1. The meeting was resumed at 9:05 a.m. on 27.10.2016. 2. The following Members and the Secretary were present at the resumed meeting: Permanent Secretary for Development Chairman (Planning and Lands) Mr Michael W.L. Wong Professor S.C. Wong Vice-chairman Mr Lincoln L.H. Huang Mr Ivan C.S. Fu Dr F.C. Chan Mr David Y.T. Lui Mr Peter K.T. Yuen Mr Philip S.L. Kan Mr Alex T.H. Lai Professor T.S. Liu Ms Sandy H.Y. Wong Mr Franklin Yu Chief Traffic Engineer (New Territories West), Transport Department Mr Samson S.S. Lam Deputy Director of Environmental Protection (1) Environmental Protection Department Mr C.W. Tse Assistant Director/Regional 3, Lands Department Mr Edwin W.K. Chan - 2 - Tsuen Wan & West Kowloon District Agenda Item 1 (Continued) [Open Meeting] 3. The Chairman said that it was the third day of the hearing meeting for the further representations in respect of the draft Tsing Yi OZP No. S/TY/27 which commenced on 25.10.2016. 4. The Secretary said that Members’ declaration of interests as shown on the PowerPoint were reported in the first hearing session on 25.10.2016 (Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the minutes of 25.10.2016). No further declaration of interests had been received from Members since then. 5. The Chairman noted that reasonable notice had been given to the further representers, representers and commenters inviting them to attend the hearing. Other than those who were present or had indicated that they would attend the hearing, the rest had either indicated not to attend or made no reply. As reasonable notice had been given to the further representers, representers and commenters, Members agreed to proceed with the hearing of the representations and comments in their absence. Presentation and Question Sessions (Continued) 6. The following government representatives, and the further representers, representers or their representatives were invited to the meeting at this point: Government Representatives Planning Department (PlanD) Mr Lawrence Y.C. Chau - District Planning Officer/Tsuen Wan & West Kowloon (DPO/TWK) Ms Cherry C. H. Yuen - Town Planning Graduate/Kwai Tsing - 3 - Housing Department (HD) Ms Emily W.M. IP - Planning Officer (PO) Ms May S. S. Yeung - Architect (A) Mr Chow Kwok Sang - Civil Engineer (CE) Further Representers, Representers and their Representatives F94 - 葉有珍 F95 - 李浩榮 F405- 林燕玲 Ms Cheung Kwei Lan - Further Representers’ representative F192 - Li Ki Keung F345 - Ng Chi Tong Victor F402 - Luk Yee Ling F403 - 李偉剛 F404 - Cheung Kwei Lan F410 - Cheng Suk Man F412 - Wong Tsz Yui F427 - 林雪芳 F501 - Lau Kit Ling R318 - Siu Mo Yu Dela Mr Lau Cheuk Man - Further Representers’ and Representer’s representative F210 - 許弟 F258 - 鄧源 F307 - David Li F335 - 聶雪梅 R198 - Chan Lai Ming Angel R491 - Chan Wai Han R700 - Kiang Chun Wah Ms Chan Wai Han - Representer, Further Representers’ and Representers’ representative - 4 - F283 - 徐蘭英 F387 - 何伯樂 Ms Wong Suet Yin ] Further Representers’ representative Ms Chong Wai Fan ] Further Representers’ representative (Attending only) F379 - 李朗秋 F513 - Hui Yuk Sang F1155 - 曾淑芬 Mr Hui Yuk Sang - Further Representer and Further Representers’ representative 7. The Chairman extended a welcome and explained the procedure of the hearing. He said that the representatives of PlanD would first brief Members on the background, and the further representers/representers or their representatives would be invited to make oral submissions. He said that to ensure the efficient operation of the meeting, each further representer/representer or their representatives would be allotted 10 minutes for their oral submission. The further representers/representers had been informed about the arrangement before the meeting. There was a timer device to alert the further representers/representers or their representatives two minutes before the allotted time was to expire and when the allotted time limit was up. After the oral submission, there would be a Question and Answer (Q&A) session in which Members could direct their questions to government representatives or further representers/representers or their representatives. After the Q&A session, the meeting on the day would be adjourned. After hearing all the oral submissions from the further representers/representers/commenters or their representatives who attended the meeting, the Board would deliberate on the further representations in closed meeting, and inform the further representers/representers/commenters of the Board’s decision in due course. 8. The Chairman then invited the representative of PlanD to brief Members on the further representations. 9. With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, Mr Lawrence Y.C. Chau, DPO/TWK, repeated the presentations which were made in the morning session of the meeting on - 5 - 25.10.2016 as recorded in paragraph 11 of the minutes of 25.10.2016. 