Kwun Tong District Summaries of Written Representations
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J. Kwun Tong - 89 - J. Kwun Tong Appendix III - J Kwun Tong District Summaries of Written Representations Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations 1 J07 – 1 The representation The supporting view is noted. Shun Tin supports the demarcation proposal for J07. 2 J10 – 2 The representations The supporting views are noted. Po Tat support the demarcation proposal for J10. 3 J10 – 7 The seven representations The representations are accepted Po Tat object to delineating the although there are two Tat Cheung House and Tat representations supporting the J13 – Hei House of Po Tat Estate proposal (See item 2), because: Sau Mau into J13 because: Ping (i) Po Tat Estate is geographically South (a) community integrity isolated from Sau Mau Ping of Po Tat Estate and separated by a major would be hampered; motorway; (although linked by a footbridge); (b) the operation of the Area Committee (ii) Tat Cheung House and Tat Hei would be affected; House are situated on the same elevated platform together with (c) residents’ sense of the other eleven residential belonging would be blocks of the Po Tat Estate and affected; sharing the same community facilities; and (d) the EAC permitted Laguna City to be (iii) There is a need to preserve the grouped under the community integrity of the same DCCA even Estate. though its population is over the upper However, the population of J10 will permissible limit; and hence exceed the upper permissible limit (24,763, +43.35%). (e) Tat Cheung House is mainly inhabited by elderly residents. They felt being separated from Po Tat Estate. J. Kwun Tong - 90 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations 4 J10 – 1 The representation (i) See items 3, 6, 11 and 13 for Po Tat representations of (a), (c), (d) (a) objects to delineating (e) and (f). J13 – the Tat Cheung House (ii) Representation of (b) is not Sau Mau and Tat Hei House of accepted because the Ping Po Tat Estate into J13 population of J11 is within the South because the permissible range (20,467, community integrity +18.48%). It is not necessary to J16 – of Po Tat Estate would change the existing boundaries. Kwong be hampered; Tak (b) suggests that Sau J19 – Ming House of Sau Yau Tong Mau Ping Estate East should be moved from J13 into J11 to J20 – preserve community Yau Tong integrity; Central (c) suggests that Ping J21 – Chun House of Ping Yau Tong Tin Estate should be West moved back from J16 into J17 to preserve the local ties and community integrity. (d) suggests that J19 should include Lei Yue Mun Estate and four blocks of Ko Cheung Court (Ko Ching House, Ko Hong House, Ko Fung House and Ko Fei House); (e) suggests that J20 should include five blocks of Ko Cheung Court (Ko On House, Ko Siu House, Ko Ki House, Ko Lun House and Ko Hang House), Yau Mei Court and Yau Lai Estate; (f) suggests that J21 J. Kwun Tong - 91 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations should include Cha Kwo Ling, Lei Yue Mun, Yau Tong Estate and Yau Tong Centre. 5 J12 – 1 The representation The representation is not accepted Hiu Lai suggests United Christian as the population of both DCCAs Hospital should be moved are within the permissible range: from J11 (Sau Mau Ping North) to J12 for better J11: 20,467 (+18.48%) communication with the J12: 18,896 (+9.38%) hospital and to maintain community integrity. It is not necessary to change the existing boundaries. 6 J14 – 2 (a) The representations The representations are partially Hing Tin object to dissolving accepted . Taking into account the the Lam Tin DCCA geographical factors and in order to J15 – (former J16) because it affect a smaller number of DCCA, Tak Tin is unfair to the the Lam Tin (former J16) can be residents of this kept intact by adopting the J16 – DCCA; following modified proposal: Kwong Tak (b) one representation (a) to merge the existing J15 (Tak opines that the Tin) and old J17 (Kwong Tak) population of Lam Tin into one DCCA (new J16 is increasing Kwong Tak); and continuously and thus the cancellation of one (b) to move Tak Lai House, Tak DCCA would cause King House and Tak Shui unfair community House from the existing J15 resources allocation; (Tak Tin) to J14 (Hing Tin). (c) one representation opines that dissolving Under the modified proposal, only 3 the said DCCA would existing DCCAs, one less than the cause confusion to the original proposal, would be affected. residents and hamper The resultant populations are also community within the upper permissible limit: development; J14: 20,040 (+16.01%) (d) one representation J16: 21,213 (+22.80%). opines that the combination of The merging of 3 DCCAs to 2 in DCCAs would cause Lam Tin is required so as to release inconvenience to the a seat to Yau Tong and to make the residents due to population of existing DCCA geographical Kwong Tak (former J17) within the differences; permissible limit. J. Kwun Tong - 92 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations (e) one representation queries about the reason of cancellation of one DCCA as the population of Lam Tin DCCA is still within the permissible limit. 