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Submitted by Public Policy Research Institute The Hong Kong Polytechnic University December 2011 LC Paper No. CB(2)663/11-12(02) Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 Public Engagement Exercise for the West Kowloon Cultural District Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 Public Engagement Exercise for the West Kowloon Cultural District Submitted by Public Policy Research Institute The Hong Kong Polytechnic University December 2011 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... i CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................1 1.1 Background of the West Kowloon Cultural District ....................................................1 1.2 The Public Engagement Exercise ................................................................................1 1.3 The Consultancy...........................................................................................................2 1.4 The Consultancy Team and Modus Operandi .............................................................2 CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................4 2.1 Sources of Data ............................................................................................................4 2.2 Methodology for Data Analysis ...................................................................................5 CHAPTER 3: RESULTS .........................................................................................................10 3.1 Analytical Framework for All Data ...........................................................................10 3.2 Top 20 Categories of Views .......................................................................................12 3.3 Summary of Views Received ......................................................................................14 Theme 1: Overall Layout/Development Plan ................................................... 15 Theme 2: Provision of Arts and Cultural Facilities ......................................... 25 Theme 3: Phasing of Arts and Cultural Facilities ........................................... 47 Theme 4: Public Open Space ........................................................................... 53 Theme 5: Commercial and Residential Facilities ............................................ 60 Theme 6: Transportation, Connectivity and Accessibility ............................... 71 Theme 7: Sustainability .................................................................................... 89 Theme 8: WKCD’s Future Operational and Related Issues ............................ 98 CHAPTER 4: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .............................................................109 4.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................109 4.2 The Public Engagement Exercise ............................................................................109 4.3 Summary of Views Received in Stage 3 PE Exercise ...............................................110 4.4 General Sentiment ....................................................................................................112 4.5 Conclusions ..............................................................................................................113 ANNEXES .............................................................................................................................115 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD Annex 1: List of Public Engagement Events ..................................................................116 Annex 2: List of Stakeholder Groups for Stage 3 Public Engagement Exercise ...........118 Annex 3: Sample of Public Engagement Pamphlet........................................................143 Annex 4: Profile of Respondents who Completed Feedback Form of the Public Engagement Pamphlet ...................................................................................................148 Annex 5: Detailed List of All Themes/Categories/Subcategories of Views ...................149 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD EXHIBITS Page Exhibit 1: Data Sources for Data Analysis ................................................................................4 Exhibit 2: Schematic Framework for Analysis of Views Received ..........................................6 Exhibit 3: Development of Analytical Framework and Coding Process for Data Analysis ......7 Exhibit 4: Eight Key Themes of Views in Descending Order .................................................11 Exhibit 5: Top 20 Categories of Views in Descending Order .................................................12 Exhibit 6: Bar Chart Showing Top 20 Categories of Views in Descending Order .................13 Exhibit 7: Frequency Count of Supporting Views, Suggestions and Others vs. Differing Views ..................................................................................................................113 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE WEST KOWLOON CULTURAL DISTRICT 1.1.1 The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), with an area of about 40 hectares, is to be developed into an integrated arts and cultural district with world-class arts and cultural facilities, distinguished talents, iconic architecture and quality programmes with a must-visit appeal to both Hong Kong residents and visitors. 1.1.2 The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA), empowered by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Ordinance (Cap. 601, The Laws of Hong Kong), was set up in October 2008 to take forward the WKCD project. 1.1.3 The WKCDA will, among other things, prepare a Development Plan (DP) for WKCD for consideration by the Town Planning Board. 1.2 THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE 1.2.1 The WKCDA has undertaken a three-stage public engagement (PE) exercise to hear the voices of both the general public and stakeholders including those from the arts and cultural sector in a structured way. The views received will be taken into account in the planning and design process of WKCD. Stage 1 PE Exercise 1.2.2 Stage 1 PE exercise, conducted from 8 October 2009 to 7 January 2010, gauged the community‟s aspirations for and expectations on the planning of WKCD as a whole, as well as the views of the arts and cultural stakeholders on the requirements of the facilities in the arts and cultural venues. A report summarising the views received was published in March 2010. 1.2.3 Subsequently, three Conceptual Plan Consultants, Foster + Partners, Rocco Design Architects Limited, and Office for Metropolitan Architecture, taking into consideration the public views received in Stage 1 PE exercise, formulated three Conceptual Plan Options (CPO). Stage 2 PE Exercise 1.2.4 Stage 2 PE exercise was conducted from 20 August to 20 November 2010. During this stage, the WKCDA presented three CPOs to the public. The public and stakeholders were invited to offer views on: (1) the extent to which the CPOs have addressed the mainstream comments on planning aspects received in Stage 1 PE 1 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD exercise; (2) individual features of each CPO; and (3) the phasing of Core Arts and Cultural Facilities and the type of additional facilities. Stage 3 PE Exercise 1.2.5 Taking into account the views received during Stage 2 PE exercise, the WKCDA selected in March 2011 the CPO of Foster + Partners as the basis for preparing the DP for the WKCD. The CPO of Foster + Partners has been modified and developed into the proposed DP, incorporating some desirable features from the other two CPOs as appropriate. 1.2.6 In Stage 3 PE exercise (See Annex 1 for the list of PE events), information on the proposed DP was on display at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre from 30 September to 30 October 2011. Members of the public and stakeholders (see Annex 2 for the list of stakeholder groups) were invited to submit their views on the proposed DP within this period to WKCDA. 1.3 THE CONSULTANCY 1.3.1 The Consultancy aims to collect, organise, analyse and report stakeholder and public views on the proposed DP for WKCD and related issues. This report covers the views received during Stage 3 PE exercise. In this Stage, the Consultancy Team analysed relevant PE event records, media reports, submissions and written comments in both hardcopy and electronic format. 1.4 THE CONSULTANCY TEAM AND MODUS OPERANDI 1.4.1 The WKCDA commissioned the Public Policy Research Institute (PPRI) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University as the PE Analysis and Reporting Consultant (the Consultant) for all three stages of the PE exercises. 1.4.2 The Consultancy Team is led by Professor Peter Yuen, Principal Investigator of PPRI. Other members of the Consultants for the Stage 3 PE exercise consultancy include Professor Lee Ngok, Professor Ruth Bereson, Professor Edwin Chan, Professor Eric Ngai, Dr. King Chong, Dr. Florence Ho, Dr. Artie Ng, Dr. Vincent Law, Dr. Jason Chan, Dr. Stephanie Lee, Dr. Alex Chan, Mr. Ben Ye, and Ms. Vivienne Zhang. 2 Report on the Analysis of Views for the Stage 3 PE Exercise for the WKCD 1.4.3 The Consultancy Team operates