The cost of riding facilities is so controversial that the demolition of Quarry Bay cannot shelter from the rain and the pavilion is jointly removed

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Written by: Zhu Yashuang

2021-03-08 20:41

The last update date: 2021-03-08 21:55

A three-fingered strange claw device appeared in Dragon's Back in Shi'ao recently. It has received multiple bad reviews. It was immediately removed today (8th), and its "lifespan" was only three days.

"Dragon Claw" was originally a newly-added viewing point decoration by the Fisheries and Conservation Department. The department replied that after reviewing it, it found that the decoration was not compatible with the nearby natural environment, and that the decoration did not involve additional costs.

Looking through the information, in the past, many community facilities were designed and cost ridiculously high. Six years ago, the Eastern District Council spent 210,000 yuan to build the Quarry Bay "Cannot Avoid Rain Pavilion", which was placed for two months and was demolished by the residents; The Kwai Tsing "Ancient Tomb" exhibited by the Development Bureau and the "Hill Tomb" of Yau Oi Village in Tuen Mun built by the Transport Department last year are also huge "short-lived" projects.

▼▼A picture of the local riding facilities in Hong Kong▼▼

In 2008, the government implemented the District Minor Works Project in 18 districts to fund projects implemented by District Councils in the districts to improve district facilities, living environment and sanitation. According to the plan's website, up to December last year, there were about 6,800 minor works facilities. They were completed one after another, with an expenditure of more than 4 billion yuan.

However, many projects have been questioned as "little white elephants". In May 2015, two "not sheltered from rain pavilions" appeared on the footpath of Haidi Street, Quarry Bay. The bases are huge stone piers, occupying more than half of the rain shelter. The construction cost is as high as 210,000 yuan, and the rain shelter was reprimanded by the public for not being able to shelter from rain and obstruct the road.

Later, the Eastern District Council proposed an "optimization plan" to add more seats. Residents initiated a joint sign to prevent wasting public funds. Eventually, the "Cannot Avoid Rain Pavilion" was demolished in July.

At the end of April 2018, the Development Bureau, without consulting the District Council, exhibited the winning work "Safe Island" at the junction of Kwai Chung Plaza and Metroplaza to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the reunification of the "Urban Dress Public Art Competition". Installation The maximum cost of the demolition and demolition works is as high as 850,000 yuan. The original exhibition period is one year. However, the "safe island" is built with environmentally friendly bricks to form a undulating mountain-shaped outline. It is derided as a "hill tomb" in the downtown area. Months of "lifespan" were removed at the beginning of July.

In the second month after the Kwai Tsing "kofun" was shoveled away, in order to prevent gambling, the Transport Department used rocks to pave the "hill landscape" at the entrance of Wong Chu Road in Yau Oi Village, Tuen Mun near Tsui Ning Garden, at a cost of 200,000 yuan. However, the outside of the hemisphere looks like a "mountain tomb," which aroused the dissatisfaction of the residents. In the end, the project was not completed, and the demolition began at the end of the month.

Quarry Bay "Wai Dun" rain shelter (online photo)

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