Minutes of the 16Th Meeting of Sham Shui Po District Council (4Th Term) Under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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(Translation) Minutes of the 16th Meeting of Sham Shui Po District Council (4th Term) under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Date: 24th June 2014 (Tuesday) Time: 9:30 a.m. Place: Sham Shui Po District Council Conference Room Present Chairman Mr KWOK Chun-wah, Jimmy, BBS, MH, JP Member Mr CHAN Keng-chau, MH, JP Mr CHAN Wai-ming, MH Mr CHENG Wing-shun, Vincent Mr CHEUNG Wing-sum, Ambrose, MH, JP (Arrived at 9:50 a.m., left at 12:30 p.m.) Mr CHUM Tak-shing (Left at 3:30 p.m.) The Hon FUNG Kin-kee, Frederick, SBS, JP (Arrived at 2:35 p.m., left at 4:15 p.m.) Mr LAM Ka-fai, Aaron, JP Ms LAU Pui-yuk Mr LEUNG Man-kwong Mr LEUNG Yau-fong Mr LI Ki-fung, Bruce Mr LO Wing-man, Lawrence, JP Mr NG Kwai-hung, MH Ms NG Mei, Carman Mr SHUM Siu-hung Mr TSUNG Po-shan (Left at 4:40 p.m.) Ms WAI Hoi-ying Mr WAI Woon-nam Mr WONG Chi-yung (Left at 3:25 p.m.) Dr WONG Chung-leung (Left at 4:25 p.m.) Mr WONG Tat-tung, MH - 2 - Action by In Attendance Mr MOK Kwan-yu, Benjamin, JP District Officer (Sham Shun Po) Miss KA Yik-heng, Bonnie Assistant District Officer (Sham Shun Po) Ms CHAN Tsz-yee, Emily Senior Liaison Officer 1, Sham Shun Po District Office Mr WONG Leung-ping, Ben Senior Liaison Officer 2, Sham Shun Po District Office Ms NG Suk-min, Min Senior Liaison Officer 3, Sham Shun Po District Office Mr TAM Chak-hang, Henry District Commander (Sham Shun Po), Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHEUNG Wai-sing, Sam Police Community Relations Officer (Sham Shun Po), Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHEUNG Kwok-wah, Andrew Senior Engineer / 12 (Kowloon), Civil Engineering and Development Department Mrs KWOK LI Mung-yee, Helen District Social Welfare Officer (Sham Shun Po), Social Welfare Department Mr LIU Wai-shing, Simon Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong East), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms LEE Kar-mei, Camay District Leisure Manager (Sham Shun Po), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr CHIU Yu-chow District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Sham Shun Po), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr LUI Kwong-fai Chief Manager/ Management(Kowloon West & Hong Kong), Housing Department Mr CHOY Chik-sang, Mario Chief Transport Officer/Sham Shun Po, Transport Department Mr LEE Chi-yin Senior Housing Manager/ Kowloon West & Hong Kong 1, Housing Department Miss LO Kwai-lan, Patricia Senior Housing Manager/ Kowloon West & Hong Kong 2, Housing Department Mr SIU Yu-bun, Alan, JP Government Property Administrator, Government Property Agency Mr LAM Chik-man Senior Property Manager (Acquisition, Allocation & Disposal Projects and Special Duties), Government Property Agency Mrs CHEUNG MARK Yau-ying, Chief Property Manager(Tech Services), Government Susanna Property Agency Ms CHAT Siu-yan, Laura Senior Property Manager (Tech Services)1, Government Property Agency - 3 - Action by Mr SHEK Lap-chi Senior Project Manager, Architectural Services Department Mr SO Pui-kei Project Manager, Architectural Services Department Dr TSO Ka-pik, Karen Senior Medical & Health Officer (Family Health Service)3, Department of Health Dr CHAN See-ka, Scarlet Medical & Health Officer (Community Liaison)2, Department of Health Dr KWONG Po-keung Patrick Chief of Service, Hospital Authority Mr YUEN Sui-kee Department Operations Manager, Hospital Authority Mr YAN Chin-ching, Cyrus Engineer/XRL (6), Highways Department Ms Lute Yip Public Relations Manager – Projects & Property, MTR Corporation Mr Fung Wai-chung Senior Liaison Engineer, MTR Corporation Limited Secretary Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Sham Mr CHIU Bit-keung, Dennis Shun Po District Office Absent with Apologies Mr LEE Wing-man Absent Mr YAN Kai-wing - 4 - Action by Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members, government representatives and organisation representatives to the meeting. He also welcomed Mr CHIU Yu-chow, District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Sham Shui Po) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (“FEHD”) to replace Mr LAM Wing-hong who had been transferred to another post, and Mr LIU Wai-shing, Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong East) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (“LCSD”), who would join Ms LEE Kar-mei, District Leisure Manager (Sham Shui Po) of LCSD to attend the forthcoming meetings. The Chairman also extended welcome to Mr CHEUNG Kwok-wah, Senior Engineer (Kowloon) of the Civil Engineering and Development Department to that morning’s meeting, and Mr LEE Chi-yin, Senior Housing Manager/Kowloon West & Hong Kong 1 and Miss LO Kwai-lan, Senior Housing Manager/Kowloon West & Hong Kong 2 of the Housing Department (“HD”), to attend for Mr. LUI Kwong-fai the morning session of the meeting. 