The San Tin Wai Shopping Centre in Sha Tin was acquired by Link in the early years, and was sold to a mainland private enterprise in 2017. The market on the fourth floor, the passage and the rest area have been enclosed, and renovations have been carried out since 2019. However, three years after the construction, the market still remains in the market. It is a bad piece of land. Even if the space has been beautified and renovated, it is still closed to the public. Residents cannot escape from the fourth floor. They have to walk a long way to enter the supermarket or convenience store on the same floor, which is very inconvenient. The chairman of the residents' mutual aid committee said that he had invited the owner. Attending the Village Management Advisory Committee to explain the completion date was rejected, and sighed, "I just want to go down the road!" The company involved responded that it had sent project representatives twice to the Village Management Advisory Committee to explain the progress of the project. Residents actively communicated and answered questions.
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After 3 years of renovation, the street is still rotten and flooded, causing mosquitoes and rodents
After the San Tin Wai Shopping Mall in Shatin was sold to a mainland company, Foshan Shunlian Group for about 460 million yuan in 2017, the fourth floor market merchants, retail stores, and restaurants have been "cleared" one after another, leaving only one supermarket and one restaurant. A convenience store and a pharmacy meet the basic needs of residents. The group has started a large-scale renovation project in early 2019. During this period, many entrances and exits and rest spaces on the fourth floor were enclosed, and passenger lifts were also prohibited from going to this floor. Residents To get to the ParknShop supermarket or 7-11 convenience store on the fourth floor, you have to go down the ramp from the fifth floor or go to the fourth floor through the cargo lift in the parking lot. However, the cargo lift is often damaged and repaired. After the opening hours”, the management company even posted a notice of “private property, no loitering” at one point, stating that if residents “violate”, they will be “sent to officials and punished”, which greatly dissatisfied the residents, and once posted signs protesting the hegemony of the owners .
It has been 3 years since the construction of the shopping mall, and some of the hoardings that enclosed the pedestrian passage have been unsealed recently, revealing the beautified green appearance of the passage. However, most of the space on the fourth floor is still closed, including an open space in the center of the shopping mall, which is called a patio by the neighbors. The public open space of the playground has been converted into a basketball court and resting chairs, but it is still closed. The market that has been renovated for three years is still a piece of bad land, and some renovation workers are carrying out renovation works. And the ground is the original concrete surface, the completion date is far away.
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Residents troubled by piling noise cause heart attack
Mrs. Pan, who has been living since her occupancy in 1981, lives in a unit on the third floor of Fung Wai Building. She bluntly said that in the past, the shopping mall in San Tin Wai Village was fully equipped with restaurants, markets, convenience stores, stores, shops and cooked food stalls. However, since the Chinese-funded company entered the market, construction began in 2019. She was generally healthy. One year after the start of the project, she was often woken up by the sound of piling during a nap, which caused palpitations. She was diagnosed after admission to the hospital. Suffering from heart disease, she needs regular follow-up consultations and medication. In addition, the market is vacant for a long time. Every summer rain causes water accumulation, causing mosquitoes to breed, and even a rodent infestation. She lives on a lower floor and is forced to close the windows and keep the air conditioner on, worrying that the project will take a day. Unfinished, and related issues have not been resolved for a day.
Huang Tai, a resident of Fengwei Building for 42 years, criticized that Shun Lian often blocked different access routes because of the construction, which made the residents at a loss. Feng Ai switched to another one, but ended up having to go the other way, and I would die of making jokes with others, and I went the wrong way all the time, and I didn’t seem to live in Xintianwei Village.”
The mutual committee invites shopping mall owners to talk: just want to have a way to go down
The 78-year-old Mrs. Ye pointed out that due to the convenience of the floors, she often uses the cargo lift to go to the fourth floor to visit supermarkets or convenience stores, but the cargo lift often breaks down. It was very difficult for the elderly, "𠵱It's not easy to go at home, I don't know how to change the road, and some neighbors say that I don't even know how to go to 7-11 to buy newspapers."
Cheng Tai, chairman of the Wing Wai Building Inter-Committee, said that the shopping malls in the housing estate have not changed, and the streets are well-connected and crowded. However, since they were acquired and enclosed, many entrances and exits have been closed. Until recently, the passage beautification project was completed, although some passages were partially opened. , but most of the space on the fourth floor is still closed, and there is no announcement indicating the completion date of the project. She once expressed her intention to contact the Housing Department at the Estate Management Advisory Committee to negotiate with the owners of Foshan Shunlian Group. The other party only sent a representative to explain the project content, but so far It has not yet been completed, and the progress is quite different from that of the neighboring Qinshicun shopping mall which was acquired and refurbished by Gaw Capital in 2019 and opened two years later. At present, the neighbors have no choice but to accept the reality that there are no new stores in the shopping mall, but the owner at least explained the completion date. , and open the relevant pedestrian passages as soon as possible to facilitate the access of the neighbors. "It doesn't count for people's livelihood. 𠵱My family does not even have flower pots and bricks in the pedestrian passages. We just want to make a living path and go down!"
