        |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 Fall |
| Environmental Headlines |
| Legco Environment Compact |
 The Conservancy Association had invited all 159 Legco candidates
to sign an Environment Compact in eary August 2004. There were 10
items in the Compact and 69 candidates signed all or part of it. The
third term Legco was returned by the election on 12 September. Among
the 60 members, 22 of them had signed the compact; and out of
the 22, half of them had signed all items in the
Compact.Environmental protection has become increasingly higher on the public agenda as evidenced by the Long Valley Incident, Harbour Reclamation and the Save King Yin Lei Campaign. Keeping the environment free from pollution is not the only demand from the public: they now aspire a quality living environment and a sustainable lifestyle. Making laws and monitoring the government are the responsibilities of the Legco, all the legislators should not shun their responsibility. To our dismay, not one of the 11 automatically elected legislators in the functional constituency replied. As every vote counts in the Legco, all legislators should be responsible to the Hong Kong people, and not just their respective sectors. |
|
Number of Items Signed by the Legco Members |
|
Geographical Constituency |
|||
|
10 |
Ma Lik (HK Island) |
7 |
Andrew Cheng (NT East) |
|
Choy So Yuk (HK Island) |
Lee Wing Tat (NT West) |
||
|
Audrey Eu (HK Island) |
Ho Chun Yan (NT West) |
||
|
Alan Leong (KLN East) |
Declined |
Rita Fan (HK Island) |
|
|
Chan Yuen Han (KLN East) |
0 |
Albert Cheng Jinghan (KLN East) |
|
|
Frederick Fung (KLN West) |
Chan Kam Lam (KLN East) |
||
|
Lau Chin Shek (KLN West) |
Jasper Tsang (KLN West) |
||
|
Emily Lau (NT East) |
Tong Ka Wah (NT East) |
||
|
Lee Cheuk Yan (NT West) |
Lau Kong Wah (NT East) |
||
|
Albert Chan Wai Yip (NT West) |
Li Kwok Ying (NT East) |
||
|
9 |
Leung Kwok Hung (NT East) |
James Tien (NT East) |
|
|
7 |
Yeung Sum (HK Island) |
Tam Yiu Chung (NT West) |
|
|
Martin Lee (HK Island) |
Chueng Hok Ming (NT West) |
||
|
Li Wah Ming (KLN East) |
Leung Yiu Chung (NT West) |
||
|
James To (KLN West) |
Selina Chow (NT West) |
||
|
|
|
Functional Constituency |
|
|
10 |
Cheung Chiu Hung (Social Welfare) |
|
8 |
Joseph Lee (Health Services) |
|
7
|
Sin Chung Kai (Information Technology) |
|
Cheung Man Kwong (Education) |
|
|
Declined |
Margaret Ng (Legal) |
|
0
|
Lau Wong Fat (District Council) |
|
Chim Pui Chung (Financial Services) |
|
|
Tommy Cheung (Catering) |
|
|
Raymond Ho (Engineering) |
|
|
Vincent Fang (Wholesale and Retail) |
|
|
Timothy Fok (Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication) |
|
|
Patrick Lau (Architectural, Surveying and Planning) |
|
|
Kwok Ka Ki (Medical) |
|
|
Sophie Lau (Textiles and Garment) |
|
|
Kwong Chi Kin (Labour) |
|
| Li Fung Ying (Labour) | |
| Wong Kwong Hing (Labour) | |
| Howard Young (Tourism) | |
| Tam Heung Man (Accountancy) | |
| 0 (Uncontested) | Lam Wai Keung (Heung Yee Kuk) |
| Wong Yung Kan (Agriculture and Fisheries) | |
| Bernard Chan (Insurance) | |
| Miriam Lau (Transport) | |
| Abraham Shek (Real Estate and Construction) | |
| Jeffrey Lam (Commercial (first)) | |
| Philip Wong (Commercial (second)) | |
| Andrew Leung (Industrial (first)) | |
| Lui Ming Wah (Industrial (second)) | |
| David Li (Finance) | |
| Wong Ting Kwong (Import and Export) | |
|
|
|
|
|
The Association has formed the Central Police Station Heritage
Taskforce with The Hong Kong Institute of Architects and other
organizations and make known our views and suggestions for
reflection to the Government. For details, please click
here. |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Conserving
heritage in private hands is no easy task in Hong Kong, that is why
the Government has conducted a review on Built Heritage Conservation
Policy. But conserving government-owned properties is just as
difficult. When the first round consultation has just ended and the
second round about to begin, the Government is preparing tender
document for the development of the Central Police Station, Victoria
Prison and Former Central Magistracy into a heritage tourism
attraction. Land premium will be assigned an unreasonable high
weighting of 40 percent.
The Conservancy Association supports putting heritage buildings to
proper use, and we do not oppose injecting commercial elements into
heritage projects provided that it will not impair the unique
characteristics of the buildings. But the substantial weighting
given to land premium will automatically kill of tenders submitted
by NGOs, no matter how good the ideas are. The Association has sent
letters to the Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, the Secretary for Home
Affairs as well as the Commissioner for Tourism, urging them to put
the tendering process on hold and conduct a thorough review on the
assessment criteria so that land premium factors would not influence
the consideration over culture and conservation elements.