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一封給拓展署的電郵

以下是我給拓展署的意見，雖然知道沒有用，但都寄了。
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你好,

本人是一名在大澳以外居住的香港民市，因為喜歡大澳的文化和環境，所以多每來多次來到大澳。近來本人知道拓展署即將在大澳進行名為「改善大澳面貌」的工程，本人對這個即將實行的工程計劃有若干意見，希望可以向有關部門反映。

1. 大澳道鄉村廣場
入口是外人對大澳的第一個印象，從《初步構思》的文件(http: //www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/projects/major/doc/7417ro.pdf)可見，入口廣場的計設和一般市區公園無異，與大澳的社區環境格格不入，廣場建成後，可想像到的景觀是遊客一到大澳，便只見到一個人工化的公園，這樣不單不對有心前來大澳的遊客毫無吸引力，而且更減退了大澳這個樸實無華的水鄉的魅力。

2. 大澳河南岸的遊客設施
從《初步構思》可見，一條跨涌行人橋，海濱長廊將在大澳河南岸興建，我認為這項建設並不能夠令遊客感受到大澳的水鄉特式。大澳是一個有幾百年歷史累積的社區，永安街、太平街、公園仔……所蘊藏的不只是幾代人的集體回憶，而且是居民和香港市民在此生活、活動的共同累積，永安街和太平街是商號雲集的地方，公園仔昔日有人賣藝、賣山藥蛇藥和社區活動的地方。大澳之所以在我們的心裡留有印象，全是因為她有歷史、有生活的累積。要向遊客介紹和感受大澳，是要帶遊客走入社區，而不是在外園觀賞，大澳是一個活著的社區，也不是一個載著把歷史彊化的博物館可以領略。大澳河南岸的設施恐怕只令人走馬看花地，花幾十分鐘看完大澳這個社區。

大澳河南岸的遊客設施其實對大澳帶來破壞。跟據《初步構思》，一條行人天橋將會橫貫河涌對開海面，這其實是一項非常破壞大澳景境的設計。現時遊客一到逹大澳，通常會馬上見到河涌的海面、海面上的漁船以及河岸的棚屋；但跨河行人橋建成後，遊客第一眼看見的並不是一個水鄉的環境，而是一條轟立在海上的石屎橋！我很懷疑，這個設構在改善景觀上的用處！而海濱長廊和民俗博物館也需收回一版面積頗大的棚屋土地，日後河涌的景觀將是河的北岸仍舊是棚屋，河的南岸是一片人工化建築。這些設施在文化角度或在社區規劃的角度上看，都是不可取的。

3. 石仔步街的碼頭及入口廣場
從《初步構思》可見，政府將在石仔步街中段建一個碼頭及入口廣場。如果你對大澳社區稍有注留，昔日居民出入大澳是使用前大澳警署下的碼頭（即現時仍然使用的碼頭）。從現時的碼頭下船，你首先見到大澳警署，然後沿石仔步街海岸入大澳，可漫步欣賞大澳的景色。遊客到一處地方，便當尊重一處地方的環境和文化，這樣你才可以細味這個地方，這個地方才可以給你意義。在石仔步街中段建碼頭無疑令遊客行少五分鐘左右的路程，方便了外來遊客，但我懷疑，如果尊重一個社區的文化，是應該沿襲當地居民的生活習慣，這樣才可以令人懂得才欣賞社區。遊客是因為欣賞水鄉是而來的，而不是來趕快購物和拍照留念，要讓人欣賞和記得大澳這個地方，便應該盡可能保留大澳的原貌。現時大澳碼頭的面積也已經足夠容納百多人，如將來原用現時的碼頭，便不需另外闢地和花費資源去建入口廣場。而且大壆拆卸後，政府已建設了一個新碼頭，如果再多建一個碼頭，實在是資源重覆。