7 J14 – 1 (a) The representation Item (a) Hing Tin supports the The supporting view is noted. demarcation proposals J15 – for these 5 DCCAs. Item (b) Tak Tin The view is noted. (b) It proposes to relocate J16 – the polling station of Kwong J17, ie Sing Yin Tak Secondary School, to S.K.H Lee Shiu Keung J17 – Primary School for Ping Tin electors’ convenience. J18 – Pak Nga 8 J14 – 1 The representation The representation is not accepted Hing Tin suggests to dissolve the Po because it would affect two Lok DCCA (J26) and puts originally unaltered DCCAs (J25 J15 – up a proposal on and J26) causing substantial changes Tak Tin re-delineating J25, J26, J27 to the existing boundaries. and J28 as follows: J16 – Kwong (a) Move Tsui Mui Tak House, Tsui Nam House and Tsui Yue J17 – House of Tsui Ping Ping Tin North Estate from J26 into J25; J25 – Tsui Ping (b) Move Po Pui Court North from J26 into J28 and renamed J28 as “Po J26 – Cheung”; Po Lok (c) Move Wo Lok Estate J27 – from J26 into J27. Yuet Wah Also move Hopewell House, Hip Wo House J28 – and Yen Fu Mansion J. Kwun Tong - 93 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations Hip Hong from J28 into J27 and renamed J27 as “Yuet Wo”. The reasons given are: (i) the average population of the DCCAs concerned is relatively low; (ii) the geographical features and community ties of the DCCAs will be better; (iii) community integrity can be preserved; (iv) the estimated population of the new proposal is within the permissible range; and (v) the new proposal conforms to the continuous development principle. Under this proposal, the existing number of DCCAs in Lam Tin can therefore be maintained. 9 J14 – 1 The representation (i) The supporting view of (a) and Hing Tin (b) are noted. (a) supports the J15 – demarcation proposals (ii) Representation (c) is not Tak Tin for dissolving the Lam accepted as the population of Tin DCCA (former J17 (17,347, +0.42%) is within J16 – J16); the permissible limit. Change to Kwong the existing boundary is not Tak (b) appreciates that the necessary. EAC accepted the J17 – proposal of renaming (iii) Representation (d) is not Ping Tin J18 as “Pak Nga”; accepted as the names currently adopted for the DCCAs J18 – (c) suggests that Ping concerned already reflected the J. Kwun Tong - 94 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations Pak Nga Chun House of Ping major buildings therein (See Tin Estate, Lee Shiu also item 6). J19 – Keung Primary School (iv) See item 13 for representation Yau Tong and Lam Tin (e). East Methodist Primary School should be J20 – moved to J17; Yau Tong Central (d) as the Lam Tin DCCA (former J16) is J21 – dissolved, it suggests Yau Tong that J14 can be West renamed as “Wah Hing Yat”, J15 can be J23 – renamed as “Tak Kai”, King Tin J17 can be renamed as “Ping On” or “On Ping” and J23 can be renamed as “King Tin and Lei On”; (e) suggests that J19 should include Ko Chun Court, Ko Yee Estate, Lei Yue Mun Estate and four blocks of Ko Cheung Court (Ko Ching House, Ko Hong House, Ko Fung House and Ko Fei House), J20 should include Yau Mei Court, Yau Lai Estate and five blocks of Ko Cheung Court (Ko On House, Ko Siu House, Ko Ki House, Ko Lun House and Ko Hang House) and J21 should include Yau Tong Estate, Yau Tong Centre, Lei Yue Mun and Cha Kwo Ling. The reasons given are: (i) Lei Yue Mun Estate has close relation with Ko Yee Estate and Ko J. Kwun Tong - 95 - J. Kwun Tong Item DCCAs No. of Representations EAC’s views no. concerned representations Chun Court; and (ii) it is necessary to preserve the management integrity of Yau Mei Court and Yau Tong Estate. 10 J15 – 1 The representation See item 6. Tak Tin (a) opines that the Kai Tin Estate and Tak Tin Estate are located far apart geographically; (b) opines that as only one DC member’s office will remain, it causes inconvenience to the residents of these two estates in seeking assistance from the DC member; and (c) opines that the cancellation of one DC member in Lam Tin district would cause confusion to residents in the future.