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Minutes of the 1st Meeting of the Housing Affairs Committee (2017) of Kwai Tsing District Council Date: 7 February 2017 Time: 2:35 pm - 3:37 pm Venue: K&TDO Conference Room Attendee Time of Arrival Time of Departure (p.m.) (p.m.) Mr WONG Yiu-chung, MH (Chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Miss LO Yuen-ting (Vice-Chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice 2:41 End of Meeting Miss CHU Lai-ling Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr HUI Kei-cheung 2:41 End of Meeting Ms LAM Chui-ling, Nancy, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LAM Siu-fai Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms LAU Mei-lo Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LAW King-shing, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEE Chi-keung, Alan, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Chi-shing 3:10 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Kam-wai 2:36 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis 3:21 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Wai-man, MH 2:39 End of Meeting The Hon. LEUNG Yiu-chung 3:26 End of Meeting Mr LI Sai-lung Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr NG Ka-chiu Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr NG Kim-sing 3:04 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 2:49 End of Meeting Mr TSUI Hiu-kit 3:04 End of Meeting Mr WONG Bing-kuen 3:08 End of Meeting Mr WONG Yun-tat 2:39 End of Meeting Ms CHEUNG Ip-mei Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LAU Pik-kin Start of Meeting End of Meeting In Attendance Mr FUNG Chi-fai, Frankie Senior Architect 41, Housing Department Mr CHOW Kwok-sang Senior Civil Engineer 4 (Acting), Housing Department Ms YEUNG Suet-sum, May Architect 124, Housing Department Ms YU Pui-sze Planning Officer 18, Housing Department Mrs CHEUNG LO Pik-yuk, Helen Senior Housing Manager (KC), Housing Department Mr MAK Yook-ming, Stephen Senior Property Service Manager/KC, Housing Department Mr WU Tin-yau, Gordon Assistant District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss MOK Sin-yan, Yvonne Executive Assistant (Kwai Tsing) (Secretary) District Council (5), Kwai Tsing District Office Absent with Apologies Mr LEE Wang-fung (With prior notice) Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman (Without prior notice) Responsible Department Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and departmental representatives to the 1st meeting of the Housing Affairs Committee (2017), Kwai Tsing District Council (K&T DC). 2. The Committee endorsed the application for leave by Mr LEE Wang-fung. Consulation Paper Public Housing Development at Tsing Hung Road (Proposed by the Housing Department) (HAC Paper No. 1/D/2017) (HAC Paper No. 1a/D/2017, Tabled) 3. The Chairman welcomed Mr FUNG Chi-fai, Frankie, Senior Architect 41, Mr CHOW Kwok-sang, Senior Civil Engineer 4 (Acting), Ms YEUNG Suet-sum, May, Architect 124 and Ms YU Pui-sze, Planning Officer 18 of the Housing Department (HD) to the meeting. 4. Mr FUNG Chi-fai, Frankie and Mr CHOW Kwok-sang introduced the paper. 5. The Chairman said that, as referred by Mr POON Chi-shing, a joint letter regarding the development concerned from the Rambler Crest (RC) Owner’s Committee and the Mayfair Gardens Owners’ Corporation was received prior to the meeting. The Secretariat had already forwarded the letter to Members for information. 6. Mr LEE Chi-keung, Alan enquired as follows: (i) Whether HD had any factual data that could prove that the use of acoustic windows and balconies would effectively reduce noise levels to that stipulated by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD); (ii) Whether the Transport Department (TD) had estimated the increase in bus and minibus service frequencies that should be made during peak hours so as to cope with the demand of the additional households; (iii) Whether there would be any traffic congestion at road intersections 3 Responsible Department or roundabouts; and (iv) If there was any data to support that the widened roads and roundabouts could handle the additional traffic flow which would be brought about by the future completion of the public rental housing (PRH) development and the commissioning of the Hong Kong -Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. 7. Mr POON Chi-shing opined as follows: (i) In 2015, DC endorsed a motion regarding the development concerned that requested the Planning Department (PD) and the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) to rezone the site concerned and optimize the traffic, environmental and community ancillary facilities before resubmitting a consultation paper to DC for discussion. However, apart from reducing the number of flats, the paper did not report that there would be a more comprehensive plan regarding the traffic and other ancillary facilities. The draft Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) of the site was not yet even approved by the Chief Executive (CE) in Council; and (ii) The RC Owner’s Committee had already submitted an application to the Town Planning Board (TPB) to revise the plan in accordance with Section 12A of the Town Planning Ordinance (Chapter 131). The site would probably be rezoned as an open space. As the application was still under consideration, the feasibility of the above development was questionable. 