Minutes of the 7th Meeting of the District Facilities Management Committee Yau Tsim Mong District Council (2016-2019) Date: 23 March 2017 (Thursday) Time: 2:30 p.m. Venue: Yau Tsim Mong District Council Conference Room 4/F, Mong Kok Government Offices 30 Luen Wan Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon Present: Chairman Mr CHOI Siu-fung, Benjamin Vice-chairman Mr JO Chun-wah, Craig District Council Members Mr IP Ngo-tung, Chris Mr HUNG Chiu-wah, Derek Ms WONG Shu-ming, MH Ms KWAN Sau-ling Mr CHAN Siu-tong, MH, JP Mr LAM Kin-man Mr CHOW Chun-fai, BBS, JP Mr LAU Pak-kei Mr CHUNG Chak-fai Mr WONG Kin-san Mr CHUNG Kong-mo, BBS, JP Mr YEUNG Tsz-hei, Benny, MH Mr HUI Tak-leung Mr YU Tak-po, Andy Co-opted Members Mr CHAN Sik-ming Mr LEUNG Yiu-wah, Jackie Mr LEUNG Yui Representatives of the Government Mr HO Chung-yin, Terrence Assistant District Officer (Yau Home Affairs Department Tsim Mong) 1 Ms LEE Ka-mei, Patty Senior Executive Officer (District Home Affairs Department Management),Yau Tsim Mong District Office Ms PONG Sze-wan, Cecilia Executive Officer (District Home Affairs Department Management) 1,Yau Tsim Mong District Office Mr CHAIONG David, Stanley Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Leisure and Cultural Kong West) Services Department Ms LAU Toi-mei Senior Librarian (Yau Tsim Leisure and Cultural Mong) (Acting) Services Department Mr HSU Ka-man District Leisure Manager (Yau Leisure and Cultural Tsim Mong) Services Department Ms CHIU Shui-man, Tabitha Deputy District Leisure Manager Leisure and Cultural (District Support) Yau Tsim Services Department Mong Mr LUK Ying-ki Senior Inspector of Works Home Affairs Department (Kowloon) Mr LEE Wang-yui, Eddie Architect (Works) 7 Home Affairs Department Ms LAU Siu-mui, Lily Manager (Kowloon West) Leisure and Cultural Marketing, Programme and Services Department District Activities In Attendance: Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing District Engineer/Kowloon Highways Department (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) Mr WONG Chi-wah, Fred Librarian (Yau Ma Tei Public Leisure and Cultural Library) Services Department Mr SUNG Chung-man Assistant District Leisure Leisure and Cultural Manager (District Support) Services Department Yau Tsim Mong Mr Johnny WONG Senior Architect Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited Ms Faridah YIM Architectural Assistant Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Limited Mr WONG Ka-lok Assistant Inspector of Works Home Affairs Department (Yau Tsim Mong) Secretary Mr SUM Yiu-hei, Sam Executive Officer (District Home Affairs Department Council) 4, Yau Tsim Mong District Office Absent: Ms TANG Ming-sum, Michelle District Council Member Ms CHIN Pui-kwan Co-opted Member Mr KO Hiu-wing Co-opted Member Mr SIU Hon-ping Co-opted Member Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and the representatives from government departments to the meeting of the District Facilities Management Committee (“DFMC”). He - 2 - reported that Mr KO Hiu-wing was absent due to other commitments. Item 1: Confirmation of Minutes of Last Meeting 2. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed without amendments. (Mr Andy YU joined the meeting at 2:36 p.m.) Item 2: Request for Provision of Street Lights in Rear Lane of Kim Tak Building, Jordan (YTMDFMC Paper No. 11/2017) 3. The Chairman said that the written response from the Highways Department (“HyD”) (Annex) had been emailed to Members for perusal before the meeting. He then welcomed the following representatives to the meeting: (a) Ms Patty LEE, Senior Executive Officer (District Management), and Ms Cecilia PONG, Executive Officer (District Management) 1, of the Yau Tsim Mong District Office (“YTMDO”); and (b) Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing, District Engineer/Kowloon (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) of the HyD. (Ms KWAN Sau-ling joined the meeting at 2:37 p.m.) 4. The Vice-chairman: i) supplemented the contents of the paper; and ii) said that the owners’ corporation (“OC”) of Kim Tak Building supported and agreed to the HyD’s installation of lights on the outer wall of the building. 5. Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing: i) supplemented the contents of the written response; and ii) said that as there were underground public utilities at the rear lane, street lights could not be planted there. The HyD planned to install fluorescent tubes on the wall of the building next to it to provide illumination. (Mr HUI Tak-leung joined the meeting at 2:39 p.m.) 6. The Chairman confirmed that the cost of the project would be borne by the HyD. 7. Mr LAM Kin-man said that: i) prior to 2015 when Kim Tak Building was covered by his constituency, he had raised a same request to the HyD, which had given a similar reply as that of the present day; and ii) as the captioned proposal had been raised by the OC of Kim Tak Building then, he believed that the OC highly supported the proposal. He hoped the HyD would contact the OC as soon as possible. 