations of S02 (Kwai Luen), S06 (Kwai Chung Estate South) and S15 S. Kwai Tsing District - 357 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O (Hing Fong) will all be less than 15 000, while those of S01 (Kwai Hing) and S07 (Kwai Chung Estate North) will be as high as over 20 000, which means the arrangements are unreasonable. Proposes to:

 transfer Pak Kwai House and Hop Kwai House of S07 (Kwai Chung Estate North) and Kwai Fuk Court of S06 (Kwai Chung Estate South) to S01 (Kwai Hing) so that they will be grouped with Kwong Fai Circuit and to form S01 (Kwai Hing); and

 transfer Kwai Chun Court of S01 (Kwai Hing) to S02 (Kwai Luen) so that it will be grouped with Kwai Chun Court, Sun Kwai Hing Gardens, Kwai Hong Court and Kwai Luen Estate to form S02 (Kwai Luen).

5 S01 – - 1 (a) Objects to creating the two Item (a) Kwai new DCCAs in the Kwai This representation is not Hing Chung District but not on accepted because the Tsing Yi Island where two populations of all DCCAs on S02 – big housing estates have Tsing Yi Island will fall within Kwai been completed. the statutory permissible range. Luen According to the established

working principles, adjustments

to their existing boundaries are

not required. S. Kwai Tsing District - 358 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O S08 – (b) Proposes to retain Shek Item (b) Shek Foon House, Shek Cheung This proposal is not accepted Yam House and Shek Fu House because according to the of Shek Lei (II) Estate in proposal made in the S10 – S12 (Shek Lei North) and representation, the population Tai Pak transfer Ning Fung Court in of S12 (Shek Lei North) Tin East S08 (Shek Yam) to the new (22 392) will exceed the DCCA S10 (Tai Pak Tin statutory permissible upper S12 – East) instead, because the limit (+34.90%). Shek population of S08 (Shek Lei Yam) is over 19 000 and North both Ning Fung Court and the buildings along Tung S15 – Chi Street in S10 (Tai Pak Hing Tin East) are private Fong residential buildings located closer to S10 (Tai Pak Tin East) than Shek Lei (II) Estate.

(c) Proposes to retain Hibiscus Item (c) Park in S15 (Hing Fong). This proposal is not accepted because according to the proposal made in the representation, the population of S02 (Kwai Luen) (12 176) will be below the statutory permissible lower limit (-26.65%).

6 S02 – 1 - Supports the provisional The supporting view is noted. Kwai recommendations. Luen

S10 – Tai Pak Tin East

7 S08 – 1 - Agrees with the provisional This proposal is not accepted Shek recommendations on S08 (Shek because the number of affected Yam Yam). Although its DCCAs under the proposal population will still be 19 000, made in the representation will the provisional be one more than that in the S. Kwai Tsing District - 359 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O S09 – recommendations have taken provisional recommendations. Tai Pak into account factors of local ties The affected population under Tin and community integrity. the proposal will be larger, too. West Having said that, for the purpose of evening out the S10 – populations of the DCCAs, Tai Pak proposes to: Tin East  transfer Shek Kai House S12 – and Shek Wah House of Shek S13 (Shek Lei South) to Lei S12 (Shek Lei North) to North avoid dividing Shek Lei (II) Estate into three S13 – DCCAs;

Shek  transfer Shek Yan House Lei and Shek Kwong House of South S12 (Shek Lei North) to

S10 (Tai Pak Tin East); and

 transfer Fortuna House, Kwai Po Building, Kwai Fu Building and Hoi Cheong Building of S10 (Tai Pak Tin East) to S09 (Tai Pak Tin West).

8 S10 – 1 - Objects to the provisional The delineation Tai Pak recommendations on the new recommendations must be Tin East DCCA S10 (Tai Pak Tin East) based on objective data of because it will benefit a certain population distribution. party and contravene the Political factor will not be taken principle of fairness of an into consideration. election. Besides, it will create difficulties for members of the public to seek assistance.

