Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of Yau Tsim Mong District Council (2016-2019)
Date : 31 March 2016 (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 IP Ngo-tung, Chris Vice-chairman Ms WONG Shu-ming District Council Members Mr CHAN Siu-tong, MH, JP Ms KWAN Sau-ling Mr CHOI Siu-fung, Benjamin Mr LAM Kin-man Mr CHONG Wing-charn, Francis Mr LAU Pak-kei Mr CHOW Chun-fai, BBS, JP Ms TANG Ming-sum, Michelle Mr CHUNG Chak-fai The Honourable TO Kun-sun, James Mr CHUNG Kong-mo, JP Mr WONG Kin-san Mr HUI Tak-leung Mr YEUNG Tsz-hei, Benny, MH Mr HUNG Chiu-wah, Derek Mr YU Tak-po, Andy Mr JO Chun-wah, Craig Representatives of the Government Mrs ARON Laura Liang, JP District Officer (Yau Tsim Mong) Home Affairs Department Miss NG Wai-chung, Jocelyn Assistant District Officer
(Yau Tsim Mong) Home Affairs Department
Mr CHEUNG Kwok-leung, Eric
District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Mong Kok)
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Mr WONG Kam-wah District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Yau Tsim)
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Mr Mark FOSTER District Commander (Mong Kok) Hong Kong Police Force Mr KWOK Pak-chung District Commander (Yau Tsim) Hong Kong Police Force Mr CHOY Chik-sang, Mario Chief Transport Officer (Kowloon) Transport Department Mr CHAIONG David, Stanley Chief Leisure Manager (Hong Kong
West) Leisure and Cultural Services
Department Mr LEUNG Wing-tak, David Senior Engineer/3 (Kowloon) Civil Engineering and
Development Department Mr LEE Chi-yin Senior Housing Manager (Kowloon
West and Hong Kong 1) Housing Department
In Attendance:
Ms DING Shuk-wah, Alice District Social Welfare Officer
(Kowloon City and Yau Tsim Mong) (Atg)
Social Welfare Department
Mr CHAU Ngai-kwong, Alee Chief Estate Officer/Kowloon West Lands Department Ms LUK Siu-yu, Cathy Principal Estate Officer/Kowloon
West (South) Lands Department
Ms LEE Ka-mei, Patty Senior Executive Officer (District Management), Yau Tsim Mong District Office
Home Affairs Department
Mr WONG Kwok-wai, Anthony
Assistant District Leisure Manager (Yau Tsim Mong)
Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Mr CHAN Chi-ching, Thomas Senior Liaison Officer (Building Management), Yau Tsim Mong District Office
Home Affairs Department
Mr IP Siu-keung, Bryan Assistant Principal Immigration Officer (Removal Assessment and Litigation)
Immigration Department
Mr LEE Tat-yan Chief Immigration Officer (Removal Assessment)
Immigration Department
Mrs LING SO Ka-lan, Jacqueline
Chief School Development Officer (Yau Tsim Mong)
Education Bureau
Miss CHAN Wai-chun District Social Welfare Officer (Kowloon City and Yau Tsim Mong) (Atg)
Social Welfare Department
Ms CHAN Yuen-mei, Phoebe Chief Town Planner/Housing and Office Land Supply (Atg)
Planning Department
Mr CHAU Yat-cheung, Lawrence
District Planning Officer/Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon (Atg)
Planning Department
Ms TANG Man-yee, Esther Senior Town Planner/Housing and Office Land Supply (1)
Planning Department
Ms YUEN Man-sin, Michelle Senior Town Planner/Yau Tsim Mong Planning Department Mr TAM Ka-kei, Eric Senior Transport Officer/Yau Tsim
Mong Transport Department
Mr TSE Chi-wai Engineer/Mongkok and Yaumatei Transport Department Mr CHU Cheuk-king Senior Transport Officer/Boundary 2 Transport Department Ms Carmen CHU Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong
Kong Limited Mr Peter CHAN Associate Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong
Kong Limited Mr Mathew FUNG Town Planner Ove Arup & Partners Hong
Kong Limited Mr FUNG Hao-yin, Vincent Principal Assistant Secretary (Civic
Affairs)1 Home Affairs Bureau
Miss NG Yuk-hang Assistant Secretary(1)2 Home Affairs Bureau Mr CHING Kwok-ho, Samuel Chairman, Youth Hostel Steering
Committee Hong Kong Association of
Youth Development Mr TSANG Boon-chi,
Benjamin Director Thomas Chow Architects
Limited
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Mr TANG Yip-kei, Kharlie Architectural Designer Thomas Chow Architects Limited
Mrs LEE CHOW Mei-chi, Pearl
Chief Commissioner The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association
Ms HO Chiu-fung, Daisy Deputy Chief Commissioner The Hong Kong Girl Guides Association
Mr LAM Kwong-chiu, Gareth Senior Project Manager WSPParsons Brinckerhoff Mr MAK Shui-wing Marine Officer/Licensing and Port
Formalities (2) Marine Department
Mr NG Lap-hay, Andrew Marine Officer/Harbour Patrol Section (1)
Marine Department
Mr TAM Wai-yu Marine Officer/Dangerous Goods (d.u.)