大澳是一個很歷史文化豐富的地方，她本身已是處處遊旅景點，遊客在大澳自由遊行，已經可以消磨至少一天的時間；其實大澳並不需要入口廣場、海濱長廊、跨涌大橋等設施再重覆一大澳是一個水鄉，況且這些設施所帶出的文化特色，其實很片面，任何仿中的設施都會與大澳這個地方顯得格格不入。絶大部份客人都是慕名而來，發展當地旅遊，所需要的不是發展，而是保育。大澳的出現是一段歷史和生活的累積，而且仍然活著，和正在不斷生長；讓人欣賞這個地方，最根本的是保存這個地方的原貌。《初步構思》中的設施，拆毀棚村，扭曲環境，將來建成後，必定是對大澳的破壞。或者政府投放資源去資助民間或團體開辦的博物館，培訓文化導賞員，但對旅遊的發展才更有幫助！

附上英文版本(請廣傳)

Objection to the Tai O ‘renovation’ project Signature Campaign

Damages under the name of ‘renovation’

In November 2004, the local government launched Concept Plan for the Development of Lantau Island with an objective to preserve the cultural heritage and natural resources of Tai O’s old fishing villages. The Concept Plan also suggested carrying out certain construction projects with a view to enhancing the local attractions of Tai O. On September 23, 2007, the Civil Engineering and Development Department held a consultation meeting titled Tai O Renovation, jointly with the Planning Department and an environmental engineering consulting company (邁進基建環保工程顧問有限公司), and announced a budget of 620 million dollars for the required construction works. However, the consultation period was no more than one month.

The Tai O Culture Workshop finds that those construction works are damages under the name of ‘renovation’. The whole planning was built on old mindsets, trying to implant an iconic theme park on a traditional fishing village abruptly through top-down policy implementation. This is totally going against the conservation of community lifestyles as well as the principles of sustainability and public participation. The Tai O Culture Workshop wishes to express its deep regret and strong opposition against the project.

The construction works covered by the 620-milllion budget include:
1. Tai O Road entrance square; a theme fountain; sculptures; stone carving; shorefront wooden walk-way and a public transport transit area.
2. A riverfront park to the north of Lung Tin Estate; a shorefront walk; Tung Chung River bridge
3. A shorefront walk along Tai O River’s south bank; a pedestrian bridge over Tung Chung River; tourist facilities;
4.Shek Tsai Po shorefront walk; a shorefront plaza; a Chinese-style park; a water lily pond;
5.An ethnic museum in stilt-house style;
6. A flat wetland to the south of Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial School;
7. A nature’s walk, a shopping walk and cultural relic signage designed for tourists;
8. A helicopter landing pad.

Tai O to be turned into a synthetic tourist spot
In developing Tai O, the government is not taking a people-oriented approach, nor trying to meet the actual needs of the community. Neither does it abide by the principle of sustainable development. Tai O has a history of over a thousand years. The water village culture precipitated from the everyday lives of Tai O people is among the few left in the world. The customs and moods of Tai O water village, together with the picturesque natural economy, are the best manifestation of the local culture. The unique tradition and stylish natural environment of Tai O tell exactly the reasons why the village has become an alternative learning place and general education site for school students, as well as a cultural eco-tourism spot for Hong Kong people and tourists alike. Unluckily, Tai O will soon be turned into a synthetic, commercialized and ordinary community integrated with a theme park, in the hands of some naïve, conservative and bureaucratic government officials. The local characteristics and the beautiful natural environment will soon be totally destroyed. Tai O will never be Tai O any more, but will only become a synthetic tourist spot.

A urban planning ignoring the cultural lifestyle of local communities
The government’s Tai O Renovation project costing a huge investment of 620 million dollars pays no respect to local lifestyle, and does not contribute at all to cultural preservation or ecological conservation. On the other hand, it is gravely damaging the local cultural characteristics and ecological environment. As far as the interactions the Tai O Culture Workshop has made with the visitors tell, local and overseas visitors are not attracted to Tai O by any iconic plaza or theme park, but rather by the original lifestyle, culture, people and natural scenery. Therefore the 620-million Tai O Renovation project will definitely not be able to promote community economy or enhance the attraction towards tourists.

