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The
Planning Department has commissioned a consultant to conduct a Habour
Planning study in order to explore how to enhance the attraction
of Victoria habour. The whole study is divided into four stages
with each consultation session following. The first stage is to
make a Land-Use Conceptual Plan for the studying area. The second
stage is to make a Recommended Habour and Waterfront Plan with Urban
Design Framework. The third stage is to make a Tourism Plan and
an Action Area Areas Plan. The final stage is to design an institutional
and implementation mechanism for implementing the action areas plan.
Then
what sort of consensus is reached so far? The government and the
public have reached an agreement on Habour planning principles.
1. to minimize reclamation along the harbour shore; 2, to specific
appropriate building forms and urban designs in the Harbourfront
area. 3. to re-design or re-shape habourfront to show the unique
character of Hong Kong. 4. to create a cluster of tourists attractions
in Habour Inner Core Area and facilitate the connection among different
clusters along the habourfront. 5. to improve the landscape and
sitting-out area. 6. to initiate and manage activities and events
in the harbourfront area. 7. to improve water quality.
The
study also raises out some critical issues which have to been addressed
in future. The issues include poor accessibility, incompatitable
land-uses and dull waterfront activities.
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Thinking:
The
study cannot clearly tell me what and how the proposed activities
or experiences are created in the Harbourfront area. As the past
studies, this study uses an Approach of Weakness and Opportunties
to assess the studing area. Nevertheless, this approach is successsfully
used only if the observers have a clear vision on the studying area.
For example, if we hope to create outdoor eating activities along
the harbourfront, we bear this vision to investigate what sorts
of weaknesses or opportunities the area has. (For example, the weaknesses
include poor accessibity to the bazzar, poor air quality and etc.)
If we hope to create a beautiful public cargo area, then the weakness
we go to identify will be different from the one in the first case.
Then
what sort of activities can a new plan create? Outdoor eating, a
small singing concert, arts performance, craft works sale, commercial
activites, etc, What sort of experiences does a new design and infrastructure
create for local visitors and tourists? Arts experience, Consumption
experience, Sporting experience, Relaxing(experience). Historial
Learning experience, Cruising experience.
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