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Mr John Cardenzana said that the questionnaire survey conducted by Dr Albert CHEUNG (tabled at the meeting) showed that most of the residents in Shiu Fai Terrace did not object to the originally proposed development because they knew that the developer had such a right. They objected however, to the proposed larger-scale development and the elevated access road which would create twice as many units, vehicles and residents; and involve a longer period of construction with consequent increase in congestion, inconvenience, and danger to students, compared to the original proposal. Therefore, if a larger building was to be constructed, access should be from Kennedy Road which was not a cul-de-sac, and at a point where there were no schools. The cost of building a spiral ramp from Kennedy Road should be borne by the developer. Mr Oardencana reiterated the reasons for objecting to the current proposal as set out in the letter dated 14 April 1986 (Appendix E) and said that the residents were unanimous in their objection to a double-sized development and the elevated access road.
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M≈ V.T. WONG pointed out that Shiu Fai Terrace was a narrow, S-shaped, sloping cul-de-sac with many entrances to buildings along the road. Traffic flow therefore was very slow and to facilitate U-turn movements, he proposed replacing the RCP by a roundabout like that in Briar Avenue.
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Father Mallin said that the present arrangement of regulating traffic after school had worked well for years and they might not be able to control the disturbance caused by construction vehicles to the existing situation. Moreover, the only safe place where school buses could pick up/set down students was on the access road near the end of Shiu Fai Terrace. In response to the Chairman, Father Mallin considered that even if the developer agreed to prohibit construction vehicles from entering that section of the road, no one could guarantee that it would not happen.
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Mr Richard WONG said that congestion often occurred in Shiu Fai Terrace during morning peak hours because vehicles entering Stubbs Road had to give way to traffic along the main road. Moreover, any slight disturbance could hold up traffic in Shiu Fai Terrace. The road was only wide enough for one large vehicle
to pass through at a time and if a construction vehicle broke down or there was an emergency, then traffic would be held up and emergency vehicles would have difficulty reaching the spot.
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Mr K.J. Healy explained that the original proposal required access via United Mansion and would take 2 years to complete while the current proposal which required an elevated access road would take 21⁄2 years to complete, i.e. 9 months for the road and 18 months for the building.
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Mr K.C. CHEUNG added that it would take 10 days to build one storey; and when upper floors were being built, partitioning work would commence on lower floors. An elevated access road would facilitate transport of building materials and increase efficiency and speed of construction.
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