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Minutes of the 116th Meeting of the Kwai Tsing District Council

Date: 10 January 2019 Time: 2:31 p.m. – 5:01 p.m. Venue: K&T DO Conference Room

Attendee Time of Arrival Time of Departure (p.m.) (p.m.) Mr LAW King-shing, BBS, MH (Chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHOW Yick-hay, BBS, JP (Vice-chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHAN Siu-man, Simon 2:36 End of Meeting Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman Start of Meeting End of Meeting Miss CHU Lai-ling Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr HUI Kei-cheung 2:47 End of Meeting Ms KWOK Fu-yung 2:34 End of Meeting Ms LAM Chui-ling, Nancy, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LAM Siu-fai Start of Meeting 4:16 Ms LAU Mei-lo Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEE Chi-keung, Alan, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Chi-shing 3:01 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Kam-wai 2:43 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Wai-man, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting The Hon. LEUNG Yiu-chung 2:40 End of Meeting Mr LI Sai-lung Start of Meeting End of Meeting Miss LO Yuen-ting Start of Meeting End of Meeting The Hon. MAK Mei-kuen, Alice, BBS, JP Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr NG Ka-chiu Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr PAU Ming-hong Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr POON Chi-shing, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms TAM Wai-chun, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TANG Shui-wah, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TSUI Hiu-kit 3:19 End of Meeting Mr WONG Bing-kuen 2:52 4:06 Mr WONG Yiu-chung, MH 4:14 End of Meeting Mr WONG Yun-tat 2:43 End of Meeting

In Attendance

Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth, JP District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss LAM Bing-bing, Erica Acting Principal Assistant Secretary for Transport & Housing (Transport) 10, Transport and Housing Bureau Ms CHAN Kwai-chau, Carrie Senior Town Planner (Transport) Port, Maritime & Logistics, Transport and Housing Bureau Mr CHAN Tze-ho Chief Engineer/West 4, Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr CHOI Chi-pang, Bernie Senior Engineer/8 (West), Civil Engineering and Development Department Miss LAW Hoi-ching, Janice Senior Transport Officer/Kwai Tsing 2, Transport Department Mr FUNG Ka-kit, Peter Engineer/, Transport Department Mr Edwin LO Technical Director, Black & Veatch Limited Mr Frankie NG Senior Engineer, Black & Veatch Hong Kong Limited Mr SH CHING Project Director, Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited Mr KS LI Project Manager, Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited Ms Winky LAM Assistant Engineer, Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited Mr LEE Pui-hung Associate, MVA Hong Kong Limited Mr Andy LO General Manager (Administrative Services), Hospital Ms CH HAU Patient Relations Officer, Kwai Chung Hospital Ms CHAN Pik-hing, Connie District Leisure Manager (Kwai Tsing), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms HO Sau-fan, Fanny Chief Leisure Manager ( West), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr MOK Ying-kit, Kenneth Chief Transport Officer/New Territories South West, Transport Department Mr WONG Chi-hung Chief Engineer/New Territories West 2, Civil Engineering and Development Department Ms MAR Suk-fong District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Kwai Tsing), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Ms CHIN Tsang-lo, Jennifer Acting District Commander (Kwai Tsing),

Hong Kong Police Force Ms TSE May-may Police Community Relations Officer (Kwai Tsing), Hong Kong Police Force Mr LIU Ka-ho, Alex Patrol Sub-Unit Commander (Sub-Unit 1), (Tsing Yi Division), Hong Kong Police Force Ms WONG Yuen-ching Officer-in-charge of Kwai Tsing District Intelligence Section, Hong Kong Police Force Mrs LAI CHAN Wai-fan, Clara Senior Housing Manager (Kwai Chung), Housing Department Miss LO Pui-yiu, Sapphire District Lands Officer (District Lands Office, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing), Lands Department Mr YIM Wai-hung Administrative Assistant/Lands (District Lands Office, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing), Lands Department Ms MA Sau-ching, Annisa District Social Welfare Officer (Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing), Social Welfare Department Miss YIM Yik-huen, Bonnie Assistant District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss CHENG Siu-mui, Cyndia Senior Liaison Officer (1), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss CHEUNG Wing-sze, Amy Senior Liaison Officer (2), Kwai Tsing District Office Mr WONG Man-kit, Timothy Senior Executive Officer (District Council), (Secretary) Kwai Tsing District Office Miss NG Kai-yue, Eliza Executive Officer I (District Council), Kwai (Assistant Secretary) Tsing District Office

Absent with Apologies

Mr NG Kim-sing

Responsible Department Opening Remarks

The Chairman welcomed all to the 116th meeting of the Kwai Tsing District Council (K&T DC).

