Key Initiation Milestones

1
Cultural and Social Aspects of Building a Mega
Project The West Rail Experience
Ian ThomsDirector, West RailKowloon-Canton
Railway Corporation 20 October 2001
2
Building the First Railway in China
Acknowledgement Woosung Road - The Story of
China's First Railway, Peter Crush
3
Opening of the First Railway in China (1876)
Acknowledgement Chinas Struggle for Railroad
Development, Chang Kia-Ngau
4
Hong Kong (2001)
Acknowledgement Hong Kong Tourism Board
5
West Rail Phase I Alignment
Yuen Long
Long Ping
Tin Shui Wai
Kam Sheung Road
Yuen Long
New Territories
Pat Heung Maintenance Centre
Tuen Mun
Siu Hong
Tuen Mun
Tsuen Wan West
Kowloon
Mei Foo
Nam Cheong
Port Rail Terminal
East Tsim Sha Tsui
West Kowloon
6
Cultural Social Considerations

• Rule No. 1 Respect the traditional belief and
  culture

7
Fung Shui
8
Fung Shui Issues
9
Pai Lau
10
Graves
11
Yuen Long Station
12
Shrine of Nam Bin Wai, Yuen Long
13
Cultural Social Considerations

• Rule No. 1 Respect the traditional belief and
  culture
• Rule No. 2 Conduct a comprehensive CIA

14
Tsui Sing Lau
15
List of Facilities Impacted by West Rail

• Villages and houses
• Schools
• Temples and shrines
• Graves
• Fung shui trees and wells
• Ponds
• Parks and recreational facilities
• Fish market

16
Cultural Social Considerations

• Rule No. 1 Respect the traditional belief and
  culture
• Rule No. 2 Conduct a comprehensive CIA
• Rule No. 3 Conduct a comprehensive pre-condition
  survey

17
Pre-condition Survey Report
18
Complaints
Acknowledgement Hong Kong iMail, The Sun, Apple
Daily, Oriental Daily News
19
Photograph Taken at Pre-condition Surveys
20
Monitoring Construction Activities

• Piezometer
• Deformation Monitoring Point
• Displacement Monitoring Point
• Settlement Plate
• Liquid Level Gauge
• Vertical Inclinometer
• Crack Gauge
• Tiltmeter
• Seismograph

21
Complaints Received
22
Monitoring Environmental Protection

• Noise Meter
• High Volume Sampler
• DO Meter
• Turbidity Meter

23
Cultural Social Considerations

• Rule No. 1 Respect the traditional belief and
  culture
• Rule No. 2 Conduct a comprehensive CIA
• Rule No. 3 Conduct a comprehensive pre-condition
  survey
• Rule No. 4 Put in place an effective system of
  handling complaints

24
Residents Briefings
25
LegCo Meetings
26
Community Liaison Offices
27
Media Briefings
28
Cultural Social Considerations

• Rule No. 1 Respect the traditional belief and
  culture
• Rule No. 2 Conduct a comprehensive CIA
• Rule No. 3 Conduct a comprehensive pre-condition
  survey
• Rule No. 4 Put in place an effective system of
  handling complaints
• Rule No. 5 Prevent incidents at all costs

29
Falling of a Girder
Acknowledgement Ming Pao
30
(No Transcript)