For discussion PWSC(96-97)99
on 19 February 1997

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE
OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 707 - NEW TOWNS AND URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT
Housing - Rural housing improvement
55HH - Local public works in the rural New Territories

Members are invited to recommend to Finance Committee -

the upgrading of part of 55HH, entitled "Local public works in the rural New Territories: 1997-98 Programme", to Category A at an estimated cost of $28.7 million in money-of-the-day prices; and
the retention of the remainder of 55HH in Category B.

PROBLEM

PROPOSAL

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

JUSTIFICATION

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

LAND ACQUISITION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Proposed project list for the Local Public Works in the Rural New Territories (1997-98 programme)

Public Consultation for the Implementation of Local Public Works Programme 1997-98

PROBLEM

Some less-developed areas in the New Territories lack basic amenities and infrastructure. There is a need to improve the rural environment in these areas.

PROPOSAL

2. The Director of Home Affairs, with the support of the Secretary for Home Affairs, proposes to upgrade part of 55HH to Category A at an estimated cost of $28.7 million in money-of-the-day (MOD) prices for the implementation of the 1997-98 local public works programme.

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

3. The scope of 55HH covers the following types of projects in the rural New Territories -

footpaths, minor roads, bridges, and car parks;
water pipelines, irrigation channels and standpipes;
stream embankments, drainage systems, seawalls and piers; and
playgrounds and playground equipment, village squares, rain shelters and parks.

4. Details of the proposed works are at Enclosure I.

JUSTIFICATION

5. With the rapid increase in population in the New Territories and the consequent urbanization in areas around new towns, we consider it necessary to improve the quality of life in the less-developed areas. The local public works programme aims at upgrading the living environment in the less-developed areas through the provision of small and localized improvement works referred to in paragraph 3 above. The Director of Home Affairs is responsible for implementing and monitoring the programme. Having regard to the views of the local district boards and rural committees and the Heung Yee Kuk, we propose to carry out the works in the locations specified at Enclosure I in 1997-98.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

6. We estimate the capital cost of the 1997-98 programme of works to be $28.7 million in MOD prices (see paragraph 7 below), made up as follows -

	$ million
(a) Local public works in
(i) Islands	6.5
(ii) Tai Po	2.7
(iii) North	2.2
(iv) Sai Kung	1.4
(v) Tuen Mun	3.4
(vi) Sha Tin	2.1
(vii) Tsuen Wan	1.6
(viii) Kwai Tsing	1.2
(b) Contingencies	1.8
	_____
Sub-total (at December 1995 prices)	22.9
(c) Inflation allowance	5.8
	_____
Total (in MOD prices)	28.7
	_____

7. Subject to approval, we will phase the expenditure as follows -

Year	$ million (Dec 1995)	Price adjustment factor	$ million (MOD)
1997 - 98	11.0	1.18250	13.0
1998 - 99	10.1	1.30075	13.1
1999 - 2000	1.8	1.43083	2.6
	_____		_____
Total	22.9		28.7
	_____		_____

8. We have derived the MOD estimate on the basis of the Government's forecasts of trend labour and construction prices for the period 1997 to 2000. We will tender the local public works under fixed-price lump-sum contracts because most of the projects are comparatively simple, minor civil works. The scope of these works are well-defined and they can be completed within a short time.

9. We estimate the annually recurrent cost to be $0.9 million at December 1995 prices.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

10. We consulted eight NT District Boards between September and December 1996. All indicated their support or had no objection to the proposed projects. Details of the District Board consultations are at Enclosure II.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

11. Local public works items are small scale improvement works, each costing less than $2 million. They will improve the rural environment after implementation. For short term impacts during construction, we will implement standard environmental pollution control measures under the relevant contracts to mitigate noise, dust and site run-off impacts.

LAND ACQUISITION

12. Land acquisition and clearance is not required for works proposed for inclusion in the programme.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

13. In an effort to improve the rural environment in the New Territories, the Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (RPIS) Monitoring Group recommended in 1990 to implement a second five-year rural improvement programme for the period from 1992-93 to 1996-97. Consequently we included 21HH in Category B in March 1992 for the implementation of local public works (LPW) and urban fringe improvement (UFI) projects. We upgrade the works under the programme to Category A on an annual basis. We revised the scope of 21HH in January 1994 to only cover LPW projects in the rural New Territories; with UFI projects subsumed under the other RPIS minor items. Following a review in early 1995, we decided that there is a need for the programme to continue beyond 1996-97. Consequently we included 55HH in Category B in May 1996 for the implementation of LPW projects from 1997-98 onwards, tentatively up to 2000-01.

14. The Director of Home Affairs took over the responsibility for the administration and co-ordination of minor RPIS projects from the Director of Territory Development in October 1994.