Confirmation of the Minutes of the 115th Meeting of K&T DC Held on 8 November 2018

2. Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis moved a motion to confirm the minutes. The motion was seconded by Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman and Miss CHU Lai-ling. K&T DC endorsed the said minutes unanimously.

Discussion Items

Feasibility Studies on Multi-storey Complex for Container Storage and Cargo Handling in Tsing Yi and Multi-storey Heavy Goods Vehicle Car Park cum Modern Logistics Building in Kwai Chung (Proposed by the Transport and Housing Bureau and the Civil Engineering and Development Department) (K&T DC Paper No. 1/D/2019) (K&T DC Paper No. 1a/D/2019) (tabled at the meeting)

3. Miss LAM Bing-bing, Erica, Acting Principal Assistant Secretary for Transport & Housing (Transport) 10 of the Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) said that THB had conducted a review on the port back-up land in Kwai Tsing so as to optimise utilisation and efficiency of such land to support port operations and cater for future development needs. THB completed the review in 2015 and introduced the relevant findings to K&T DC. One of the proposals was to explore the feasibility of developing multi-storey port back-up facilities at suitable sites so as to release more space to support port development. The proposal was supported by stakeholders in general. THB later commissioned two consultancy studies to explore the feasibility of developing a Tsing Yi site into a multi-storey facility for container storage and cargo handling and a Kwai Chung site into a container vehicle and lorry car park. The preliminary findings of the consultancy studies showed that both proposals were feasible and would not have much impact on the traffic, landscape, noise levels, environment, etc. of the district.

4. Mr CHAN Tze-ho, Chief Engineer/West 4 of the Civil Engineering and

Responsible Department Development Department (CEDD) introduced the content of the two feasibility studies with a slide show.

5. Mr POON Chi-shing put forth opinions as follows:

(i) Departments should disclose information and data mentioned in slide shows to Members earlier so that Members could be better prepared to participate in discussions and give feedback.

(ii) The Report of the Task Force on Land Supply (the Report) put forth the conceptual options of relocating Kwai Tsing Container Terminals (KTCTs) and building housing units on elevated platforms above KTCTs. If these options were adopted, the current proposal of developing multi-storey facilities would hinder their development. Therefore, THB should carefully think about the future development planning for the site.

(iii) He suggested providing private car parking spaces in large-scale infrastructure projects to alleviate the shortage of parking spaces in Tsing Yi.

6. Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman put forth opinions as follows:

(i) In view of the shortage of parking spaces for large vehicles in Kwai Tsing, he supported the proposals in principle.

(ii) He agreed that the departments should disclose the details of the feasibility studies to Members as early as possible.

(iii) Given the vast areas of the two sites, he suggested providing green belts or recreational and sports facilities (such as cycle tracks and jogging tracks) for residents’ use.

7. Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice put forth opinions and enquiry as follows:

(i) She hoped that the Government could decide on the future direction of the development of KTCTs as soon as possible so as to confirm whether there was a need to develop port back-up land.

Responsible Department (ii) Since parking spaces for large vehicles were inadequate in Kwai Tsing, she suggested opening up the parking spaces of the multi-storey buildings for hire by visitors.

(iii) According to CEDD, the construction of multi-storey buildings would not have significant impact on the current traffic conditions of Tsing Yi South Bridge as the increased vehicular flow would mainly be routed through nearby expressways. Tsing Yi South Bridge, being a major transport hub of the Tsing Yi Industrial Area nowadays, had extremely busy traffic flow. She doubted whether CEDD had carried out the estimations based on the actual traffic flow at different periods of time.

(iv) How CEDD would decide what companies could operate in the multi-storey buildings.

8. Mr WONG Yun-tat put forth opinions as follows:

(i) He did not oppose the construction of multi-storey buildings but was concerned about whether they would have adverse impact on local residents’ lives.

(ii) At present, the still had spare capacity to cope with a higher traffic flow, and he suggested that the Transport Department (TD) should implement measures to attract more people to use it.

