How to build capacity for 9.2 million residents and

70 million tourists in 2030

while protecting the harbour as a key asset.

Invitation to join and build consensus

Independent PanelProf Peter HillsProf KC Lam

Terri Mottershead

Hong Kong Harbour DistrictOrganizers

The Experience GroupBusiness Environment Council

GML ConsultingBBluesky Communications

Growing list of advisors, supporters, participants

Building consensus on the way forward

March 27 Workshop Research ParticipantsProfessionals, civic leaders, decision makers, …

J anuary–May Opinion Leaders and Shapers Research and SurveyGML Consultants

May 2, 2004 Public Forum

May /June Report on findings to the Government

March 16 Project Briefing for Key StakeholdersOpinion leaders and shapers, decision makers,

Government officials

March – April RoadshowsBriefing, fund raising, Business, Community, Academic and

Professional Groups

Mid April Harbourfront Advancement Advisory CommitteeGovernment initiative

April 15 Chambers of Commerce BriefingBusiness community

May 3, 2004 ConferenceEnviroSeries, Business Environment Council, Ballroom, Island

Shangri-La HotelMay 4-7, 2004 Seminars

EnviroSeries, Business Environment Council, Pacific Place Conferencing Centre

Report to the Government in May

Principles for the design of the Harbour

District

Principles for planning of the Harbour District

Principles for the management of the Harbour District

Hong Kong Harbour DistrictThe inner harbour, waterfronts AND surrounding districts

West Kowloon

Tsim Sha Tsui

Hung Hom

To Kwa Wan

Kowloon Bay

Kwun Tong

Kai Tak

North Point

Causeway Bay

Wanchai

Central

Sheung Wan

Cultural, Arts, Entertainment & Business District

Hong Kong’s face

Asia’s international financial and business services district

Leisure, retail, arts and entertainment district for residents

Where tourists spend most time and money

Hong Kong’s key assets:

Harbour and harbour waterfront

Sophisticated financial and business centres

Main government and public offices

Key heritage sites

Majority of arts, culture, sports, entertainment and hospitality venues

Harbour District Tourism Action Plan

Source: Tourism Action Plan, Planning Department

Growing wish list of (public) facilities Large floor, high profile office space 5.1 hectare central comprehensive

developent Hotels New Government Offices Cruise terminal Exhibition Centre Extension 3 (Many) Museums Art exhibition centre Water amphitheatre Sports stadium (50-60,000) Multi Functional Sports Facility (10,000) Performance hall (10,000) Three new theatres (400, 800, 2,000) Opera House and Concert Hall (3,000) Arts village or development centre Small theatres Permanent circus Festival market Hospital Heliport Utilities

Green city parks Piazza areas Open public spaces and street art Waterfront cafes and restaurants Pedestrian harbour access Pedestrian-First streets and areas Waterfront promenades Unique iconic designs Bus interchanges Military berth for the PLA Ferry terminals Pumping stations Rail lines and train stations Shatin Central line and stations Roads, incl Central-Wanchai Bypass West Kowloon -Hung Hom Mono Rail Ocean park redevelopment rail line North HK island line Airport railway overrun tunnel Zoo LegCo Building

Location, financing, design and management

CCultural vs Commercial – sustainable?ultural vs Commercial – sustainable?

TST - Growing tall without room for traffic and pedestrians – sustainable?

Southeast Kowloon Runway – Sustainable?

Building a new district in the shape of an airport runway?

Defining a new purpose for surrounding districts depends on what is done with Kai Tak

20 lanes of concrete – 20 lanes of concrete – Sustainable?Sustainable?

new

new

Stacking roads high

Central reclamation – Sustainable?

1987 - everyone wanted more CBD space 1995 - Harbour Ordinance 2004 - It may well have been preferable for the Chief

Executive in Counsel to remit the plan (to the Town Planning Board) – Judge Hartmann

Transport led planning - Transport led planning - Sustainable?Sustainable?

Integrated planning needed to find solutions

Victoria Harbour is a “special public asset”, a “natural heritage of Hong Kong people” and is to be “protected and preserved’

Protection of the Harbour Ordinance

Reclamation is only possible if there is “an overriding public need” where there is “no reasonable alternative” and must be kept to a “minimum”.

Court Decision

Open mind for integrated solutions

How to manage sustainable planning?

TODAY’S NEED Planning led process Visionary planning Multi-dimensional planning Quality of life led planning Inclusive consultations Alternatives with cost and

environmental implications Renewal Minimizing footprint Re-engineering existing built

land Public private enterprise Harbour District financing

TODAY’S SYSTEM Engineering led process Finance led planning Transport led planning Cost led planning Project fast-tracking One Outline Zoning Plan

Redevelopment New land development Low cost, low resistance,

new land reclamation Government managed Project financing

More complex rules and flexible implementation needed

Harbour District Organization – Sustainable?

