Public Consultation

  • B. REALIZATION STAGE

    The Realization Stage was launched on 6 October 2006. A wide range of public engagement activities have been undertaken during the Realization Stage to elicit views and suggestions on the Concept Plan. The details were as follows:-

    Community Workshops & Harbour Walks
    The Community Workshops were held to collect views and concerns of the community regarding the Concept Plan. The workshops were preceded by "Harbour Walks" along the harbour-front in the project area to help the participants to have a better understanding of the existing situation of the harbour-front and proposals in the Concept Plan. Two workshops and harbour-walks were held with a total number of 259 participants.

    • 21 Oct 2006
    • 28 Oct 2006

    Roving Exhibitions
    The purpose of the roving exhibitions was to further reach out to the general public so as to solicit their views and consensus on the Concept Plan. The Roving Exhibitions were staged at six easily accessible public gathering places or thoroughfares in the vicinity of the project area.

    • Revenue Tower, Wan Chai (6 Jun 2006 and 9 Oct 2006)
    • Causeway Bay MTR Station (10 Oct 2006 - 11 Oct 2006)
    • North Point Government Offices (12 Oct 2006 - 13 Oct 2006 and 23 Oct 2006 - 27 Oct 2006)
    • Wan Chai MTR Station (15 Oct 2006 - 20 Oct 2006)
    • Immigration Tower, Wan Chai (31 Oct 2006 - 2 Nov 2006)

    View Collection Forms
    View collection forms were designed and distributed to the public to allow the public to freely express their views and suggestions on the WDII study. A total of 388 forms were collected in workshops, roving exhibitions, through mail and fax.

    Written Submissions
    The public were encouraged to submit their comments, suggestions and proposals in their own format. A total of 81 written submissions were received through fax, email or post from the public or parties/organizations with various backgrounds.

    Consensus Building Town Hall Meeting
    The aim of the Consensus Building Town Hall Meeting was to provide a platform for the community to come together, share views, evaluate and make final comments on further improvements to the Concept Plan and to reach consensus for moving forward to the next stage of the HER. The Consensus Building Town Hall Meeting was held on 16 December 2006 with a total of 82 attendees.

    Parallel Discussions
    Apart from collecting suggestions and opinions from the stakeholders and the public in workshops, town hall meeting and written submissions, a number of discussions with District Councils ("DC"), Town Planning Board and Legislative Council ("LegCo") were held in parallel as listed below:-

    Meeting Date

    Discussions

    25 August 2006

    Town Planning Board

     

     

    26 September 2006

    District Councils

    - Wan Chai District
    Wan Chai District Council Paper No. 50/2006*

    19 October 2006

    - Eastern District
    Eastern District Council Works and Development Committee WDC Paper No. 24/06

    19 October 2006

    - Central and Western District
    Central and Western District Council Paper No. 44/2006*

    23 October 2006

    - Southern District
    Southern District Council Paper No. 18/2006*

    28 November 2006

    Legislative Council
    Panel on Planning, Lands and Works


    Remarks:
    * Only Chinese version of the paper is available for downloading

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