(iii) After the multi-storey buildings came into operation, there would be a large number of staff going in and out of the areas. If TD approved new minibus/bus routes to pick up the staff, the traffic in area would become even more crowded.

9. Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis put forth opinions and enquiry as follows:

(i) The Government had gradually resumed sites under short-term tenancy (STT) for use as temporary car parks, which exacerbated the shortage of parking spaces in Kwai Tsing. He urged the relevant departments to confirm whether the site would continue to be used for the proposed development of the Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works (SCISTW) as soon as possible and make use of the site to provide a large

Responsible Department number of parking spaces for goods vehicles.

(ii) He enquired whether the multi-storey buildings would be developed and operated by the Government or private enterprises. He worried that if they were operated by private companies, the Government would not be able to monitor and control the rent levels, and high prices would dampen the incentive for goods vehicle drivers to use such buildings, i.e. ineffective in alleviating the traffic problem in the district.

10. Mr CHAN Siu-man, Simon said that CEDD, after estimating the full capacity of existing roads based on their spare capacity, opined that the Tsing Yi site could store approximately 2 700 plus 40-square-foot containers without seriously affecting the traffic of the area. However, he worried whether the road network of Tsing Yi could still absorb the extra traffic flow brought about by the multi-storey building if sudden incidents had resulted in heavier than usual traffic.

11. The Hon. LEUNG Yiu-chung pointed out that THB opined that the logistics industry ranked first among the four key economic pillars of Hong Kong when it conducted the review in 2015 and hence, it was necessary to develop port back-up land to maintain the competitiveness of the Hong Kong Port (HKP). However, times had changed, and THB had yet explained whether the logistics industry was still thriving and whether there was still a pressing need for developing port back-up land. While providing land for goods vehicle parking was of good intention, THB should prudently assess whether the proposals could cope with the future economic development before making a decision given the shortage of land in Hong Kong.

12. The Hon. MAK Mei-kuen, Alice put forth opinions and enquiries as follows:

(i) The Report put forth the conceptual option of relocating KTCTs and THB proposed the construction of multi-storey facilities, and the two ideas might probably conflict with each other. She expressed dissatisfaction at THB’s lack of long-term development strategies for the logistics industry and disappointment at CEDD’s lack of consultation with stakeholders in the course of designing the multi-storey buildings.

(ii) She would like to know the purposes of constructing the multi-storey buildings: whether they were for use by existing logistics operators in Kwai Tsing or for accommodation of logistics companies originally

Responsible Department operating at brownfield sites in other parts of the New Territories.

(iii) She enquired on what basis were the plot ratios of the Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi sites (the respective plot ratios were 2.4 and 4) calculated. If traffic volume was taken as the benchmark, whether the increasing traffic volume of Tsing Yi, such as the additional demand for parking spaces brought about by the commencement of operation of the Tsing Yi Vehicle Examination Centre, was taken into consideration.

(iv) The slide show mentioned that the floor loading capacity of the multi-storey buildings was 2.5 tonnes per square metre. She enquired what purposes it could serve.

(v) The development of logistics industries in neighbouring regions of Hong Kong mainly relied on government subsidies. If the multi-storey buildings were to be operated by private enterprises, they would probably become real estate projects and fail to attract trade members to use them. If the buildings were to solve the shortage of parking spaces in the district, they must be operated by the Government. Therefore, if THB wished to garner support from K&T DC for the construction of the multi-storey buildings, it had to first confirm whether the projects would be developed and operated by the Government or private enterprises.

13. Mr LEE Chi-keung, Alan put forth opinions as follows:

(i) The development of the logistics industry had to rely on hardware/ancillary facilities. The container throughput of Hong Kong was about 21 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units per annum. Although the figure had reduced compared to the past, it was still sizeable. There were many goods vehicles and goods casually parked and placed in Kwai Tsing at nighttime, revealing that the existing logistics facilities were insufficient and it was necessary to build the multi-storey buildings.

(ii) The floor loading capacity of 2.5 tonnes per square metre of the multi-storey buildings was capable for accommodating a large quantity of containers. He hoped that the multi-storey buildings could solve the problem of goods being placed casually in the district.

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(iii) Based on the free trade principles, the Government should not intervene in setting the rent levels of the multi-storey buildings.

(iv) The Tsing Yi site, located at the container port to the south of Tsing Yi Road, should have limited impact on local residents’ lives.