10. The Chairman then invited the further representers, representers and their representatives to elaborate on their representations. F94 - 葉有珍 F95 - 李浩榮 F405- 林燕玲 11. Ms Cheung Kwei Lan made the following main points : (a) she welcomed the proposal to rezone the northern portion of the original representation site from “Residential (Group A)4” (“R(A)4”) zone to “Open Space” (“O”) but had concerns on the proposed development of three blocks of public rental housing (PRH) in the remaining “R(A)4” zone as it would cause significant adverse impacts. Although the Government claimed that technical assessments had been conducted to ascertain the feasibility of the proposed PRH development and there would be no insurmountable technical problems, she challenged such recommendations and did not believe that the adverse impacts could be mitigated in the short term; (b) as the size of the original “R(A)4” zone was reduced by about half, she wondered how the proposed PRH development could accommodate the long list of community facilities including kindergarten, elderly centre, integrated support service for persons with severe physical disabilities, early education and training centre, as well as retail and transport facilities as proposed; (c) the site were subject to adverse environmental impact and glare nuisance and was not suitable for residential development. The future residents of the proposed PRH development would be aggrieved by the poor living - 6 - environment. Development should be taken place at suitable site and identification of housing site should be more conscientious. There were other sites such as the brownfield sites in Wang Chau, Yuen Long which were suitable for housing development. It was not fair that the Government allowed incompatible uses to continue in the brownfield sites but took away the large green area from the residents Mayfair Gardens, Cheung Ching Estate and Rambler Crest for PRH development. Suitable sites and vacant land were also available in Tsing Yi North, for example the Tsing Yi Northeast Park near the shipyards; (d) the injection of an additional population of 6,500 from the proposed PRH development would impose further burden on the demand of public facilities in the area and there was inadequate provision of open space and playgrounds for children in the neighbourhood. The original representation site was previously zoned “O” and reserved for open space development for the residents of Mayfair Gardens, Rambler Crest and Cheung Ching Estate. Rezoning of the site to “R(A)4” for PRH development would adversely affect both the existing and future residents; (e) the existing trees on the site had provided a breathing space for local residents. While the residential flats of Rambler Crest had been provided with central fresh air intake system to mitigate air pollution, the electricity charges incurred was very high. It was doubtful whether the future residents of the PRH development could afford the electricity expenses; [Mr Franklin Yu arrived to join this session of the meeting at this point.] (f) most local residents of Rambler Crest could not afford private cars. There were always long queues waiting at bus and mini-bus stops in the area and it was very difficult for the residents of Rambler Crest to get onto public transport. The roads near the roundabout outside Rambler - 7 - Crest were always partially closed for road works which resulted in regular traffic jam. Residents in Rambler Crest usually took a longer commuting time for going to work; (g) the original representation site provided a buffer for noise and glare impacts from the operation of Container Terminal No. 9 (CT9) and she was not convinced that the future residents of proposed PRH development would not be affected by noise and glare pollution; and (h) she therefore requested the Board to re-consider the zoning of the remaining "R(A)4" zone seriously. It should not be used for development of PRH and should be retained as “O” zone for the extension of the local open space to provide recreation and cycling facilities for the enjoyment of local residents. F210 - 許弟 F258 - 鄧源 F307 - David Li F335 - 聶雪梅 R198 - Chan Lai Ming Angel R700 - Kiang Chun Wah R491 - Chan Wai Han 12. With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, Ms Chan Wai Han made the following main points : (a) she was a resident of Rambler Crest and she welcomed Amendment Item A as the reduction in site area for the PRH development would probably bring less traffic problems. However, as the existing public transport facilities and community facilities were already insufficient, the injection of an additional population of 6,500 would overload those facilities. Besides, she was not aware of any implementation plan on traffic - 8 - improvement measures by the Government to address the existing traffic problems; (b) with some photos showing (i) the long queue in the taxi waiting area at Rambler Crest which was taken at 9:30 a.m. after the morning peak hour on 4.10.2016; and (ii) the crowded condition at the green mini-bus (GMB) stop at MTR Kwai Fong Station to the Rambler Crest at 7:30 p.m.