Minutes of the 13Th Meeting of Transport Affairs Committee Under Sham Shui Po District Council (5Th Term)
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(Translation) Minutes of the 13th Meeting of Transport Affairs Committee under Sham Shui Po District Council (5th Term) Date: 22 February 2018 (Thursday) Time: 9:30 a.m. Venue: Conference Room, Sham Shui Po District Council Present Chairman Mr CHENG Wing-shun, Vincent, MH Members Mr CHAN Kwok-wai Mr CHAN Wai-ming, MH, JP Ms CHAN Wing-yan, Joephy Mr CHEUNG Wing-sum, Ambrose, BBS, MH, JP Ms CHOW Wing-heng, Zoé (Arrived at 10:55 a.m.) Mr CHUM Tak-shing (Left at 12:35 p.m.) Mr HO Kai-ming, Kalvin (Arrived at 9:40 a.m.) Mr KONG Kwai-sang (Arrived at 12:35 p.m.) Mr LAM Ka-fai, Aaron, BBS, JP (Arrived at 10:46 a.m.) Ms LAU Pui-yuk Mr LEE Tsz-king, Dominic Mr LEUNG Man-kwong (Arrived at 9:35 p.m.) Mr LEUNG Yau-fong (Arrived at 9:40 a.m.) Ms NG Yuet-lan Mr TAM Kwok-kiu, MH, JP (Arrived at 9:40 a.m.; left at 12:25 p.m.) Mr WAI Woon-nam Mr WONG Tat-tung, Dennis, MH, JP (Arrived at 9:55 a.m.; left at 11 a.m.) Mr YAN Kai-wing (Arrived at 11 a.m.; left at 11:16 a.m.) Mr YEUNG Yuk (Left at 12:40 p.m.) Mr YUEN Hoi-man (Left at 12:40 p.m.) Co-opted Members Mr HO Kwan-chau - 2 - Action by Mr LI Chun-hei, Joshua (Arrived at 9:35 a.m.) In Attendance Ms MAN Ka-wing, Kelly Assistant District Officer (Sham Shui Po) 1 Mr LAU Kin-hei, Louis Senior Transport Officer/Sham Shui Po, Transport Department Mr LEE Chung-yam, Paul Engineer/Planning 1, Transport Department Ms LO Ka-wai, Patsy Engineer/Sham Shui Po, Transport Department Mr CHANG Yiu-wa District Engineer/Lai Chi Kok, Highways Department Mr YEUNG Pak-kin, Kelvin Assistant District Operation Officer, Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong Police Force Mr AU YEUNG Chung-ching Officer in-charge of District Traffic Team, Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong Police Force Mr LEE Wai-hung Neighbourhood Police Coordinator/Police Community Relations Office (Sham Shui Po District), Hong Kong Police Force Ms LAI Suet-yan, Janice Senior Transport Officer/Bus/Kowloon, Transport Department Mr CHEUNG Tin, Larry Transport Officer/Bus/Kowloon, Transport Department Mr FU Ting-hong, Derek Transport Officer/Bus Development/Hong Kong 1, Transport Department Mr LOK Yu-fat Engineer 10/Transport Planning, Transport Department Mr TAM Chung-on, Alan Senior Engineer/Project 2, Transport Department Mr WONG Kwok-leung Senior Engineer 4/Transport Planning, Transport Department Mr PANG Chun-ho Planning Officer, Citybus Limited/New World First Bus Services Limited Mr WONG Hon-chung Planning and Operational Arrangement Manager, Citybus Limited/New World First Bus Services Limited Ms WONG Sau-kuen Assistant Manager (Planning and Development), The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited Mr WONG Yue-ting Assistant Manager (Operations), The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited Mr LEUNG Ling-yin Administrative Assistant to Managing Director, The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited Ms Lilian YEUNG Public Relations Manager, External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited Mr KO Tin-lai Assistant Public Relations Manager, External Affairs, MTR Corporation Limited - 3 - Action by Mr LEUNG Tsan-man Manager, Building and Architectural Engineering, MTR Corporation Limited Secretary Mr CHAN Wing-ho, Patrick Executive Officer (District Council) 3, Sham Shui Po District Office Absent with Apologies Member Ms NG Mei, Carman Co-opted Member Mr MAK Wai-ming Absent Member Mr LEE Wing-man Co-opted Member Mr HOU Chun-kaw - 4 - Action by Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed members and representatives of government departments to the thirteenth meeting of the Transport Affairs Committee (“TAC”) of the fifth term of the Sham Shui Po District Council (“SSPDC”). Agenda Item 1: Confirmation of the minutes of the 12th meeting held on 7 December 2017 2. The Committee confirmed the above minutes. Agenda Item 2: Matters for discussion (a) Bus Route Planning Programme 2018-2019 of Sham Shui Po District (TAC Paper 2/18) 3. Ms Janice LAI introduced Paper 2/18. 4. Mr WAI Woon-nam raised the following views and enquiries: (i) he requested the Transport Department (“TD”) to consider re-routing route 6F to travel via Sham Mong Road during peak hours for the convenience of the residents nearby; (ii) route 702B would travel via Hoi Ying Estate. He enquired about the detailed routing. 