(v) Overall speaking, he supported the proposal.

14. Miss LAM Bing-bing, Erica gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) THB noted that the Report put forth the conceptual options of relocating KTCTs and building housing units on elevated platforms above KTCTs. The Report stated that the two options could hardly contribute to resolving the land shortage in the short-to-medium and medium-to-long run, but for the long-term development, the Government might explore whether it was worthwhile to study the relocation option. At the current stage, the Government was studying the recommendations of the Report in detail. THB kept an open mind to the land development option and might consider it on the understanding that the relocation should not affect the operation and competiveness of HKP. However, the proposal involved many issues such as technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness, etc., which required in-depth and comprehensive studies.

(ii) On port development, HKP maintained a considerable container throughput, remained one of the busiest ports in the world and enjoyed significant competitive advantage even in the face of a volatile global trading environment and competition from ports in the neighbouring regions. THB would continue to roll out measures to facilitate port development, including the proposed developments of multi-storey port back-up facilities, so as to utilise existing port land more effectively and support the sustainable development of HKP. The proposed development was supported by the sector in general.

(iii) On the suggestion to release the SCISTW site for other development purposes, the Government had to strike a balance between various development needs of the society, including ports, district development and maintenance of the water quality of . It was

Responsible Department understood that the Environmental Protection Department was yet to have an exact timetable for the development of sewage treatment works and would review and formulate the implementation plan with regard to the harbour water quality and relevant factors.

(iv) On public consultation, THB had been maintaining close communication with relevant stakeholders, including consulting the existing users of STT sites and other industry representatives, in the course of conducting the two studies. THB would also like to listen to views on the proposed developments from the district through this consultation with K&T DC to further enhance the content and recommendations of the studies.

15. Mr CHAN Tze-ho gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) Noting the shortage of parking spaces in Kwai Tsing, CEDD had reserved sufficient parking spaces in the multi-storey buildings for the operators to use so that there would be no need to occupy other parking spaces in the district. Moreover, plenty of space had been earmarked as cargo working and goods vehicle holding areas to avoid causing traffic congestion in other areas of the district.

(ii) The future operators of the multi-storey buildings had to consider whether or not to open parking spaces for public use at nighttime.

(iii) The traffic impact assessments (TIAs) conducted by the consultancy firms had taken into consideration all known development projects in the district, including the additional traffic volume brought about by the commencement of operation of the Tsing Yi Vehicle Examination Centre. The findings of the assessments had to be scrutinised by TD to confirm that CEDD had not missed out any factor that should be considered. The findings revealed that the traffic generated by the construction of the multi-storey buildings would not cause significant impact on major roads and junctions in the district.

(iv) The two sites covered vast areas and the existing designs had already incorporated suggestions on greening and landscaping. It was believed that if the development direction of SCISTW was confirmed in the future, the Drainage Services Department would discuss how to enhance the

Responsible Department greening works of the projects with members of the local community.

(v) The two consultancy firms were estimating the construction costs of the multi-storey buildings. The relevant information would be submitted to THB for its consideration of the future mode of operation and the way forward to ensure that the multi-storey buildings could cope with the development needs of the industry and the traffic conditions of the district.

16. Mr LEE Pui-hung, Associate of MVA Hong Kong Limited gave a consolidated response with regard to the TIA on the multi-storey building in Tsing Yi as follows:

(i) It was anticipated that most of the vehicles going in and out of the multi-storey building would use Stonecutters Bridge while only few vehicles would opt for Tsing Yi South Bridge.

(ii) Improvement works, including addition of a barrier-free lane, would be conducted at the roundabout of Tsing Yi Road. It was anticipated that vehicles would get in and out of the multi-storey building via that lane and thus would not have significant adverse impact on existing vehicular flow.

(iii) A four-lane carriageway connecting Tsing Yi Road and Tsing Yi Hong Wan Road would be provided to the south of the multi-storey building to enhance the operational efficiency of the roads nearby.

17. Mr KS LI, Project Manager of Mott MacDonald Hong Kong Limited gave a consolidated response with regard to the TIA on the multi-storey building in Kwai Chung as follows:

(i) The location was connected to a number of highways and highly accessible. The vast majority of vehicles going in and out of the multi-storey building would take the expressways nearby to go to and from other areas and therefore would not have adverse impact on residents’ lives.