Damaging works carried out repeatedly
In fact, a number of big development works carried out at Tai O already by the government have been proven to cause irreversible damages further reducing the sustainability of Tai O. For example, the government spent 200 million dollars in 1995 to build the second-phase public housing units at Lung Tin Estate, which has been scarcely populated ever since its completion. In 2003, the government spent another 280 million dollars to build a fishing boat berthing area, yielding no economic benefit as the boats have chosen to return to Tai O. On the other hand, the new berthing area ruins not only the beautiful sunset scenery but also the surrounding ecological environment. The large-scale excavating works as part of the construction project have adversely affected the foundations of the surrounding stilt houses, posing risks to the lives, properties and safety of the residents. However, the government has not learnt any lesson from the wrong planning and spending, and even repeated its mistakes by implementing the Tai O ‘renovation’ project.

Fake consultation
The government only briefly announced its Tai O Renovation plan on the public forum held at September 23, without providing the general public with any consultation paper. Moreover, the consultation period lasted for as short as one month. All these seem to be a means of administrative domination, and the so-called consultation seems to be a fake one without sincerity.

What We petition for:
On the grounds stated above, the Tai O Culture Workshop wishes to express its deep regret and strong opposition, and it requests the government to:
1. safeguard the community lifestyle and follow the principles of sustainability and public participation in its planning;
2. serve the purpose of protecting and conserving the cultural heritage and natural ecological environment of Tai O;
3. disclose all consultation papers to the public and substantially open more public participation channels;
4. extend the consultation period.

Wong Wai King
Tai O Culture Workshop
October 4, 2007
Contact telephone number: 9626-9671

04/10/2007 TVB NEWS

昨天晚上看到無線新聞,有一段談及大澳重建項目, 當中訪問了遊人(老外), 他們也說什麼廣場與長廊都不是他們會感興趣的... 如果有人可以上傳此段新聞就好了.

可能的情況

最可能的情況是，大澳商販都以為搞一些中國亭園，主題公園，就可以吸引多一些遊客．很多時外人以為的特色，本土人見怪不怪，有時反而希望丟棄．（為什麼長城會受破壞？原因亦在此．）所以要先令大澳人相信本土特色才是財源，否則這個簽名可能會令大澳人覺得你們阻住佢發逹．

毫無新意的倒模式景點

又是政府打造景點的一貫方法,
首先整靚個門面,如建廣場和牌坊,怕d遊客不知自己來到大澳,
繼而在有海旁建海濱走廊,
這個在香港仔都有,我的感覺是極度人工化,仲要阻住後面座古廟的景觀...
然後那些xx主題公園,到底有什麼內涵可言?
中式公園和大澳有甚麼關係?香港的中式庭園已有不少.
其他的不說了,又是千篇一律的複製品.

我在二年前去過大澳,那時由黃女士作嚮導帶我參觀.
大澳特色在於那種具漁鄉小村的風情,再加上四周自然風景,
重整過的大澳,可能街道變得整潔了,但那份純樸風情卻會消失.
大澳不是尖沙咀,不需要什麼海濱長廊,遊客專區......
我相信人們特意由市區去到大澳,並不是為了看那些人工化的景點.

政府可以多宣傳大澳,加強交通配套,建廁所....
但不應把大澳變成他們心中可吸引遊客的景點,
我住的鯉魚門何嘗不是"打造"過,建靚靚牌坊,公園...
結果遊客也沒有增加,政府應該換思維,多點同當地文化組織溝通.

大澳屬於每個關心和愛惜的人

這是由大澳人, 大澳文化工作室的黃惠琼發出的呼籲. 原諒我天真, 我認為關心大澳是不分居民,商販或外來人, 大澳屬於香港人, 亦屬於每個懂得關心和愛惜的人, 而真正關心大澳何須分是不是本地人呢?

當然, 我們不能莫視大澳居民的意願, 但當中從來都是有協商,平衡互補的可能. 在發展大澳的同時, 將對環境及居民的影響減至最低, 才合乎可持續發展原則.然而, 官方現在強勢地推動主題公園式的旅遊生態, 完全無視大澳本土特式. 大興土木, 嚴重破壞生態, 對大澳百害而無一利. 難度要等大澳的紅樹林,濕地都步天星,皇后的後塵, 被hello kitty land或漁人碼頭所取代, 我們才來遺憾嗎?

是大澳本土發起的嗎？

大澳的商販和居民，真的反對嗎？十個外來者的簽名，不及一個本地居民罷。

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