Secretary, Town Planning Board 15/F, North Point Government Offices 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong (E-mail:
[email protected]) By email only 9 June 2015 Dear Sir/Madam, Comments on Representations of the Draft Po Toi Islands Outline Zoning Plan No. S/I-PTI/1 The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) (Representation No. R13) would like comment on various representations made for the draft Po Toi Islands Outline Zoning Plan No. S/I-PTI/1. TPB/R/S/I-PTI/1-4, 11-12, 14-17 The HKBWS agrees with the following points made by various environmental NGOs (R4, R11-12, R14-17). Po Toi has unique and high ecological, geological, landscape and cultural value, which should be well conserved (R4, R11-12, R14-17). There are potential adverse ecological impacts of residential developments (i.e., in Village Type Development (V) zone and Residential (Group D) (R(D)) zone) on Po Toi, such that important bird habitats would be disturbed (R11-17). Holiday camps in the Conservation Area (CA) would also cause potential adverse ecological impacts on the surrounding habitats (R13-16). We oppose to columbarium development on Po Toi as proposed by R9-10 (R11, R14) and agree that R(D) zoning should be rezoned as CA (R4, R11-12, R15). We support Po Toi to be designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interests “SSSI” (R4, R11-12, R14) and ultimately designated as a “Country Park” (R4, R14, R17). TPB/R/S/I-PTI/1-5-6 The HKBWS agrees with Mr. 羅成 (R5) and 蒲台島村公所工作關注組 (R6) that the ecological environment on Po Toi should be protected and should not be rezoned for memorial garden or columbarium use.