Minutes of the 5 Meeting in 2018 of the Traffic and Transport Committee
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Minutes of the 5th Meeting in 2018 of the Traffic and Transport Committee of Tai Po District Council Date: 14 September 2018 (Friday) Time: 2:36 p.m. – 8:12 p.m. Venue: Conference Room, Tai Po District Council (“TPDC”) Present Time of Arrival Time of Withdrawal Chairman Dr. LAU Chee-sing Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Vice-chairman Mr. WOO Kin-man, Clement Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Members Mr. AU Chun-wah Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. CHAN Cho-leung, MH Beginning of the meeting 5:05 p.m. Mr. CHAN Siu-kuen, MH, JP Beginning of the meeting 5:38 p.m. Mr. CHOW Yuen-wai Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. KWAN Wing-yip Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. LAU Yung-wai Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. LI Kwok-ying, BBS, MH, JP Beginning of the meeting 5:00 p.m. Mr. LI Wah-kwong, Rex Beginning of the meeting 5:37 p.m. Mr. LI Yiu-ban, BBS, MH, JP Beginning of the meeting 5:44 p.m. Mr. LO Hiu-fung Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. TAM Wing-fun, Eric, MH Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. TANG Ming-tai, Patrick Beginning of the meeting 7:41 p.m. Ms. WONG Pik-kiu, BBS, MH, JP Beginning of the meeting 5:00 p.m. Mr. YAM Kai-bong, Francis Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. YAM Man-chuen Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. YU Chi-wing, Ken Beginning of the meeting 7:42 p.m. Co-opted Members Mr. AU Chun-ho Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Ms. CHAN Wai-ka, Olive Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. CHEUNG Kwok-wah Beginning of the meeting 5:19 p.m. Mr. CHEUNG Kwok-wai Beginning of the meeting 7:42 p.m. - 2 - Mr. LAU Chung-hon 7:48 p.m. End of the meeting Mr. MAN Nim-chi Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. MUI Siu-fung Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. TSANG Hon-man Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Mr. WAN Hing-choy Beginning of the meeting 4:53 p.m. Mr. WU Cheuk-him Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Secretary Mr. LEUNG Chung-wa, Alvin Beginning of the meeting End of the meeting Executive Officer (District Council) 1 / Tai Po District Office (“TPDO”) / Home Affairs Department (“HAD”) In Attendance Ms. LEE Kai-ying, Iris Assistant District Officer (Tai Po) / TPDO / HAD Ms. MAK Pui-yan Engineer / 19 (North) / North Development Office / Civil Engineering and Development Department (“CEDD”) Ms. MA Flora Senior Transport Officer / Tai Po / Transport Department (“TD”) Ms. PUN Fun-yu, Winnie Engineer / Tai Po 1 / TD Mr. CHEUNG Wai-fung Engineer / Tai Po 2 / TD Mr. YIU Chiu-chung Senior Engineer 2 / Universal Accessibility / Highways Department (“HyD”) Mr. HUI Chi-hung Engineer 6 / Universal Accessibility / HyD Mr. SIU Wai-kwan District Engineer / Works (Islands) / HyD Mr. CHAN Fook-chiu, Adrian General Manager / Planning, Development and Port Security / Marine Department (“MD”) Mr. SUN You-jin Senior Marine Officer (Acting) / Planning and Development (1) / MD Ms. CHAN Ka-man, Carmen Senior Marine Officer (Acting) / Harbour Patrol Section (1) / MD Mr. WONG Siu-hin, Anson Marine Officer / Harbour Patrol Section (4) / MD Mr. LEE Chi-wai Senior Assistant Shipping Master / Harbour Patrol Section (4) / MD Mr. TAM Wai-man Senior Assistant Shipping Master / South / MD Ms. WONG Nga-yin, Amy Senior Statistician / MD Mr. YEUNG Chiu-tim, Louis Assistant Housing Manager / Tai Po District Tenancy Management Office / Housing Department (“HD”) Mr. TSUI Yik-fuk Head, Traffic Wing (Tai Po Police District) / Hong Kong Police Force (“HKPF”) Mr. WONG Tsz-kin Assistant Manager / Operations / Shatin Depot / Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (“KMB”) Mr. LEE Shut-hang, Imgmar Senior Officer / Planning and Development / KMB - 3 - Mr. WONG Hon-chung, Simon Planning and Scheduling Manager / Citybus Limited (“Citybus”) Mr. CHEUNG Kin-keung Deputy Managing Director / Mannings (Asia) Consultants Limited (“Mannings”) Mr. CHAN Ho-kong Deputy Director / Mannings Mr. YIP Ho-yeung Sports Executive / Tai Po Sports Association (“TPSA”) Mr. CHAN Kun-ying, Ricky Event and Race Director / Sportsoho Mr. WAN Tung-sing Programme Manager / Sportsoho Mr. LEE Yu-sau, Terence Senior Executive Officer (District Council) / TPDO / HAD Ms. WONG Yu-hang, Anita Senior Liaison Officer (2) / TPDO / HAD Absent Mr. CHAN Tsz-wah Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and departmental representatives to the Traffic