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7.2.6 Leisure
• It should introduce a “Festival Pier” concept and to arrange different
“themed” activities.
• It should create a sense of mood in the areas by means by music, urban
design, etc. to make the areas enjoyable by people other than ferry users.
• Open theatres and performance areas can be added to the harbourfront
areas.
• The future design should bring people closer (nearly can touch it) to the
water.
7.2.7 Educational
• Some expressed that students should be invited to join the Public Forum as
a form of education.
• The Piers’ rooftop forum idea and on-site education programmes should be
introduced to the Schools’ Headmaster Committee in the Central and
Western Districts.
• Education is an important issue and should arrange more forums about the
harbourfront areas, especially to the students.
• Workshops can be arranged on the Piers’ rooftop for teaching local
traditions or cultural arts.
• If the Forum that held regularly at the Victoria Park can be arranged on the
pier’s rooftops, it may attract more focus onto the harbourfront issues.
7.3 CONCLUSION
Majority of the feedbacks and comments from the Exhibition and Public Forum were
about “against reclamation” and “against pollution” to the areas; the others included
attracting people by different activities in the Harbour-front areas and providing more
greenery areas, better leisure and transport facilities as well as designing and planning
the promenade with a locally characterized concept.
Comparing with the earlier findings, the Exhibition and the Forum have highlighted
the following issues: “Widening existing promenade”, “Transport information display”,
“Providing more escalators and lifts, Performance venue”, “Observation lookout”,
“Exhibition gallery/Mini-museum” and a “‘Romantic’ corridor”.
Apart from the above comments received from the Public Forum, an extra 32 of
pamphlet questionnaires about “What would you like to see” containing 19 most
preferable ideas that generalized from public opinions were received (a total of 163
pamphlet questionnaires were received, including 131 received earlier during the
exhibition period). Open and wide public participation is ensured in the planning and
design of the Central Harbourfront.
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