(ii) Mei Foo and Nam Cheong MTR stations were within walking distance from the multi-storey building (15 to 20 minutes). Since walking time

Responsible Department was about the same as transportation time, it was anticipated that more people would choose to go to the building on foot.

18. Miss LAW Hoi-ching, Janice, Senior Transport Officer/Kwai Tsing 2 of TD gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) Members of the public could get to the multi-storey buildings in Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi by minibus route no. 87A and 88M respectively. On the other hand, most of the logistics operators at the two locations provided feeder bus service to pick up their employees to and from work. TD would pay close attention to changes in passenger demand and review the possibility of adjusting service frequencies with minibus operators.

(ii) Two years prior to the commencement of operation of the multi-storey buildings, TD would review the overall operation of public transport services and passenger demand in relation to the two projects and in nearby areas again to consider the suitability of adjusting the existing services and/or introducing new service providers.

(iii) If it was decided that additional minibus routes were to be provided, TD would conduct consultations on the locations of termini and Members were welcomed to give their views on the proposed locations of termini then.

19. Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice pointed out that land was limited and hoped that THB could evaluate whether there was a more pressing need to develop port back-up land or to provide more parking spaces to solve the serious problem of illegal parking in the district.

20. Mr POON Chi-shing put forth opinions as follows:

(i) The construction of the multi-storey buildings required the resumption of a number of STT sites originally used as temporary car parks, which exacerbated the shortage of parking spaces in the district. He urged THB to request the future operators to open the parking spaces of the buildings for public use.

Responsible Department (ii) Minibus route no. 88M was already extremely busy at present. He had repeatedly requested the operator to increase the service frequency, but to no avail. He found it hard to believe that the situation would improve after the commencement of operation of the multi-storey building and urged TD to promise to increase the frequency of minibus service in the future.

(iii) The problem of traffic congestion at the roundabout of Tsing Yi Road had existed for a long time. He had on and off requested TD to take improvement measures in the past, and TD should definitely not to wait until the launch of the multi-storey building construction projects before any action was taken.

(iv) It was more convenient for container vehicles to go to KTCTs via Tsing Yi South Bridge. Therefore, he did not agree with the consultancy firm that most of the vehicles would use the Stonecutters Bridge.

21. Mr CHAN Siu-man, Simon said that according to THB’s response and analysis, the multi-storey buildings could not help solve the problem of illegal parking in the district. In this regard, he urged THB to expand the functions of the buildings and request the future operators to open parking spaces at nighttime.

22. Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis put forth opinions as follows:

(i) THB should not take K&T DC as having given support to the projects before the mode of operation of the multi-storey buildings was determined, and THB should visit K&T DC again in the future to report on the progress.

(ii) He emphasised that if the operation of the multi-storey buildings was not Government-led, their rents would certainly keep going up and they would eventually become real estate projects.

(iii) He reiterated that the site for proposed development of SCISTW should be used for provision of a large-scale car park.

23. Miss LAM Bing-bing, Erica gave a consolidated response as follows:

Responsible Department (i) She admitted that land was limited and a balance had to be struck between port development and needs of the local community. However, the proposed developments could release more space to support port development by optimising land use. Therefore, it was worth exploring further implementation of the projects.

(ii) The two proposed developments were mainly for port back-up purpose, such as increasing space for container storage and container vehicle parking, to better support the future development of ports and the logistics industry. Therefore, the proposed projects might not be able to address all the needs of the local community.

(iii) Concerning the shortage of parking spaces, THB and TD would continue to pay attention to the supply and demand in the district and explore how to adopt feasible measures to alleviate the problem.

(iv) With respect to increasing the frequencies of public light buses, TD would closely monitor changes in demands brought about by future developments and consider the possibility of adjusting frequencies.

(v) THB noted Members’ opinions on the mode of operation of the multi-storey buildings and would take them into consideration in the future.

24. Mr CHAN Tze-ho gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) CEDD would study the feasibility of including a clause on opening the parking spaces of the multi-storey buildings at nighttime in the conditions of land grant with the Lands Department.

(ii) Noting that most of the logistics companies near the multi-storey buildings provided feeder bus service to pick up their employees to and from work, CEDD would consider requesting the operators of the buildings to make similar arrangements to avoid increasing the burden on public transport.