8. The Vice-chairman further enquired whether all construction costs and electricity charges were to be borne by the Government. 9. Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing responded as follows: - 3 - (i) The captioned installation belonged to public street lighting facilities, and thus all construction costs and electricity charges would be borne by the HyD. (ii) After inspecting the environment there, the department opined that it was more feasible to install fluorescent tubes on the wall of Cheung Wah Commercial Building. 10. The Chairman asked the HyD whether it would contact the OC of Kim Tak Building to confirm if the installation could be carried out at the relevant location. 11. Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing replied in the affirmative to the Chairman’s question, and he pointed out that the condition of the outer wall of Kim Tak Building was very poor and thus the HyD planned to look for another suitable location for the installation of street lights. (Post-meeting note: The HyD said that as there were already many pipes on the outer wall of Kim Tak Building, it was technically infeasible to further install fluorescent tubes on it.) 12. The Vice-chairman enquired if Cheung Wah Commercial Building did not allow the HyD to use its outer wall, how the department would handle the case. 13. The Chairman enquired if the street lights had to be moved or removed in the future, who would bear the cost. 14. Mr AU YEUNG Hau-shing responded as follows: (i) If the street lights had to be moved or removed in the future, the HyD would bear the cost. (ii) As the outer wall of Kim Tak Building was covered with pipes, the department would look for a better location for the installation of lights. Hence, it would contact Cheung Wah Commercial Building first. 15. The Chairman thanked the representatives of the YTMDO and the HyD for their participation in the discussion on this item. There being no other comments from Members, he closed the discussion on this item. Item 3: Report by Leisure and Cultural Services Department (“LCSD”) on Extension Activities and Usage of Public Libraries from January to February 2017 and Extension Activities Program Plan from April to May 2017 in Yau Tsim Mong (“YTM”) District (YTMDFMC Paper No. 12/2017) 16. The Chairman welcomed Ms LAU Toi-mei, Senior Librarian (Yau Tsim Mong) (Acting), and Mr Fred WONG, Librarian (Yau Ma Tei Public Library), of the LCSD to the meeting. 17. Ms LAU Toi-mei briefly introduced the captioned paper. 18. The Chairman thanked the representatives of the LCSD for their participation in the - 4 - discussion on this item. There being no comments from Members, he closed the discussion on this item. Item 4: Report on District Free Entertainment Programmes and District Arts and Cultural Events Organized by the LCSD for YTM District (YTMDFMC Paper No. 13/2017) 19. The Chairman welcomed Ms Lily LAU, Manager (Kowloon West) Marketing, Programme and District Activities of LCSD, to the meeting. (Mr Benny YEUNG joined the meeting at 2:46 p.m.) 20. Ms Lily LAU briefly introduced the captioned paper. 21. The Chairman thanked the representative of the LCSD for her participation in the discussion on this item. There being no comments from Members, he closed the discussion on this item. Item 5: Report on the Organisation of Recreation and Sports Activities and the Management of Facilities in YTM District by the LCSD (January 2017 to May 2017) (YTMDFMC Paper No. 14/2017) 22. The Chairman welcomed Mr Stanley CHAIONG, Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong West), Mr HSU Ka-man, District Leisure Manager (Yau Tsim Mong), Ms Tabitha CHIU, Deputy District Leisure Manager (District Support) Yau Tsim Mong, and Mr SUNG Chung-man, Assistant District Leisure Manager (District Support) Yau Tsim Mong, of the LCSD to the meeting. 23. Ms Tabitha CHIU briefly introduced the captioned paper. (Mr Benny YEUNG left the meeting at 2:50 p.m.) 24. Mr LAU Pak-kei: i) said that some residents had raised that the old materials of the jogging track of Lok Kwan Street Park protruded and would easily trip passers-by up, but the newly laid plastic pellets came off easily; ii) enquired whether the new materials would be washed away by rain; and iii) asked about the reasons for using such new materials. 25. Ms KWAN Sau-ling said that the LCSD had removed an arbor from Chatham Road South. As the place was windy, she requested the department to plant shorter trees there in the future, such as coconut trees.