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The Planning Department will hold a Public Forum this Saturday (July 8) to seek public views on the draft Preliminary Outline Development Plan (PODP) for the Kai Tak development.
The forum is the first of a series of public engagement events organised within the two-month period of the Stage 3 Public Participation of Kai Tak Planning Review launched on June 23.
The forum will be held on Saturday from 9am to 12.30pm at the Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, YMCA Hong Kong, 41 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
The Director of Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Yeung Yue-man, will be the convenor of the forum, while panellists include Legislative Council member, Professor Patrick Lau; Vice-Chairman of the Town Planning Board, Dr Peter Wong; Vice-Chairman of the Metro Planning Committee of the Town Planning Board, Ir Dr Greg Wong; Vice-Chairman of the Rural & New Town Committee of the Town Planning Board, Mr Michael Lai; Chairman of the Sub-committee on South East Kowloon Development Review of Harbour-front Enhancement Committee, Dr Chan Wai-kwan; and the Deputy Director of Planning, Miss Ophelia Wong.
Details of other District Forums to be organised in the period are as follow:
1. District Forum (Kowloon City) - 2.30pm to 5pm, July 15 (Saturday)
Basement, Fashion World (Site2), Wonderful World of Whampoa, Hung Hom
2. District Forum (Kwun Tong) - 2.30pm to 5pm, July 29 (Saturday)
Lecture Theatre 215, Community College of City University (Telford Annex), Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay
3. District Forum (Wong Tai Sin) - 2.30pm to 5pm, August 5 (Saturday)
Performance Stage, Lok Fu Shopping Centre Phase 1, Lok Fu
Exhibitions of PODP proposals and a physical model of Kai Tak development will take place at the forums above and at Kowloon City Plaza, 128 Carpenter Road, Kowloon City on August 12, 13, 19 and 20.
People are welcome to participate in the forums and visit the
exhibitions. For the forums, pre-registration is required due to the restriction of seating capacity.
For further details of the Stage 3 Public Participation of Kai Tak Planning Review, please visit the Planning Department﷿s website at http://www.pland.gov.hk or contact the Department at 2231 4988, by fax at 2894 9502 or via e-mail:kdpo@pland.gov.hk.
Ends/Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:32
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