2. The meeting noted the leave application of Mr LEE Wing-man. Item 1: Confirmation of minutes of meetings (a) Minutes of the 15th meeting held on 29 April 2014 (b) Minutes of the 15th meeting (extended meeting) held on 19 May 2014 3. Members endorsed the above minutes without amendment. Item 2: Matters for discussion (a) Construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan (SSPDC Paper 104/14) 4. The Chairman welcomed the Government Property Administrator of the Government Property Agency (“GPA”) and the representatives of GPA and the Architectural Services Department as well to the meeting. 5. Mr Alan SIU introduced Paper 104/14. 6. Mr WAI Woon-nam supported the construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan. He had the following comments: (i) after relocation of some of the government departments from the three government towers at the Wan Chai waterfront - 5 - Action by to the proposed building, the site at the waterfront could be released for commercial use, which would augment the supply of Grade A offices; (ii) provision of General Out-Patient Clinic (“GOPC”) at the proposed building would provide the residents in the district a convenient access to medical services; (iii) currently, elders in the district had to travel across districts to Kowloon City for dental clinic services. The departments concerned should study whether the proposed building could provide dental clinic services for the elderly; (iv) the office and vehicle depot of FEHD providing hawker licence renewal service would be relocated to Yen Ming Road but the said location had no convenient transport links. The departments concerned should relocate the said office and vehicle depot to the proposed building and the side of Kwai Chung Container Terminal respectively. 7. Ms WAI Hoi-ying welcomed the construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan, saying that provision of GOPC and the recruitment Centres for the Catering Industry and the Retail Industry of the Labour Department in the proposed building would meet the medical service and employment needs of the residents in the district. However, inception of such services might bring in heavier pedestrian and vehicle flows. She hoped that the departments concerned could have in place appropriate planning on the ancillary transport facilities. 8. Ms Carman NG supported the construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan. She made the following comments and suggestions: (i) provision of GOPC in the proposed building would provide convenient medical services for the residents in the district; (ii) more bus and green minibus routes en-routing the proposed building should be provided and shelters for those stops should be added; (iii) currently, the shopper flow of Fu Cheong Estate Shopping Centre was low but it could be expected that upon completion of the proposed building, the shopper flow of Fu Cheong Estate Shopping Centre would increase. The departments concerned should consider enhancing the facilities of Fu Cheong Estate Shopping Centre. 9. Mr TSUNG Po-shan welcomed the provision of GOPC and Labour Department’s recruitment centres for the Catering Industry and the Retail Industry in the proposed building. He had the following comments, enquiries and suggestions: (i) he pleaded the departments concerned to consider providing dental clinic services for the elderly in the proposed building so that elders in the district did not have to travel across districts to Kowloon City for such services; (ii) although the time for the staff to go to work in or get off work from the proposed building might not clash with the travel patterns of the residents in the district, the pedestrian and traffic flows of the district would increase upon completion of the proposed building. So, how the departments concerned would alleviate the future traffic loading; (iii) provision of restaurants in the - 6 - Action by proposed building was suggested to ease the pressure on the restaurants in the Fu Cheong Estate Shopping Centre in catering the additional patronage of a large number of staff working in the proposed building. 10. Mr Lawrence LO supported the construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan. He also suggested provision of barrier-free access facilities, such as pedestrian bridges connecting the proposed building and the vicinity areas like the West Kowloon Law Court Building, with a view to facilitating access to the GOPC in the proposed building by the elders and people with disabilities. 11. Mr NG Kwai-hung supported the proposal of constructing a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan. He had the following comments and enquiries: (i) the proposed building would meet the need of providing government-owned offices for government departments; (ii) provision of GOPC would bring convenience to residents in the district; (iii) while the district was in short of hourly parking spaces, whether the proposed building would provide hourly parking spaces for public use outside office hours. 12. Mr Bruce LI was very supportive of the proposal on the construction of a new government building at Cheung Sha Wan.