I sent my objection via email to <etwbenq@etwb.gov.hk>, and got back this acknowledgement:



-- So send your objections by snail mail or fax. Note this fax number is different from the one we've been publicising. (I have revised that on the above post)

Also, for those like me who don't have a working printer or fax, you can send faxes via the TPC gateway, by sending an email to
<a href="mailto:remote-printer.Dr_Sarah_Liao/Secretary_for_the_Environment_Transport_and_Works@85221368017.iddd.tpc.int">remote-printer.Dr_Sarah_Liao/Secretary_for_the_Environment_Transport_and_Works@85221368017.iddd.tpc.int</a>
(should be no spaces in this)

The text of my objection is at <a href="http://lammapaths.cjb.net/">lammapaths.cjb.net.</a>

I think you'll find the nullah you mention is due for commencement of works in September 2003.

I hope I am wrong.

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Dear all

May I suggest adding the following before the last paragraph of the letter.


I would invite you to visit Yung Shue Wan as a matter of urgency to view the proposed area once you have taken objections into account. I would also like to see an open public discussion forum, similar to the one carried out recently by CED regarding a proposed helipad construction in Yung Shue Wan.

Frazer

Unfortunately, that isn't a great model. The helipad "consultation" was merely window dressing to rubber stamp the plan they'd already decided on, while allowing them to say they had sought community input. It was far from an "open forum" -- it was rigidly scripted, with only one possible result, pretty much like Tung's (s)election.

It is going ahead, but though still excessive, is somewhat less so than the original plan.

According to some engineers on the site visit there are some absurd consequences of the drainage for the autobahn project. The footbridge where the path to Tai Peng diverges is to be raised considerably, so they want to raise the path to the same level (50 or so cm, IIRC). That in turn means a widening to allow for a bank on the side. The obvious thing would be to dredge the channel, and/or make a hump-backed bridge. That would be too simple for them, though. Always choose the solution that uses the most concrete.

Alan

Maybe if you had turned up more pressure would have been exerted. Don't recall you being there. Having spoken to the consultant recently, it is far from 'decided' where the helipad will go. If you don't like something, turn up. Lamma.com.hk is hardly the forum to make your point.

Frazer

I couldn't come. I was working in Kowloon that day. I sent submissions to them directly, and publicised it through this site, which is where at least some of those who did go heard about it.