25. Mr LEE Pui-hung responded that their consultancy firm had interviewed trade members about their driving modes and the result showed that at present most of the

Responsible Department vehicles used Stonecutters Bridge and Nam Wan Tunnel to access KTCTs.

Discussion on the Problems of the Complaint Mechanism of Kwai Chung Hospital (Proposed by Mr WONG Yun-tat) (K&T DC Paper No. 2/D/2019 and 2a/D/2019)

26. Mr WONG Yun-tat introduced the paper. He said he noted that the Kwai Chung Hospital (KCH) had repeatedly refused to meet the family of a patient to discuss the prescription of drugs for the patient. In this regard, he requested KCH to explain in detail its mechanism for handling complaints and take patients’ demands seriously.

27. Mr LEUNG Kam-wai hoped that KCH could maintain good communication with patients and their families and be open-minded in listening to their opinions on prescription of drugs, such as trying new drugs or minimising the prescription of injection drugs, so as to identify more effective treatment options and avoid complaints.

28. The Hon. LEUNG Yiu-chung put forth opinions as follows:

(i) KCH always considered that the patients and their families lacked medical knowledge and ignored their opinions, resulting in communication breakdown. However, as the saying “long-term illness made one a doctor” went, patients and their families often tried hard to understand various treatment options and their opinions might not lack reference value.

(ii) There was a case in the past that a patient found that some new drugs, which were used in other public hospitals, were not used in KCH. The reason was that the drug manufacturer did not sell those drugs to KCH. But after DC Members had repeatedly made the request and arranged the drug manufacturer to contact KCH, KCH was then convinced to purchase the drugs. This indicated the importance of KCH’s listening to opinions.

(iii) Patients suffering from mental illness were often resistant to the prescription of injection drugs, and he urged KCH to try to use some new drugs to enhance the effectiveness of treatments.

29. Mr Andy LO, General Manager (Administrative Services) of KCH, gave a

Responsible Department consolidated response as follows:

(i) Dr Desmond Nguyen, the new Hospital Chief Executive, was unable to attend the meeting due to other engagement. Dr Nguyen would like to say that KCH attached great importance to the opinions raised by the patients and their families and hoped that communication would be strengthened in the future. Dr Nguyen was willing to attend K&T DC meetings for exchange of opinions in the future, if needed.

(ii) With regard to Mr WONG Yun-tat’s invitation of a doctor to a meeting to discuss on the drug arrangement of a patient, a KCH doctor had met Mr WONG on 28 December 2018 to explain the follow-up of the case.

30. Ms C H HAU, Patient Relations Officer of KCH, gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) KCH handled complaint cases according to the complaint mechanism established by the Hospital Authority (HA). There were Patient Relations Officers in KCH, whose duties were to receive complaints and sought of assistance from the patients and their families, to relay such details to appropriate unit for follow up, and eventually to inform the complainant of the result.

(ii) The Drug Management Committee under HA was responsible for overseeing development and management of Drug Formulary, regularly reviewing the safety, efficacy and cost‐effectiveness of new drugs, and taking into account overseas experience in the treatments so as to decide if a new drug should be introduced.

(iii) KCH had to comply with the above-mentioned HA drug management guidelines to decide if a patient could try a new drug. However, KCH also welcomed opinions from patients and their families.

Responsible Department Draft Budget of the K&T DC for 2019/20 - Expenditure for the K&T DC Local Organisations and Excursions and Special Arrangement due to Cross-term of District Council (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 3/D/2019)

31. The Secretary introduced the paper.

32. Members endorsed the paper unanimously.

Draft Budget of the K&T DC for 2019/20 - Expenditure for the Employment of Full-time/Part-time Non-Civil Service Contract Staff by the K&T DC (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 4/D/2019)

33. The Secretary introduced the paper.

34. Members endorsed the paper unanimously.

Draft Budget of the K&T DC for 2019/20 (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 5/D/2019)

35. The Secretary introduced the paper.

36. Members endorsed the paper unanimously.

Proposal on Amending the “K&T DC Standing Order” (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 6/D/2019)

37. The Secretary introduced the paper.

38. Members endorsed the paper unanimously.

Responsible Department Proposal on Amending the “Guidelines on the Use of Kwai Tsing District Council Funds (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 7/D/2019)

