DAB Legislative Council member Ngan Man-yu today (5th), together with Deputy Secretary for Development Liao Zhenxin, inspected the Kai Tak Makeshift Hospital built by the "assembly and synthesis" construction method.
He believes that the Kai Tak Fangcang shelter hospital is quite suitable to be converted into transitional housing and urged the government to consider it.
Yan Wenyu and Liao Zhenxin, Deputy Director of the Development Bureau, inspected the Kai Tak Makeshift Hospital.
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Some units can be combined into family style
Yan Wenyu pointed out that thanks to the full support of the Central Government, the coordination and supervision of the Development Bureau, as well as the contractors and workers working day and night, the project was able to achieve the goals of "speed, efficiency, and volume", creating conditions for Hong Kong to prevent epidemics Love bounces back.
He mentioned that, as the first four-storey large-scale community isolation facility with lifts in the urban area, many units in Kai Tak Fangcai Hospital can be merged into family units. If the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is further stabilized and the number of confirmed cases falls, the authorities will In terms of land and housing supply, it is necessary to achieve the goals of "speed, efficiency, and volume", and consider converting Kai Tak Fangcang shelter hospital into transitional housing, allowing families living in inappropriate housing to move in and get out of the harsh living environment as soon as possible .
Gan Wenyu continued to point out that in addition to increasing the efficiency of housing needs, infrastructure development is also an important part. He appealed to the government not to let the Kai Tak Development Area become an "isolated island" in the urban area. He believes that the Kai Tak Development Area is constantly undergoing construction projects and nearby transportation facilities. And the pedestrian connection system is also not perfect, even though residents are surrounded by adjacent infrastructure, they have not benefited from it.
Gan Wenyu hopes that the government can consider increasing the stations and coverage of the East Kowloon Railway Line, and combine the two development plans of the East Kowloon Railway Line and the monorail to connect the Kwun Tong Line, the Tuen Ma Line, the Sha-Central Line, and the Tseung Kwan O Line. The entire railway will connect to Choi Wan, Sishun, Sau Mau Ping, Po Tat, Lam Tin North, Yau Tong, Cha Kwo Ling Station, Cruise Terminal, Kai Tak Development Area, Kowloon Bay Regent Garden and Kwun Tong Business District.
7 makeshift hospitals shrunk and 1 left, the trade unions urge phased shutdowns, and the contractors will arrange for employees to be reassigned. The lawmaker said that the 6 makeshift hospitals will be closed next week, 5,400 employees may be fired on the same day: the largest number in history