15. We have scheduled the works in the 1997-98 programme to start in June 1997 for completion in March 2000.

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Enclosure I to PWSC(96-97)99

Proposed project list for the Local Public Works in the Rural New Territories (1997-98 programme)

Item	District	Project Title
1.	Islands	Minor works items for typhoon , rainstorm and flooding mitigation measures in Islands District
2.	Islands	Provision of water pipeline at Cheung Sha Lan , Lantau
3.	Islands	Construction of footpath at Nim Shue Wan , Lantau
4.	Islands	Construction of stream bund at Lung Mei Hang , Mui Wo
5.	Islands	Construction of footpath at Ha Keng (phase II) , South Lantau
6.	Islands	Construction of footpath at Lo Wai , South Lantau
7.	Islands	Improvement to footpath and provision of shelter at Peak Road near Ting Fuk Ting and Chung Hing Pun Shan Road ,Cheung Chau
8.	Islands	Construction of footpath from Sai Wan Road near One Hundred Steps leading to Peak Road , Cheung Chau
9.	Islands	Construction of footpath at Lo Tik Wan , North Lamma
10.	Islands	Reconstruction of footpath at Tai Shan Area , North Lamma
11.	Islands	Construction of maintenance access to filter tank at Po Toi Island
12.	Islands	Provision of railing at Luk Wu , Upper Keung Shan , Tai O
13.	Islands	Reconstruction of water supply system at Upper Keung Shan , Tai O
14.	Islands	Recontruction of jetty at Sham Shek , Tai O
15.	Islands	Reconstruction of footpath near Hau Wong Temple , Tung Chung
16.	Islands	Reconstruction of footbridges at Ngau Au , Tung Chung
17.	Islands	Reconstruction of footbridge at Tai Ho San Tsuen , Mui Wo
18.	Islands	Reconstruction of footbridge at Ngau Kwu Long , Mui Wo
19.	Islands	Construction of rainshelter at Mong Tung Wan , South Lantau
20.	Islands	Reconstruction of access leading from Cheung Kwai Road to Tai Kwai Wan San Tsuen , Cheung Chau
21.	Islands	Reconstruction of footpath at Fa Peng Road , Cheung Chau
22.	Islands	Reconstruction of footpath at Yung Shue Long Old Village, North Lamma
23.	Islands	Reconstruction of footpath at Tai Peng Village , North Lamma
24.	Islands	Construction of footpath at Tung O Village, South Lamma
25.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of footpath and channel at Shek Lei Hang, Kwai Chung
26.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of footpath at Sai Shan leading to Ching Hong Road Hill Top Sitting Out Area, Tsing Yi
27.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of surface channel at Kau Wah Keng San Tsuen, Kwai Chung
28.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of footpath and railing at Cheung Hang, Kwai Chung
29.	Kwai Tsing	Reconstruction of playground at St. Paul Village, Tsing Yi
30.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of footpath and channel at Lutheran Village, Tsing Yi
31.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of channel and steps at Ha Shing Mum Village, Kwai Chung
32.	Kwai Tsing	Construction of footpath at Sheung Yat Tsuen, Kwai Chung
33.	North	Construction of passing bay and paving at Muk Wu, Ta Ku Ling
34.	North	Construction of van track near Ho Kai School, Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui
35.	North	Reconstruction of footpath at Tin Ping Shan, Sheung Shui
36.	North	Reconstruction of footbridge and footpath at She Leng, Sheung Shui
37.	North	Reconstruction of rainshelter at Sam A, Sha Tau Kok
38.	North	Construction of drainage channel near Wah Ming Estate at Wa Mei Shan, Fanling
39.	North	Construction of rainshelter at Shan Tsui, Sha Tau Kok
40.	North	Construction of van track at San Uk Ling, Ta Ku Ling
41.	North	Improvement to footpath and drainage system at Ping Yeung, Ta Ku Ling
42.	North	Improvement of drainage system at Lei Uk Tsuen, Ta Ku Ling
43.	North	Reconstruction of footpath leading to Koon Yam Temple, Tsiu Keng, Sheung Shui
44.	Sai Kung	Construction of steps with railing at Tseng Lan Shue, Hang Hau
45.	Sai Kung	Improvement to footpath at Hang Mei Deng Tsuen, Mang Kung Uk, Hang Hau
46.	Sai Kung	Construction of footpath with railing at Pak Shek Wo, Hang Hau
47.	Sai Kung	Reconstruction of footpath at Tai Chung Hau
48.	Sai Kung	Construction of van track and drainage channel at Chi Fai Terrace
49.	Sai Kung	Reconstruction of van track at Nam Shan San Tsuen
50.	Sai Kung	Reconstruction of van track at Wong Chuk Wan
51.	Sai Kung	Construction of drainage channel at Pak Kong
52.	Sai Kung	Construction of footpath with railing at Ma Yau Tong, Hang Hau
53.	Sai Kung	Construction of paving at Tin Liu Tsuen, Ho Chung, Sai Kung
54.	Sai Kung
55.	Sha Tin	Improvement to paving and van track at Shap Yi Wat Village
56.	Sha Tin	Improvement to footpath from Fu Yung Pit to Kwun Yam Shan
57.	Sha Tin	Improvement of van track and slope leading from Yung Ping Path to Kau To Village
58.	Sha Tin	Improvement of drainage channel and paving at Pai Tau Village
59.	Sha Tin	Reconstruction of footbridge and footpath at Kwei Tei Village
60.	Sha Tin	Improvement to drainage channel near Kwun Yam Garden, Kwun Yam Shan
61.	Sha Tin	Reconstruction of village notice boards in Sha Tin District
62.	Sha Tin	Improvement to footpath and provision of railing at Ma On Shan Village
63.	Sha Tin	Construction of surface channel at Mau Tso Ngam
64.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of footpath and drainage at Lai Chi Shan
65.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of van track near Tai Po Road at Cheung Shue Tan
66.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of stream embankment at She Shan Village, Lam Tsuen
67.	Tai Po	Erection of village lights at Ping Chau (Mirs Bay), Sai Kung North
68.	Tai Po	Construction of drainage channel at Au Tsai Tsuen, Fu Sha Wai, Tai Hang
69.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of drainage channel and footpath near Ting Kok Road, Ting Kok Village
70.	Tai Po	Construction of drainage channel at Fu Sha Wai, Tai Hang
71.	Tai Po	Construction of paving at Kau Lau Wan, Sai Kung North
72.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of van track at Sheung Wun Yiu Village
73.	Tai Po	Reconstruction of footpath and steps (near a weir) at Fong Ma Po
74.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of footpath leading to Tai Pai Tsui Burial Ground, Ma Wan
75.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of footpath at Sheung Kok Shan, Lo Wai
76.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of notice board at Sheung Kwai Chung Village
77.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of railing and footpath at Fu Yung Shan
78.	Tsuen Wan	Improvement to van track at Chuen Lung, Tsuen Wan
79.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of channel at Pai Min Kok
80.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of channel at Tsing Fai Tong, Tsuen Wan
81.	Tsuen Wan	Construction of channel and railing at San Hoi Tin, Tsuen Wan
82.	Tuen Mun	Construction of open space at Area 4A, besides Brilliant Garden
83.	Tuen Mun	Construction of drainage channel at Lam Tei
84.	Tuen Mun	Construction of drainage system at Sai Hang Mei, Tsz Tin Tsuen
85.	Tuen Mun	Reconstruction of van track at Siu Sau, So Kwun Wat
86.	Tuen Mun	Construction of pavement at Tsing Chuen Wai
87.	Tuen Mun	Construction of drainage channel at Tsing Shan Tsuen South
88.	Tuen Mun	Reconstruction of paving and drainage channel at Chan Uk, So Kwun Wat
89.	Tuen Mun	Reconstruction of footpath and drainage at Tsoi Yuen Tsuen, Nai Wai