39. The Secretary introduced the paper.

40. Members endorsed the paper unanimously.

Information Papers

Report of the Kwai Tsing District Management Committee Meeting held on 22 October 2018 (Proposed by the Kwai Tsing District Office) (K&T DC Paper No. 8/I/2019)

41. Members noted the above paper.

Reports of the Kwai Tsing District Area Committees (Proposed by the Kwai Tsing District Office) (K&T DC Paper No. 9/I/2019)

42. Members noted the above paper.

Report on the Progress of the Kwai Tsing’s District-led Actions Scheme – “Project e+: Dementia Community Support Service” (Proposed by the Kwai Tsing District Office) (K&T DC Paper No. 10/I/2019)

43. Mr HUI Kei-cheung pointed out that the progress of the advanced care plan, healthcare services and home support services would fall short of and far below the service targets set out in the annual work plan. The reasons provided in the paper seemed unable to explain the causes, and he would like to know about the details.

44. Miss YIM Yik-huen, Bonnie, Assistant District Officer (Kwai Tsing) said that communication had been maintained with the Hong Kong Alzheimer’s Disease Association (HKADA) to understand the difficulties in its recruitment of target clients. It was noted that the families of the elderly were often resistant to home support

Responsible Department services as soon as the elderly were diagnosed with the early symptoms of dementia, resulting in the gap between the service targets and the actual delivery of services. With regard to such cases, HKADA would continue to contact the families to let them know more about the services and adjust the locations of the health checkup stations to enhance the effectiveness of the scheme.

45. Mr HUI Kei-cheung would like to invite HKADA staff to attend K&T DC meeting so as to have an in-depth understanding on the reasons for the families to refuse home support services. On the other hand, he pointed out that a large portion of the expenditure of the Scheme was used on the salaries of professionals and general staff, and he would like to know if the resource deployment was appropriate.

46. Miss YIM Yik-huen, Bonnie responded as follows:

(i) HKADA staff would attend K&T DC meeting every year to report on the progress of the Scheme and the next reporting time would be around May this year. At that time HKADA would explain in details the reasons why the families refused home support services.

(ii) On the proportion of expenditure, as a lot of publicity and education work and recruitment of participants had to be carried out under the Scheme, therefore, more general staff had to be hired.

Briefing on Public Order Situation in October and November 2018 ((Proposed by the Hong Kong Police Force) (K&T DC Paper No. 11/I/2019)

47. Ms CHIN Tsang-lo, Jennifer, District Commander (Kwai Tsing) (Atg) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) introduced the paper.

48. Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman suggested that the Police should include the figures of illegal debt collection in the briefing and assist the Housing Department (HD) and estate management companies in stepping up the measures against illegal debt collection activities (such as pouring paint and posting bills) so as minimise the nuisance caused to the residents.

49. Mr HUI Kei-cheung pointed out that the number of telephone deception cases was on the rise and involved a huge amount of money. While the Police had tried hard

Responsible Department to publicise various modi operandi of deception cases through online platforms, the elderly could seldom get in touch with such information. He suggested that the Police should appeal to the public through other platforms (such as notice boards inside lifts) provided by HD. In addition, he opined that the Police only set up an anti-deception hotline lately, which was pretty slow in response.

50. Mr POON Chi-shing thanked the Police for sparing no effort in maintaining the traffic control measures at Tsing Hung Road.

51. Mr NG Ka-chiu suggested that HD should reserve notice boards in housing estates for the Police to post notices and publicity materials so as to disseminate crime prevention and detection messages to the residents constantly.

52. Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice said that a theft case happened earlier in Serene Garden, Tsing Yi involved property of the management company and she hoped that the Police could expedite the investigation and reveal information currently appropriate for dissemination to the residents.

53. Ms CHIN Tsang-lo, Jennifer gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) The figures on illegal debt collection cases in 2018 were available and could be publicised at the next meeting. The illegal debt collection cases were categorised into criminal cases and non-criminal cases and saw a downward trend in 2018.

(ii) The Anti-Deception Coordination Centre established in 2017 built a website and uploaded short video clips to demonstrate various deception modi operandi. It also managed the “Anti-Scam Helpline 18222” to provide 24 hour anti-deception consultation service. The Police noticed that telephone deception cases recorded a territory-wide increase in recent months and therefore would further strengthen the publicity of the above website and hotline.

