五月號 / May 2013 Recent Events and Meetings / 近期活動及會議 Discussion Forum on New Railway Development and Improved Traffic Distribution among the Road Harbour Crossings The Office of Hon. Tony Tse invited HKIUD members to the Discussion Forum on New Railway Development and Improve Traffic Distribution among the Road Harbour Crossing on 3 May 2013. Prof. Bernard Lim, President attended on behalf of HKIUD. "Walkable City, Living Street" Conference Civic Exchange invited HKIUD members to participate in the ‘Walkable City, Living Streets’ conference on 7 May 2013 for which HKIUD is a supporting organisation. Mr. Ivan Ho, Public Affairs Committee Chairman and Mr. Widemar Spruijt, Public Affairs Committee member attended on behalf of HKIUD. More Joint Institutes Briefing Session for HKIA, HKIUD and HKIP Members on Enhancing Land Supply Strategy, Reclamation Outside Victoria Harbour and Rock Cavern Development Prof. Bernard Lim, President, Mr. Charles Li, Hon Treasurer, Mr. Jeff Ho, Council Member, Mr. Alvin Kan, Graduate Representative and Ms. Kady Wong, Student Member attendedthe Briefing Session on 15 May 2013. Mr. Ivan Ho attended as Moderator. More Opening Ceremony & Forum of The 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition Hong Kong Response Exhibition Mr. Bernie Harrad, Hon. Secretary attended the Opening Ceremony on 18 May 2013. The ‘Inter Cities/Intra Cities: Ghostwriting The Future’ - 'I AM HOME', co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Hong Kong Arts Development Council, is now being held at Fly the Flyover01 (FF01) adjacent to EKEO till 18 June 2013. Joint Institutes Briefing Session for HKIA, HKILA, HKIP and HKIUD Members on Pedestrian Environment Improvement Scheme in Yuen Long Town 14 Members attended the Joint Institutes Briefing Session. Mr. Vincent Ng attended as Moderator. More "Be Our Greening Partner" Campaign - Opening Ceremony cum Tree Seminar Greening and Landscape Office of the Development Bureau invited HKIUD members to attend the Opening Ceremony cum Tree Seminar on 25 May 2013 on ‘Be Our Greening Partner' Campaign. Prof. Bernard Lim, President attended on behalf of HKIUD. HKIUD Meetings Calendar (May) 五月會議 Date Time Meetings Venue 7/5 (Tue) 6:30 pm Council Meeting President’s Office 27/5 (Mon) 6:30 pm PAC Meeting PAC Chairman’s Office Upcoming Events and Meetings / 活動及會議預告 HKIUD + THB Workshop on "Sensitive" Transport Design Infrastructure and transport facilities are important components for good urban design and need to be sensitively designed to be pedestrian friendly for the creation of a walkable and livable city. Together with the Transport and Housing Bureau, the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design is pleased to organize a workshop on “Sensitive” Transport Design. The workshop will focus on a review and discussion of current proposals for a bus terminus/a bus interchange and footbridges/walkways for selected case studies. This will be the first of a series of upcoming workshops seeking to build a platform where HKIUD members can hold direct dialogues with the works department on various infrastructure and transport facilities projects in Hong Kong. Details of the workshop are as follows: Date: 8 June 2013 (Saturday) Time: 9:30am – 11:30am (9:00 Registration) Venue: Meeting Room, City Gallery, 3 Edinburgh Place, Central Guest of Honor: Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, GBS, JP Secretary for Transport and Housing Participants: THB – Senior officials from works departments of THB HKIUD - FULL members Fee: Free, Max 25 (First Come First Serve) ULI Asia Pacific Summit: Asia’s Urban Transformation – Reshaping Cities We are pleased to invite HKIUD members to participate in the ‘ULI Asia Pacific Summit: Asia’s Urban Transformation – Reshaping Cities’ to be held from 4 to 6 June 2013 for which HKIUD is a supporting organisation. Details are as follows: Date: 4 – 6 June 2013 Venue: Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, China website: http://www.asiapacsummit2013.uli.org/ Energizing Kowloon East: Kowloon Bay Business Area Pedestrian Environment Improvement Feasibility Study - Stage 1 Public Engagement With the completion of numerous new office developments in Kowloon Bay Business Areas (KBBA), the pedestrian and vehicular traffic has been increased tremendously. There is public aspiration for a more comfortable, safer and better pedestrian environment. AECOM Asia Co.Ltd. was commissioned by the Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) of the Development Bureau in February this year to