# 9 S10 – 21 1 3 Object to the provisional Item (a) Tai Pak recommendations on S10 (Tai This proposal is not accepted Tin East Pak Tin East) and S12 (Shek because:

# Of which, 19 are template letters. S. Kwai Tsing District - 360 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O S12 – Lei North). Propose to retain (i) the affected population Shek Shek Foon House of Shek Lei under the proposal made in Lei (II) Estate in S12 (Shek Lei the representations (7 765) North North). Reasons are will be larger than that in summarised as follows: the provisional S13 – recommendations (7 139) Shek  Shek Foon House and Shek by 626; Lei Yan House in S12 (Shek South Lei North) are connected by (ii) Shek Foon House, Shek a footbridge. The Cheung House, Shek Fu residents of Shek Foon House, Shek Hei House House always use the and Shek Fook House are footbridge to reach the all situated at Tai Pak Tin shopping arcade in S12 Street and close to the new (Shek Lei North), while the DCCA S10 (Tai Pak Tin residents of Shek Yan East). The representations House always use the open propose to transfer Shek space outside Shek Foon Hei House and Shek Fook House. Transferring Shek House from S12 (Shek Lei Foon House to S10 (Tai North) to S10 (Tai Pak Tin Pak Tin East) will hinder East), which is not the residents of the housing obviously better than the estate from participating in provisional community activities recommendations in terms together and undermine the of preserving community community integrity. identities and integrity; and Furthermore, the provisional (iii) the delineation recommendations will recommendations must be confuse the residents of based on objective data of Shek Foon House and affect population distribution. their intention of applying Arrangements on district for voter registration, hence administration matters or lowering the voter turnout; community services provided by DC members  the provisional are not the relevant factors recommendations are of consideration. confusing to residents and making them difficult to adapt; and S. Kwai Tsing District - 361 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O  having three DC members in one housing estate contravenes the principles of preservation of local ties and consideration of community development. Besides, as Shek Foon House is located far from the private residential buildings of S10 (Tai Pak Tin East), the provisional recommendations will in turn isolate Shek Foon House. The residents of estates and private residential buildings are having different needs.

(a) 15 representations propose to transfer Shek Hei House and Shek Fook House from S12 (Shek Lei North) to S10 (Tai Pak Tin East) having regard to community identities and integrity.

(b) Two representations Item (b) propose to re-delineate This proposal is not accepted Shek Lei (II) Estate as an because: individual DCCA, i.e. to transfer Shek Kai House (i) based on the 2015 original and Shek Wah House from DCCA boundary, the S13 (Shek Lei South) to population of S12 (Shek S12 (Shek Lei North), so as Lei North) (22 392) will to maintain its integrity. exceed the statutory permissible upper limit (+34.90%). According to the proposal made in the representations, the population of the DCCA concerned will further exceed the statutory S. Kwai Tsing District - 362 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O permissible upper limit; and

(ii) the population of S13 (Shek Lei South) will fall within the statutory permissible range. According to the established working principles, adjustment to its existing boundary is not required.

10 S13 – 3 1 Propose to transfer Greenknoll This proposal is not accepted Shek Court from S16 () to because: Lei S13 (Shek Lei South) because: South (i) the populations of S13  Greenknoll Court is (Shek Lei South) and S16 S16 – connected to S13 (Shek Lei (Wah Lai) will fall within Wah Lai South) geographically; the statutory permissible range. According to the  it is hard for the DC member established working of S16 (Wah Lai) to serve principles, adjustments to Greenknoll Court. their existing boundaries Therefore, it is difficult for are not required; and the residents of Greenknoll Court to seek assistance from (ii) the delineation the DC member; and recommendations must be based on objective data of  the polling station for S16 population distribution. (Wah Lai) is far from Arrangements on district Greenknoll Court. administration matters or community services provided by DC members, and polling station arrangement are not the relevant factors of consideration. The EAC has referred the view on polling station arrangement to the REO for consideration. S. Kwai Tsing District - 363 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O 11 S16 – 1 - Proposes to group Wah Yuen This proposal is not accepted Wah Lai Chuen, Wonderland Villas, and because: Regency Park and its neighbouring rural villages (i) the population of S16 (Wah together of S16 (Wah Lai) to Lai) will fall within the form a DCCA, and group Lai statutory permissible range. Yiu Estate, Tsui Yiu Court and According to the Greenknoll Court together to established working form another DCCA because: principles, adjustment to its existing boundary is not  the way of living of the required; and residents of Wonderland Villas and Regency Park is (ii) the delineation completely different from recommendations must be that of the residents of Lai based on objective data of Yiu Estate, and so are their population distribution. needs for community Arrangements on district services; and administration matters or community services are not  geographically, Wonderland the relevant factors of Villas is relatively far from consideration. Lai Yiu Estate.