Chief Executive

Legislative

Council

Financial Secretar

y

DistrictCouncils

Sustainable Developme

ntUnit

Environment,

Transport and Works

Home Affairs

Housing, Planning

and Lands

RelatedOrganization

s

Commerce, Industry

and Technolog

y

Economic Developme

nt and Labour

Hong Kong Arts

Development Council

Hong Kong Tourism Board

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Corporation

Mass Transit Railway

Corporation

Provisional Construction

IndustryCo-ordination

Board

Town Planning

Board

Urban Renewal Authority

Environmental

Protection Departmen

tArchitectural Services Departmen

tCivil Engineerin

g Departmen

tDrainage Services

Department

Electrical & Mechanical

Services Departmen

t

Highways Departmen

tTerritory Developme

nt Departmen

tWater Supplies

Department

Leisure and

Cultural Services

Department

Housing Departme

ntBuilding

Department

Lands Departme

ntPlanning Departme

ntLand

Registry

Trade and Industry

Department

InvestHong Kong

Hong Kong

Economic and Trade

Offices

Tourism Commissio

n

Chief Secretar

y

Harbourfront

Advancement

Advisory

Committee

Transport Departmen

t

Limited powers of LegCo

Article 74 permits Members of the Legislative Coucil to introduce bills ‘which do not relate to public expenditure or political structure or the operation of the Government’ and ‘the written consent of the Chief Executive shall be required before bills relating to Government policies are introduced.’

LegCo can veto the budget, public expenditure and proposed legislation with a majority

LegCo blocked Government’s plan for major reclamation of Kowloon Bay

The current system is geared for the lowest cost option,not for the more expensive ‘quality of life’ option.

Planning Department

The Statistical Consulting Unit (SCU) concluded that the result of the survey indicates that, amongst the 10 priorities, Hong Kong is doing the right things when it comes to urban planning.

The low rating in terms of community involvement suggests that people are content with the way planning is undertaken right now.

Planning Department website March 2004

2003 Hong Kong Sustainable Development

Survey from 29 August 2003 to 29 September 2003

The Statistical Consulting Unit (SCU) of City University

Town Planning Board

• To promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the community by making provision for the systematic preparation and approval of plans for the lay-out of areas of Hong Kong as well as for the types of building suitable for erection therein and for the preparation and approval of plans for areas within which permission is required for development.

Of such areas of Hong Kongas the Chief Executive may direct

Territory Development DepartmentProject list (web site March 2004)

Tung Chung New Town Central & Wan Chai Reclamation Cyberport Development at Telegraph Bay West Kowloon Reclamation West Kowloon Cultural District South East Kowloon Development Tseung Kwan O New Town Further Development of Tseung Kwan O Ma On Shan Development Pak Shek Kok Development Main Drainage Channel Networks for the Yuen Long, Kam Tin & Ngau Tam

Mei Basin Tuen Mun Area 38 Development

Territory Development Publications Index Accuracy Annual Review Block Allocations Computer Facilities Consultants Consultants & Consultancies Contracts – Financial Contracts - General/Project

Management Contracts – Handover Contracts – Personnel Contracts – Tender Cost Estimates C & D Material Management Deliverables Design Drainage and Sewerage Works

Funding/Estimates Land Data Records Landscape Works Landscape Works Supervision Natural Disaster Emergency Programme Project Administration Public Lighting Quality Management Road Works Site Accidents Sub-standard Construction Works Term Contracts Town Planning Water Supply Works Contract

No publications on public consultations (March 2004)

Transport Department – Look who is in charge!!

It is not for the Town Planning Board to make transport policy decisions (Judge Hartmann)

Vision 2030 study takes into account Transport Policy – it does not determine Transport Policy

Planning is subject transport !!?!!

Managing change of the planning process

Government Buro’s Government

Departments Engineers Planners Architects Advisory Councils Sub vented

organizations NGOs Property Developers LegCo

• Govt employed• Govt employed• Govt employed/Govt projects• Govt employed/Govt projects• Govt employed/Govt projects• Govt employed/Govt projects• Govt funding• Govt funding• No incentive to change• Limited role in process

Review of Harbour Ordinance and Town Planning Ordinance Needed

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Solution

All Government and Government agency owned property

along the Harbourfront, including roads, was transferred to

a single authority, reporting directly into the Minister of

Planning

Just imagine!!!!!

Harbourfront Advancement Advisory Committee

Current thinking Feedback on Wanchai North

and Southeast Kowloon

Planning, land use, design and development issues

Existing and new harbourfront areas

Advise on ways to get the public involved

Private sector participation

Sustainable plan Integrated review of Harbour

District

Transport and works to beincluded

Include districts

Genuine consultations

Start small and learn first

Organisation structure and planning process

Building consensus on the way forward

March 27 Workshop Research ParticipantsProfessionals, civic leaders, decision makers, …

J anuary–May Opinion Leaders and Shapers Research and SurveyGML Consultants

May 2, 2004 Public Forum

May /June Report on findings to the Government

March 16 Project Briefing for Key StakeholdersOpinion leaders and shapers, decision makers,

Government officials

March – April RoadshowsBriefing, fund raising, Business, Community, Academic and

Professional Groups

Mid April Harbourfront Advancement Advisory CommitteeGovernment initiative

April 15 Chambers of Commerce BriefingBusiness community

May 3, 2004 ConferenceEnviroSeries, Business Environment Council, Ballroom, Island

Shangri-La HotelMay 4-7, 2004 Seminars

EnviroSeries, Business Environment Council, Pacific Place Conferencing Centre