8. The Chairman enquired if there was anything different from the original plan regarding transport and other ancillary facilities. 9. Ms YU Pui-sze gave a consolidated response as follows: (i) PD and HD introduced the development to DC in 2015. Members’ opinion was later conveyed to TPB. In December 2016, TPB decided not to accept the details of the further representations and would revise the OZP based on the original recommendations. The gross area of the site was reduced from around 4 hectares to 2.2 hectares. The number of flats and number of blocks were reduced accordingly and completion date was postponed. (ii) To meet the keen demand for PRH in society, HD would like to seek 4 Responsible Department DC’s advice as soon as possible based on the decisions made by TPB in December 2016. (iii) TPB had considered opinion from different aspects during the hearing and planning procedure. HD and the relevant departments had already submitted various technical study reports and opinion regarding the development. Information had indicated that Tsing Hung Road (THR) was suitable for residential purpose although the OZP was not yet approved by the CE in Council. 10. Mr CHOW Kwok-sang gave a consolidated response as follows: (i) The development was subject to both fixed and road noise pollution. Fixed noise pollution was regulated by the Noise Control Ordinance. The design of the development would also have to be determined based on the standards stipulated in the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines (the Guidelines) in order to reduce the impact of road noise pollution. According to the technical assessment, the above two kinds of noise levels would comply with the relevant statutory regulations or standards stipulated in the Guidelines after using architectural fins, acoustic windows and acoustic balconies. (ii) HA had conducted an assessment on the public transport demand in relation to the development. The Traffic Impact Assessment Report (TIAR) was prepared based on the Transport Planning and Design Manual of TD and on-site investigations. The report findings had indicated that after calculating the additional traffic flow brought about by the development, the reserve capacity of the traffic flow at existing roads (including road junctions nearby) would be sufficient to cope with the future traffic demand. (iii) Road widening works would be carried out at Tsing Yi Road (TYR) and Ching Hong Road (CHR) roundabout. The existing roundabout did not allow two buses to run at the same time. TD had confirmed that the works would help solving the above problem effectively and there would be significant improvements to the traffic flow. (iv) Moreover, the TIAR also suggested installing traffic lights at TYR/Sai Shan Road (SSR) junction; and improving the traffic light signals to control the traffic at road junctions as well as improving the traffic arrangement between SSR and CHR. The pedestrian 5 Responsible Department pavement would be widened to 3 metres or above while those at the south and east side would even be widened to 6 metres. Even though the waiting area shelters might occupy part of the pavement, the remaining space would still be adequate. (v) The TIAR also suggested the setting up of relevant ancillary public transport facilities. TD would work with the relevant public transport providers to keep a close eye on the completion and intake date of the development. Timely review of the demand of public transport services would also be carried out. Whenever necessary, TD would consider providing additional public transport services to connect the development with the railway stations nearby. TD would also consider extending the existing public transport service routes to the above development. 11. The Chairman further enquired as follows: (i) If there was factual data that could support the effectiveness of adopting the noise reduction measures and whether the noise levels of all 2,000 flats could meet the statutory requirement; (ii) The actual number of vehicles that the widened roundabout could accommodate; and (iii) Whether there would be any additional ancillary facilities provided when compared with the original plan although the number of blocks had been reduced from 5 to 2. 12. Mr CHOW Kwok-sang responded as follows: (i) HD had carried out on-site measurements at the other sites.