5. Mr LEUNG Man-kwong raised the following views and enquiries: (i) he supported the arrangement for route 6F to travel via Sham Mong Road during non-peak hours in the morning and enquired whether the implementation date could be moved forward; (ii) he requested TD to consider re-routing route 6F to travel via Sham Mong Road during peak hours for the convenience of the residents nearby; (iii) he suggested arranging for route 214P to travel between Sham Mong Road and On Tat Estate in both the morning and afternoon; (iv) he requested the Department to consider arranging for minibus routes to connect the new reclamation area and other areas in Sham Shui Po. 6. Mr YEUNG Yuk raised the following views: (i) he welcomed the provision of route 702B and opined that it could supplement route 702 which often had lost trips. However, he hoped that the route could provide service during peak hours in the morning and afternoon; (ii) he suggested providing new bus routes to connect the new reclamation area in Sham Shui Po and other districts, such as Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing; (iii) he suggested that bus routes should make good use of Tsing Sha Highway. 7. Mr CHUM Tak-shing said that relocation of the bus stop of route 86C would cause inconvenience to the residents in Lai Chi Kok North and the frequency of that route would - 5 - Action by be lower than before. He hoped that TD and KMB would make improvement. 8. Mr HO Kwan-chau raised the following views and enquiries: (i) relocation of the bus stop of route 86C could provide convenience to the residents of So Uk Estate but the frequency of that route would be lower than before; (ii) So Uk bus terminus was saturated. He enquired why locating the terminus of route 86C there; (iii) he enquired whether route 286C could satisfy the needs of the passengers of the original route 86C. 9. Mr CHAN Kwok-wai raised the following views: (i) he welcomed that route 270B would be changed to provide whole day service; (ii) he suggested providing a new bus route which departed from Sham Shui Po and went to Sheung Shui directly without travelling via Fanling during peak hours. 10. Ms Joephy CHAN raised the following views: (i) after the re-routing of route 6F, there would be no buses going to Kowloon City during non-peak hours at the bus stop at Lai Lo House. She hoped that TD and KMB would prudently consider the arrangement concerned; (ii) she suggested making good use of the bus terminus at Dragon Centre by arranging more routes to travel past that location. 11. Mr Kalvin HO raised the following views: (i) under the new arrangement, the frequency of route 86C would be lower than before. However, the current utilisation rates of routes 86C and 286C were very high. He requested TD and KMB to prudently consider the arrangement concerned; (ii) the new arrangements for route 86C were not good. He suggested that the bus route should not travel via Cornwall Road in order to shorten the journey. 12. Mr YUEN Hoi-man raised the following views: (i) he supported the arrangements for route 702B to travel via Sham Shing Road instead and for routes 286C and 270B to be changed to provide whole day service; (ii) he suggested that some of the bus routes travelling via Cheung Sha Wan Road should be diverted to travel via Sham Mong Road to improve traffic congestion and widen the coverage area of bus routes. 13. Mr TAM Kwok-kiu raised the following views and enquiries: (i) the routing of routes 702 and 702B was partly overlapped. He suggested that the Department should carefully examine the two routes and arrange for route 702B to travel via the bus stop at Tai Hang Tung Road instead; (ii) he enquired about the reason for locating the terminus of route 702B at Pak Tin and the factors to consider when arranging its routing; (iii) So Uk bus terminus was almost saturated. Relocating the terminus of route 86C to the bus stop at Kom Tsun Street could be considered; (iv) he requested TD to arrange for sufficient - 6 - Action by routes to travel between Sham Shui Po East and Tsuen Wan. 14. Mr Joshua Li raised the following views: (i) he requested that the frequency of route A20 be increased to facilitate residents’ travelling to and from the airport; (ii) he requested that route 72 be extended to Mei Foo; (iii) he suggested extending route 38A to a location other than Mei Foo, for example, new development areas in Sham Shui Po or Lai Chi Kok, so as to optimise the use of the current route resources and increasing its frequency; (iv) he suggested that the terminus of route 6D should be moved to Kwun Tong Pier to facilitate Sham Shui Po residents’ travelling to Kwun Tong; (v) it was not reasonable to use patronage of more than 85% as the criterion to increase frequency. He suggested that the criterion concerned should be revised; (vi) vehicles were travelling in North Lantau Highway at high speed.