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Public Consultation for the Implementation of Local Public Works Programme 1997-98

District	Date	Mode of consultation	Remarks
Islands	30 October 1996	District Board circulation of papers	Project items were supported.
Kwai Tsing	30 September 1996	District Board circulation of papers	No objections to projects.
North	10 October 1996	District Board circulation of papers	No objections to projects.
Sai Kung	17 October 1996	District Board meeting	Project items were supported.
Sha Tin	3 December1996	District Board meeting	Project items were supported.
Tai Po	15 October 1996	District Board meeting	Project items were supported.
	15 October 1996	Rural Committee circulation of papers	No objections to projects.
Tsuen Wan	26 September 1996	District Board meeting	Project items were supported.
Tuen Mun	1 November 1996	District Board meeting	Project items were supported.

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Last Updated on 16 August 1999

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 707 - NEW TOWNS AND URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT Housing - Rural housing improvement 55HH - Local public works in the rural New Territories

PROBLEM

PROPOSAL

PROJECT SCOPE AND NATURE

JUSTIFICATION

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

PUBLIC CONSULTATION

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

LAND ACQUISITION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Proposed project list for the Local Public Works in the Rural New Territories (1997-98 programme)

Public Consultation for the Implementation of Local Public Works Programme 1997-98

ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE
OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

HEAD 707 - NEW TOWNS AND URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT
Housing - Rural housing improvement
55HH - Local public works in the rural New Territories