Marine Department
Mr CHEUNG Ka-wai Senior Division Officer (Dangerous Goods)
Fire Services Department
Mr CHENG Woon-kit Division Commander (Kowloon South)
Fire Services Department
Mr CHAN Wai-yin Division Officer (Marine and off-shore Islands)
Fire Services Department
Mr WONG King-man Division Officer (Dangerous Goods) (Atg)
Fire Services Department
Ms SIN Kwai-lan, Sandy Senior Estate Surveyor/Kowloon South, District Lands Office/Kowloon West
Lands Department
Secretary Ms CHUNG Siu-lan, Joanne
Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Yau Tsim Mong District Office
Home Affairs Department
Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed representatives from government departments and participants to the meeting. He reported that Mr MOK Wing-cheong, Ringo, Chief Engineer/Kowloon 5 (Kowloon) of the Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) and Mr TSE Chick-lam, Chief Manager/Management (Kowloon West and Hong Kong) of the Housing Department were absent due to other commitments. Mr David LEUNG, Senior Engineer/3 (Kowloon) and Mr LEE Chi-yin, Senior Housing Manager (Kowloon West and Hong Kong 1) were attending the meeting in their places respectively. Item 1: Confirmation of Minutes of 2nd Yau Tsim Mong District Council
(YTMDC) Meeting 2. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed without amendment.
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Item 2: Matter Arising:
Request for Joint Departmental Follow-up Action to Deal With Street Sleepers under Ferry Street Flyover, Yau Ma Tei
(YTMDC Paper No. 8/2016) 3. The Chairman said that the written responses of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the Yau Tsim Mong District Office (YTMDO) (Annexes 1 and 2) had been distributed to Councillors for perusal before the meeting. He then welcomed the following representatives to the meeting:
(a) Mr KWOK Pak-chung, District Commander (Yau Tsim) of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF);
(b) Mr WONG Kam-wah, District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Yau Tsim) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD);
(c) Ms Alice DING, District Social Welfare Officer (Kowloon City and Yau Tsim Mong) (Atg) of the SWD;
(d) Mr Alee CHAU, Chief Estate Officer/Kowloon West and Ms Cathy LUK, Principal Estate Officer/Kowloon West (South) of the Lands Department (LandsD); and
(e) Ms Patty LEE, Senior Executive Officer (District Management) of the YTMDO.
(Mr Derek HUNG joined the meeting at 2:31 p.m.) 4. Mr Benny YEUNG wanted to know what support services were provided by the Government to the non-Chinese street sleepers at the location stated in the paper. He also asked whether the departments concerned had drawn up any timetable for meeting the housing needs of such street sleepers and addressing the occupation of public space. 5. Ms Alice DING responded that the SWD, the YTMDO, the Salvation Army and leaders of ethnic minority groups had conducted a visit, co-ordinated by the YTMDO, to the location concerned on 22 March 2016, yet no non-Chinese street sleeper had been found on that day. The SWD, the YTMDO and the Salvation Army would arrange another outreach visit to the said location in early April. 6. Mr Benny YEUNG said that some of the non-Chinese street sleepers there needed to work in the daytime. Therefore, he suggested that outreach service be arranged by the relevant departments at nights or on Sundays. 7. Ms Patty LEE responded that the YTMDO would arrange evening or nighttime outreach visits as far as possible. 8. The Chairman asked Councillors whether the item should be left for further discussion at the next meeting. Councillors agreed that it was not necessary.
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9. The Chairman thanked the representatives of the relevant government departments for joining the discussion and closed the discussion on this item. 10. Mr CHAN Siu-tong said that he had submitted a paper at the last meeting and invited the Drainage Services Department (DSD) to give an account of why a large number of stop logs had been left inside the underground sewer at Yan Cheung Road/Yau Cheung Road in Jordan and the department had agreed to give a response after the meeting. However, he had not yet received the DSDs written response up to this meeting. Accordingly, he requested the YTMDO to follow up on the matter. 11. The Secretary responded that the DSD had provided the supplementary information to the Secretariat by e-mail on 29 February 2016 and the Secretariat had sent the information to Councillors by e-mail on the same day. The supplementary information provided by the DSD had also been attached to the minutes of the last meeting. 12. Mr CHAN Siu-tong said that he would go through the paper and raise further questions if necessary. Item 3: 2016-2017 District Council Funds (DC Funds) for Community
Involvement Projects (CIPs) (YTMDC Paper No. 15/
