The Government had decided to extend the public consultation on the development of the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) to the end of June in response to the request of the Legislative Council and having reviewed the progress made in the public consultation exercise, a government spokesman said today (March 16).
The main exhibition on the screened-in proposals will also be extended. After being staged at the Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong City Hall, it will be moved to the Thematic Galleries 1 and 2 of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin from April 16 to June 30, 2005. The proposals are now on display at Hong Kong City Hall, Central until March 28.
Following the opening hours of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the exhibition will be open from 10am to 6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays to Saturdays; and from 10am to 7pm for Sundays and public holidays. It will be closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays). Admission to the WKCD main exhibition venue is free.
The spokesman invited visitors to answer the questions on the comment card and drop it into the collection box before leaving the exhibition venue.
Alternatively, the public can submit views online: www.hplb.gov.hk/wkcd; by fax: 2186 7832; via e-mail: wkcd@cedd.gov.hk; or by post: Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau, 9/F Murray Building, Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong (Attn: WKCD Team). The deadline for submission is June 30.
"The Government has commissioned an independent academic research institute to conduct telephone polls and analyse and assess views collected in the consultation exercise. The institute will deliver a report to the Government after the end of the public consultation. The report will be made public in due course," the spokesman said.
To date, more than 125,300 people have visited the exhibition since it opened on December 16 last year, and more than 20,070 comment cards and 260 written submissions have been received from the public.
Ends/Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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