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The Bishop Mountain Service Reservoir has only been opened for one year since it was discovered. Yuan Haiwen: The speed is OK but the number of people is too small

2021-11-25T11:17:33.026Z


The Sham Shui Po Bishop’s Hill Service Reservoir, which caused a storm of demolition at the end of December last year, was designated as a first-class historical building by the Ancient Advisory Council in March this year. It will be open to the public to visit from December 15th with a public guided tour. ,thing


The Sham Shui Po Bishop’s Hill Service Reservoir, which caused a storm of demolition at the end of December last year, was designated as a first-class historical building by the Ancient Advisory Council in March this year. It will be open to the public to visit from December 15th with a public guided tour. , The incident lasted for nearly a year.

The Sham Shui Po District Councillor stated that although the government's processing speed was satisfactory, it criticized the authorities for insufficient consultation and only discussed it once in the District Council.

Representatives of the tourism industry believe that historical sites will help the industry launch in-depth local cultural tours and hope that the government can maintain high efficiency in the future.


▼Bishop Mountain Service Reservoir after activation▼


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The former Sham Shui Po Bishop's Hill Service Reservoir will be open to the public to visit on a limited basis starting from December 15th.

The public must register on the special page of the "Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir" website. The guided tour will depart every day in the morning and afternoon.

There are also 5 group time slots per week, but group applications must be submitted through GovHK.

The government expects to accept about 1,000 people to sign up for guided tours every month.

The Water Supplies Department stated that the Bishop Hill Service Reservoir has completed temporary reinforcement works, including the addition of platform passages, stairs, glass roofs and lighting systems to ensure safety.

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Yuan Haiwen: Too few people open

The Democratic Party’s Sham Shui Po District Councillor Yuen Hai-wen said that the opening arrangements announced by the government today are short-term plans. Next, the district council will convene a working group to review the situation and follow up on future developments every week.

He praised the government's revitalization speed "OK", but he criticized the government for insufficient consultation and only discussed it once in a district council meeting, and there was no detailed explanation of the maintenance and public opening at the meeting.

He believes that the number of participants in the short-term opening is too small, and it is recommended that more public visits to provide opinions, and he hopes that the authorities will formulate a long-term activation plan as soon as possible.

Yao Boliang: Application for NGO Operation of Historic Sites Brings Mission Difficulties

Yao Boliang, the convenor of the Hong Kong Travel Agency's Great Alliance for Relief of Distress, said that revitalizing the Bishop's Mountain Service Reservoir will help the tourism industry launch in-depth local cultural tours.

However, he pointed out that the number of revitalized monuments in Hong Kong is small and the level of assistance is only "drop in the bucket".

At the same time, the government has handed over many historical sites to NGOs for operation. In addition to the limited number of visitors and time limit, the group of organizations consider travel agencies to be commercial organizations, making it more difficult to apply for guided tours.

"I hope to cooperate more with the tourism industry, and don't leave it to the industry's own book."

Yao also took the former official residence of the Secretary for Home Affairs in Yuan Chau Tsai and the old Tai Po Police Station as examples. He believed that many citizens had never visited.

He suggested that the government should make good use of the monuments in the future to let more people understand the history behind it.

He also praised the speed of handling the Bishop Mountain Service Reservoir by the authorities this time. "This time is a special case and it is faster than expected. I hope (the government) will have this efficiency in the future."

Yao Boliang is one of the candidates for the tourism functional constituency of this Legislative Council, and the other candidate is Ma Yichao (independent).

The first-level historical building Bishop Mountain Service Reservoir 12.1 is open for reservations 1 day and 3 groups are first-come, first-served. Free admission Bishop Mountain Service Reservoir is open for a limited time this year , Xiaoluke retains the original site of the Sham Shui Po Bijiaoshan Service Reservoir, which will be opened to a limited extent this year. The Development Bureau is conceiving a long-term revitalization plan.

Source: hk1

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