(iii) The Police had been cooperating with HD in the implementation of the “COMPAX” project, and sent officers to set up “Police Clinic” in housing estates regularly to disseminate crime information of the district. The Police would discuss with HD on the feasibility of launching more cooperation schemes and setting up notice boards.

Responsible Department

(iv) The Police mainly revealed the news of case detection to the mass media through the Police Public Relations Branch, and publicised mostly crime prevention messages in the district.

(v) The theft case in Serene Garden was under investigation by the Regional Crime Unit. Such case involved bank accounts and required a longer time for investigation. If there was any information currently appropriate for dissemination, Members would be informed.

Report Items

Reports of the K&T DC Committees (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 12/R/2019)

54. Members noted the above paper.

Report of Working Group on Development of Kwai Chung Park (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 13/R/2019)

55. Members noted the above paper.

Report of District Council Overseas Duty Visits Working Group (Proposed by the Secretariat of the K&T DC) (K&T DC Paper No. 14/R/2019)

56. The Secretary introduced the paper.

57. Since the consultation with Members on the destinations of the third K&T DC duty visit by circulation of paper returned a similar count of votes, and as there was also Member failed to join the duty visit due to term of office issues, the Chairman put the destinations of the duty visit to the vote again. Of the Members participated in the vote, there were 3 votes in favour of Singapore, 1 vote in favour of Shantou and Xiamen. K&T DC endorsed that Singapore would be the destination for the third duty visit.

58. The Chairman said that the Secretariat would invite Members to enrol in the

Responsible Department third overseas duty visit after the meeting. Based on the consensus of previous discussions of K&T DC, if the number of Members enrolled was less than 6 persons, the duty visit would be cancelled.

(Post-meeting note: The Secretariat sent invitations to Members for enrollment in the third K&T DC overseas duty visit on 11 January 2019. As at the enrollment deadline, there were 4 Members enrolled. Since the number of Members enrolled was less than 6 persons, and after consultation with the Chairman of the District Council Overseas Duty Visits Working Group and with his consent, the duty visit was cancelled.)

Any Other Business

59. Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth, District Officer (Kwai Tsing) introduced the year-end clean-up campaign launched by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), which would commence soon to clean the public places in the district. To tie in with the campaign, the Home Affairs Department (HAD) provided additional resources to the Kwai Tsing District Office (K&T DO) to target hygienic black spots at private buildings and conduct anti-rodent and cleaning work. The Secretariat would inform Members the details and seek Members’ support by circulation of paper later on.

60. Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis pointed out that Members could only obtain a maximum of 10 voter registration forms from Kwai Tsing Home Affairs Enquiry Centre (HAEC). If they would like to obtain a large number of forms, they had to get them from the office of the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) in , and that was not convenient for Members to carry out voter registration activities in the district. In this regard, he suggested that K&T DO should obtain a proper number of forms from REO to distribute to Members after consulting Members on the number of forms they needed.

61. Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth said that the target clients of HAEC were the general public and therefore each person could only obtain a small number of forms. If Members would like to obtain a larger quantity, they could contact REO direct.

62. Mr LEUNG Wai-man and Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman also requested K&T DO to assist Members in obtaining voter registration forms from REO.

63. Mr TSUI Hiu-kit said that apart from voter registration forms, he also hoped that K&T DO could assist Members in obtaining forms from other departments (e.g. Social

Responsible Department Welfare Department).

64. Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth said that REO would be contacted to provide Members with more convenient ways to obtain voter registration forms.

65. Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice said that the voter registration forms K&T DO obtained should be evenly distributed to Members.

(Post-meeting note: The Secretariat issued letter to Members on 15 January 2019 stating that K&T DO, after thorough consideration and to enhance public participation in district affairs, agreed to carry out an one-off coordination and assist Members of various constituencies in Kwai Tsing District in obtaining the application forms for Application for New Voter Registration (Geographical Constituencies) from REO.)

66. Mr NG Ka-chiu enquired if K&T DO could use the additional provision from HAD to assist FEHD to clear up tree debris resulted from Typhoon Mangkhut.

67. Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth responded that the target of each government department was to complete all clearing work before the Lunar New Year. K&T DO would continue to play a coordination role to monitor the progress of the clearing work and noted that most of such work had been completed. He welcomed Members to provide information on the places that still required clearing of tree debris.

Date of Next Meeting

68. The next meeting was scheduled to be held on 14 March 2019 (Thursday).

Kwai Tsing District Council Secretariat March 2019