12 S16 – 1 - Proposes to delete S17 (Lai This proposal is not accepted Wah Lai Wah) and group Wah Lai because: Estate, Lai Yan Court, Happy S17 – Villa, Laichikok Bay Garden (i) in accordance with the Lai Wah and Wah Fung Garden in the EACO, the EAC must DCCA together with Lai Chi follow the number of Kok Government Offices, Lai elected seats stipulated for Chi Kok Park Sports Centre, each DC under the DCO in Park Swimming delineating the DCCA Pool, Lai Chi Kok Park (Stage boundaries. Deleting S17 I), and Ching Lai (Lai Wah) as proposed in Court in the Sham Shui Po the representation will District in a new DCCA in the make the total number of Sham Shui Po District. The DCCA less than the name of the new DCCA is “Lai number of seats in the Wan”. Regarding the Kwai Tsing District, which remaining parts in S17 (Lai does not comply with the Wah), i.e. Kau Wa Keng, Kau above statutory Wa Keng San Tsuen, Chung requirement. As this Shan Terrace, Chung Shan proposal made in the S. Kwai Tsing District - 364 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O Lodge, Greenwood Villas, representation is related to Greenwood Regency, Lai King the enactment of the Fire Station and Cheung Hang primary legislation, which Village, they will be transferred does not fall under the to S16 (Wah Lai). purview of the EAC, the EAC has referred the relevant view to the CMAB for consideration; and

(ii) the proposal made in the representation involves alteration of administrative district boundaries, which does not fall under the purview of the EAC. The EAC has referred this view to the Government for consideration.

13 S23 – 1 - Proposes to rename S23 (Tsing This proposal is not accepted Tsing Yi Estate) as “Tsing Luk” because the name of the DCCA Yi because the three main housing has been used since 1999 and Estate estates in the DCCA concerned, members of the public are used i.e. Greenview Villa, Tsing Yi to the name. Moreover, there Estate and Tsing Yi Garden are is no adjustment to its boundary located at Tsing Luk Street. in the present delineation Renaming the DCCA as “Tsing exercise and change of the Luk” will make it clear to the DCCA name may cause residents their respective DCCA confusion to the public. areas.

14 S24 – 3 - Propose to transfer Hong Ping These proposals are not Greenfield House, Hong On House and accepted because: Hong Shing House of Cheung S26 – Hong Estate from S27 (Shing (i) the populations of S24 Cheung Hong) to S26 (Cheung Hong). (Greenfield), S26 (Cheung Hong Reasons are summarised as Hong) and S27 (Shing follows: Hong) will fall within the S27 – statutory permissible range. Shing  dividing the 10 blocks of According to the Hong Cheung Hong Estate into established working different DCCAs will annoy principles, adjustments to the residents. It is difficult their existing boundaries S. Kwai Tsing District - 365 - S. Kwai Tsing District

Item No.∗ DCCAs Representations EAC’s Views No. W O for them to change their are not required; habits, including voting at elections and seeking (ii) the delineation assistance from the DC recommendations must be members. It is believed that based on objective data of the proposal made in the population distribution. representations can reduce Arrangements on district the inconvenience currently administration matters or faced by residents and the community services intangible pressure brought provided by DC members to them by the change of are not the relevant factors DCCAs. The proposal can of consideration; and also enhance district harmony; (iii) it is an established practice that the delineation  the building structure, size of exercise for a DC ordinary unit, amenities and family election should be size of Cheung Hong Estate conducted on the basis of Phases I and II are very the latest projected different, so are the population figures as at 30 community facilities and June of the election year. management; and Developments thereafter

will not be taken into  the proposal will ensure consideration. smoother and more integrated handling of housing affairs by the DC member.

One representation proposes, at the same time, to transfer Chung Mei Lo Uk Tsuen, Lam Tin Resite Village, Tai Wong Ha Resite Village, Tsing Fai San Tsuen, Tsing Yu New Village and Yim Tin Kok Resite Village from S24 (Greenfield) to S27 (Shing Hong) to avoid constantly revising DCCA boundaries in future and to preserve the physical features, community identities and ties of the areas concerned.