WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988
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UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE'S DESIGN OBJECTIVES EXPLAINED
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IN SELECTING A DESIGN FOR THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE'S MAIN AIM WAS TO PRODUCE THE BEST POSSIBLE UNIVERSITY FOR HONG KONG'S NEEDS WITH THE SITE AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR BRIDGE SAID THE CRITERIA WERE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL IN THE 50-0DD PAGES OF THE PLANNING BRIEF.
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"THE BRIEF ALSO DESCRIBED THE STRUCTURE, SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, TO WHICH THE DESIGN MUST CONFORM, HE POINTED OUT.
"IT SAID THE AIM WAS 'TO CREATE A TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT BY THE INTEGRATION OF BUILDINGS AND THE LANDSCAPE.'
"ARCHITECTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS AND TO SATISFY THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCE TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT.
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MR BRIDGE SAID THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION WOULD BE SELECTED AS THE PROJECT ARCHITECT.
MISUNDERSTANDING
"IN THIS CONTEXT I MUST CLEAR UP A WIDESPREAD THAT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE "OVER-RULED" THE ASSESSMENT PANEL. THIS IS NOT SO," HE SAID..
"THE ASSESSMENT PANEL DECIDED THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION AND THEIR DECISION WAS FINAL. THE DECISION ON THE PROJECT DESIGN WAS SEPARATE ISSUE AND WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE."
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MR BRIDGE SAID THE ASSESSMENT PANEL HAD DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF ALL SIX SHORT-LISTED DESIGNS AND HAD ADVISED THAT ALL SIX MET THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BRIEF.
"BEFORE DECIDING ON THE PROJECT DESIGN THE PLANNING COMMITTEE STUDIED ALL SIX DESIGNS VERY CAREFULLY AND REACHED THEIR DECISION UNANIMOUSLY IN A SECRET BALLOT, HE SAID.
"THEIR DECISION WAS TAKEN PROPERLY AND IN GOOD FAITH, IN WHAT THEY FELT WERE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
"THEY SELECTED THE DESIGN WHICH THEY FELT WAS ACHIEVE THEIR AIMS AND PRODUCE A UNIVERSITY WHICH HONG KONG'S NEEDS."
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