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The owner of the shopping mall: twice sent representatives to attend the village management advisory committee to explain the progress
Shunlian Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. responded that since the beginning of 2019, the optimization and renovation project of San Tin Wai Shopping Center has been divided into demolition and three-phase renovation projects, namely demolition, beautification of public toilets, renovation and upgrading of shopping malls and car parks, and renovation of old shopping malls. The market was transformed into shops.
In view of a series of engineering processes such as design, bidding, construction, and approval by relevant government departments, as well as due to the epidemic prevention and control and the government's "dynamic clearing" policy, the project will take longer than expected.
The project is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year.
The shopping mall is currently undergoing the third phase of the renovation project, namely the renovation of the old market. The shopping mall management office has posted a notice on March 31 this year to provide residents and businesses with temporary travel route arrangements during the project.
In order to facilitate residents to purchase high-quality fresh ingredients and a variety of daily necessities, the company introduced a new type of market "Fresh Life" in September last year, and the village also retains a Pokka supermarket to meet the daily needs of the market.
The original old market will be converted into a shop. In accordance with the "Town Planning Ordinance", the company will make a decision on the use of the shop in response to the development of the epidemic and market demand.
Regarding the neighbor’s claim that the pedestrian passageway on the fourth floor is full of bricks and potted plants, the spokesperson said that the green plants will be delivered to the site in mid-April 2022, and the planting will only be arranged after receiving the completion certificate issued by the relevant government department, and will be placed on the construction site during this period. After a short period of time, the greening of the entire mall is expected to be completed on May 20.
The bricks are actually permeable lightweight cotton, which is used to lay on the bottom and side walls of the planting trough.
The company saw scattered light cotton during the regular project inspection process, and immediately asked the green plant service provider to neatly store it in a location that would not affect the passage of residents.
Since the relevant facilities in the basketball court have not yet been delivered and installed, the location is right next to the construction site of the third phase of the shopping mall. For safety reasons, there is currently no plan to open the basketball court.
The spokesman said that nearly 500,000 pairs of cargo lifts had been upgraded to barrier-free lifts. The cargo lift was damaged due to a flooding accident at the end of last year. After inspection, the mechanic suggested that the lift should be stopped for repair until the parts were delivered to Hong Kong and the installation was completed. can be used.
The lift has resumed operation a few days ago and is open to residents and businesses as a new barrier-free passage in the village. The toilet on the fifth floor will also be reopened to the public in a short period of time.
The spokesperson emphasized that the Village Management Advisory Committee had contacted the company in March and November last year, hoping to learn about the progress of the project.
On both occasions, the company sent its colleagues in charge of the San Tin Wai project, on-site staff, project contractors and external project management consultants, together with members of the Village Management Advisory Committee and representatives of the property management company designated by the Housing Department, to visit the project site of the San Tin Wai Shopping Mall And hold a meeting to introduce the project content and progress in detail.
The company has not received any further consultation from the Village Management Advisory Committee on the progress of the project, but based on the principle of openness and transparency, the company has been actively communicating with village residents to answer their questions.
In response to the enquiry, the Housing Department stated that the San Tin Wai Shopping Centre is a private property and is no different from other private shopping malls. Its owners are regulated by the relevant laws, lease terms and the mutual covenant of the building (DMC). As long as it complies with the relevant laws and regulations, the government will and the Hong Kong Housing Authority cannot interfere with its right to lawfully use its property.
According to the land deed and mutual covenant of San Tin Wai Village, the shopping mall and its access areas are under private ownership. During the construction period, the shopping mall owner has kept some access roads open to facilitate residents' access.
The Estate Management Office of San Tin Wai Village has been in constant communication with the owners of the shopping malls to reflect the residents' concerns on the use of the shopping mall passages.
Under the arrangement of the San Tin Wai Village Estate Management Office, the property management company representatives appointed by the owners of the shopping malls conducted on-site inspections with the residents' representatives in March and November last year to listen to their opinions and make improvements.
It is understood that the renovation works of some parts of the shopping mall and passages have been largely completed, and the hoardings of the relevant passages are being gradually removed, which will make it easier for residents to access.
The San Tin Wai Village Estate Management Office will continue to maintain communication with the owners of the shopping malls and encourage them to listen to the opinions of the residents on the daily management of the shopping malls
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