During the first round of public consultation on the Area 6f proposals, the topic that attracted the greatest number of objections was HKR’s proposal to use the brick roadway at the Woods as the main access route to the new tower blocks.

The submissions pointed out that Parkvale owners have been paying for maintenance of this roadway for the past 28 years. Therefore, the road must be Village Common Area, and HKR has no right to provide access through Parkvale to Area 6f.

HKR replied that it has not designated the road as Village Common Area, and therefore it retains “ownership” of the road. As such, it has the right to grant a right of way over the road in favour of Area 6f.

This defies logic. Continue reading Mine, all mine!!! →

In order to proceed with the development at Area 10b, HKR needs to show that it has permission to reclaim the sea at Nim Shue Wan.

In its initial application to the Town Planning Board, HKR claimed that Gazette Notice 710 of 1976 gave it that right. When multiple submissions pointed out that this was not true, HKR had to back-peddle. It now claims that Plan 11317 dated 21 Feb, 1978, gives it the required authority. Continue reading Walk on water →

HKR received a firm slap on the wrist from the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) In the Government comments on HKR’s application to develop areas 6f and 10b. In unusually blunt language, EPD took HKR to task for suggesting that sewage from the 6f and 10b developments could be treated at the Siu Ho Wan Sewage Treatment Works (SHWSTW). Here is EPD’s comment: Continue reading You can fool some people some of the time… →

HKR is highly dismissive of comments from owners and residents on the 6f and 10b applications in its latest Town Planning Board (TPB) submissions. It ignored most comments, and relegated the few that it chose to address to an appendix at the back. Even then, it resorted to half-truths and slight-of-hand in its replies.

Take HKR’s reply on population. HKR’s original submission advised: “There are currently around 8,300 nos. of residential flat with total population around 15,000.” Continue reading Just how many people really live in DB? →

Hong Kong Resort Company Limited (HKR) has responded to comments made by government departments and the public, and the Town Planning Board (TPB) has set a new deadline of 15 July, 2016 for additional public comments on the proposals. The proposals will now be heard at the TPB meeting on 26 August, 2016.

As before, if substantive comments are submitted, HKR will be required to respond and the hearing date will be delayed once more.

Take time to read the responses to comments by government departments, as they are very revealing. Continue reading 6f and 10b: HKR responds to comments →

All submissions for Area 10b have now been uploaded. While the number of submissions in support of the proposals outnumber those opposed, even a cursory glance reveals that supporters have submitted multiple similar entries under slightly different names. for example:

500  Mr. Barndon, wai-lun WANG
501  Mr. Brandon Wang
502  Mr. Brandon WANG
503  Mr. WANG, wai-lun

1137  Mr. Joey Yu
1138  Mr. Joe Yu
1142  Mr. Joey Yu
1143  Mr. Yu Cho Yan
1144  Mr. Yu Cho Yan Joe
1147  Mr. Yu Cho Yan Joey

Mr. Kenneth Kwong, from CM’s Works Department, deserves a prize for being the very first person to submit an entry, in support of the proposal. Is he related to the Mr. Kenneth who submitted #76 and the Mr. Kwong who submitted #77, we may wonder.

The proposal was scheduled to be heard on Friday, 13 May. However, a request was made for the hearing to be deferred to an unnamed later date, and the request was granted by the Town Planning Board. You may request to be informed of the rescheduled hearing date, when available, by writing to tpbpd@pland.gov.hk.

Following is a complete set of the submissions:

Submission 1 to 57

Submission 58 to 657

Submission 658 to 1309

Submission 1310 to 1400

Submission 1401 to 1890

Submission 1891 to 1989

Submission 1990 to 2078

Submission 2079 to 2148

All Area 6f submissions have now been uploaded!

A total of 2,256 comments were submitted for the proposed Area 6f development behind Parkvale Village, while a total of 2,148 were submitted for Area 10b, the Service Area at Peninsula Village.

According to the Hong Kong Economic Times, 70% of the respondents approve of the new developments at Areas 6f and 10b, while only 30% oppose. Continue reading Area 6f: All the Comments Fit to Print →

Our District Councillor, Ms. Amy Yung, organised a Town Hall Meeting on on 3 April to discuss the proposals to amend the Discovery Bay Outline Zoning Plan submitted by Hong Kong Resort Company Limited. Below are links to relevant documents presented at the meeting.

Handout

Presentation by Andrew Burns

Letter to COC from Jeremy Marriott, HKR, on 10 July, 1995

COC Meeting Minutes, 17 July, 1995

The following are the supporting documents to show that the brick roadway in front of the Woods at Parkvale Village is private to the owners and tenants of Parkvale Village. HKR has no right under the Deed of Mutual Covenant and Sub-Deed of Mutual Covenant for Parkvale Village to open this brick roadway for use by future residents of Area 6f.

Extracts from Parkvale Village Sub-DMC

Legal Advice on Major Roads and Passageways from JSM

HKR has submitted an application to the Town Planning Board to develop the Service Area, Area 10b. Here is the entrance to the Service Area now.

To download a copy of HKR’s application, click on the links below:

Area 10b Main Application

Area 10b Traffic Impact Assessment

Area 10b Environmental Impact Assessment

Area 10b Landscape Plan

To comment on the application to redevelop Area 10b, go to the Town Planning Board website here. The deadline for comments is 8 April, 2016.

HKR has submitted an application to the Town Planning Board to develop Area 6f. This is what it looks like now.

To download a copy of HKR’s application, click on the links below:

Area 6f Main Application

Area 6f Traffic Impact Assessment

Area 6f Environmental Impact Assessment

To comment on the application to redevelop Area 6f, go to the Town Planning Board website here. The deadline for comments is 8 April, 2016.