and Transport Committee (“TTC”) meeting. He announced that Mr. HUI Ka-kit of the HyD was unable to attend this meeting due to other commitments and Mr. SIU Wai-kwan attended the meeting on his behalf. I. Confirmation of the minutes of the 4th meeting in 2018 of the TTC on 13 July 2018 (TPDC Paper No. TT 57/2018) 2. The Chairman said that as the Secretariat did not receive any proposed amendments, and there were no amendments proposed by Members at the meeting, the above minutes were confirmed with no amendments necessary. II. Follow-up on the proposals to improve road traffic safety on Tai Po Road 3. Mr. SIU Wai-kwan reported on the improvement works on Tai Po Road over the past two months as follows: (i) The reconstruction works at the Tai Po-bound Tai Po Mei Bus Stop were completed in July 2018. (ii) The improvement works at the Sha Tin-bound Tai Po Mei Bus Stop were completed in August 2018. - 4 - (iii) The improvement works at the junction of Hung Lam Drive and Tai Po Road were in progress and were expected to be completed in September 2018. 4. Mr. CHAN Siu-kuen noticed that the works at Tai Po Mei Bus Stop were basically completed. However, as the soil behind the bus stop concerned had been washed to the road surface by the heavy rain recently, he hoped that the relevant department could lay turfs there to reduce the likelihood of soil erosion. In addition, he noted that there were works in progress at the junction of Hung Lam Drive and Tai Po Road and thanked the TD and the HyD for carrying out road improvement works. Besides, he had made an appointment with the Architectural Services Department to visit Tai Po Mei Bus Stop to examine the trees nearby. 5. Mr. YU Chi-wing, Ken indicated that in the past, there was flooding on Shan Tong Road and at other locations during typhoons. As Super Typhoon Mangkhut was approaching Hong Kong, he hoped that the departments concerned could pay extra attention. 6. Mr. SIU Wai-kwan responded as follows: (i) The HyD noted that the soil behind Tai Po Mei Bus Stop had been washed onto the road surface. It promptly deployed contractors to clear the sand and stones on the road surface after the said situation was discovered earlier. At the same time, the department had considered laying turfs there. However, turfs could not grow due to unstable weather at present. It would therefore reconsider laying turfs there when the weather improved. (ii) The HyD would pay extra attention to the matters raised by Mr. Ken YU. III. Proposed laying of new private moorings in Tai Po District (TPDC Paper No. TT 58/2018) 7. The Chairman welcomed Mr. CHAN Fook-chiu, Adrian, General Manager (Planning, Development and Port Security), Mr. SUN You-jin and Ms. CHAN Ka-man, Carmen, two acting Senior Marine Officers, Mr. WONG Siu-hin, Anson, Marine Officer, Mr. LEE Chi-wai and Mr. TAM Wai-man, two Senior Assistant Shipping Masters, as well as Ms. WONG Nga-yin, Amy, Senior Statistician of the MD to the meeting for the discussion of agenda items III and IV. 8. Mr. Adrian CHAN introduced the paper. 9. Mr. CHAN Cho-leung’s comments and questions were as follows: (i) He supported the expansion of private mooring areas in Tai Mei Tuk and Shuen Wan - 5 - Hoi. (ii) When introducing the paper, the MD mentioned that it had consulted the relevant fisherman representatives and rural committees as regards the expansion of the two said private mooring areas. However, he was worried that some fishermen had no knowledge about it. As such, he enquired whether the MD had consulted the Fishermen’s Co-operative Societies (“FCS”) about the matter. (iii) Many vessel owners parked their vessels at the private mooring area wherever they liked. He opined that it would affect the area and the safety of fishermen, especially in rough waters during typhoon when private vessels left unattended would easily collide with one another due to anchor dragging and sustaining damages. He asked the MD to pay extra attention to the situation. (iv) As the MD planned to expand the private mooring areas, he asked the department to notify the vessel owners to park their vessels at the new moorings so as to avoid the situation mentioned in point (iii) above from taking place. (v) The TPSA organised cross harbour swimming race in the waters of Yeung Chau West (i.e., Shuen Wan Hoi) every year. Therefore, he was concerned whether there would be any impact due to the department’s expansion of the private mooring area there. 10. Mr. CHEUNG Kwok-wah declared that he was the Chairman of Sam Wo Yeuk, representing all the village representatives and village offices Chairmen of Tai Mei Tuk Tsuen, Lung Mei Tsuen and Lo Tsz Tin Tsuen.