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- 9 -the proposals/ideas received previously had beenincorporated/filtered out; and(g) Sustainability - whether the proposed OCPs could besustained from the economic, social and environmentalperspectives, in view of the high cost for provision ofextensive sub-merged CKR/Road T2, the mitigationmeasures for KTAC, etc.3.3 Ms Iris Tam added that the initial concepts presented in theCM were being revised to take into account the findings of thepreliminary technical assessments, in particular, the waterquality assessment.3.4 The Chairman said that Annex 2 of the Report on CM hadincluded responses to queries raised by Members after the CM.He reminded Members that it was the job of PlanD and theconsultants to prepare the OCP and the purpose of the meetingwas therefore not to come up with the best development optionbut bring out the major issues thus allowing the public to haveclearer information on the development options that would bemade available in Stage 2 Public Participation.3.5 In response to Dr Alvin Kwok’s question on the discussion ofhousing provision at the CM, Ms Iris Tam said that among the3 preliminary concepts presented at the meeting, one concepthad a slightly greater housing component and the CM hadstressed the need to balance social, environmental andeconomic considerations.3.6 In response to Professor K C Lam’s question on theexpectations for a park in Kai Tak, Ms Iris Tam said thatamong the comments raised some people felt that there shouldbe a central park, others felt that it could be provided as anetwork of parks. She said that the objective was to achieve atleast 10-20 hectares of park area even though it might not be inthe form of a single major Metro Park.3.7 In response to another question of Professor KC Lam, MrRaymond Lee said that during the Stage 1 Public Participation,there were a lot of discussions on the KTAC, including the ideato use the water body for water recreation uses. Sincepollution was the main problem of the KTAC, relevanttechnical assessments had been advanced, so that there wouldbe technical information to assist the discussion on utilizing thewater body for appropriate uses. The Consultants were