undertake the Study: Kowloon Bay Business Area Pedestrian Environment Improvement Feasibility Study. The Study would review and assess the existing pedestrian and traffic environment in KBBA, estimate the future growth of pedestrian and traffic flows and investigate and produce feasible proposals in the short, medium to long-term to enhance pedestrian connectivity in KBBA with Kowloon Bay MTR Station and the waterfront of Kai Tak Development. In order to receive the views and comments from the public regarding the pedestrian and traffic environment in KBBA, a 3-stage public engagement exercise will be carried out. The Stage 1 Public Engagement commenced. In order to collect the views and formulate the main strategy and improvement proposals, the 1st Public Forum will be held on 8th June 2013. Date:8th June 2013 (Sat)Time:2:00pm — 5:30pm Venue: Exhibition Hall, Energizing Kowloon East Office, 122 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong Enrollment: Please register via EKEO website: www.ekeo.gov.hk/kbba-pedestrian Note: The public forum will be conducted in Cantonese with no translation. Tung Chung New Town Extension Study Invitation to Participation in the Stage 2 Public Engagement The Planning Department (PlanD) and Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) are jointly conducting a Planning and Engineering Study on Tung Chung New Town Extension with the key objective to develop Tung Chung into a distinct new town that can meet housing, social, economic, environmental needs of local residents and Hong Kong’s strategic development. In the Stage 1 Public Engagement conducted from June to August 2012, the public generally agreed that Tung Chung has the potential for further development. Taking into account the public views collected and the planning and engineering considerations, initial land use options for extending the Tung Chung New Town in a holistic manner have been formulated. The Stage 2 Public Engagement will commence on 21 May 2013 and will last for two months until 21 July 2013. PlanD and CEDD would like to collect public’s views on the initial land use options with the aim to achieving broad consensus on the planning direction, scale and area of development for subsequent advancement of the planning process. In this regard, HKIUD Members are cordially invited to participate in the Community Workshop and Public Forum of the study. Details are as follow: Community Workshop: Date: 22 June 2013 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers Wong Cho Bau Secondary School (Address: Area 10, Phase 3, Fu Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, N.T. Hong Kong) Public Forum: Date: 13 July 2013 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers Wong Cho Bau Secondary School (Address: Area 10, Phase 3, Fu Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, N.T. Hong Kong) visit www.tung-chung.hk for online registration. More Urban Renewal Plan for Kowloon City – Stage 2 Public Engagement Kowloon City DURF would like to invite HKIUD members to the Urban Renewal Plan for Kowloon City – Stage 2 Public Engagement. Details are as follows: Topical Discussions Theme Date Time Venue Hung Hom Area (Wuhu Street/ 6 June 2013 19:00 - 21:00 S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Winslow Street/ Gillies Avenue (Thursday) Church Community South) Centre (1 Dyer Avenue, Hung Hom) “5 Streets” / “13 Streets”and 8 June 2013 14:00 - 16:00 PLK Lam Man Chan Kowloon City Pier Area (Saturday) English Primary School (24 Sheung Heung Road, To Kwa Wan) To Kwa Wan Central (Ma 13 June 2013 19:00 - 21:00 Abundant Life Hang Chung Road/ Kwei Chow (Thursday) Christian Church Street/ Yuk Yat Street/ Sung On (5 San Lau Street, Street/ Hok Yuen Street/ San Wai Hung Hom) Street/ Ma Tau Wai Road) Nga Tsin Wai Road 15 June 2013 14:00 - 16:00 Iu Shan School (Saturday) (24 Grampian Road, Kowloon City) Public Forum Date Time Venue 22 June 2013 14:00 - 17:00 S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Church Community (Saturday) Centre (1 Dyer Avenue, Hung Hom) More Joint Institutes Briefing for HKIP, HKILA & HKIUD Date Time Venue 25 June 2013 7:15 - 8:30pm HKIP Office, Unit No. 201, 2/F, Prosperity (Tuesday) Millennia Plaza, 663 King’s Road, North Point Should you be interested, please contact our Administrative Officer, Ms. Cherry Lau at 2530 8135 or mail to [email protected] on or before 14 June 2013 (Friday). HKIUD Meetings Calendar (June) 六月會議 Date Time Meetings Venue 4/6 (Tue) 6:30 pm Council Meeting President’s Office 18/6 (Tue) 7:00 pm YPG Meeting TBC .