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香港建築師學會
就立法會工務小組委員會
在二零零七年五月廿三日通過撥款
以用作拆卸及重置皇后碼頭之聲明
1. 香港建築師學會對立法會工務小組委員會在社會各界包括多個專業團體的反對下通過撥款表示遺憾，尤其在古物諮詢委員會將皇后碼頭評為一級歷史建築後政府仍堅持將其拆卸，本會對此決定感到非常失望。這決定是對古物諮詢委員會的評核工作完全漠視。
2. 香港建築師學會重申，原址保留皇后碼頭是本會一向以來向政府爭取的基調，原址保留在工程技術上是可行的。在過去幾個月，政府的專業技術部門以及地鐵公司的代表曾引用多個技術困難，以解釋政府現行處理中區第三期填海工程及規劃中的各項基建項目的安排，是唯一可行的方法，本會分析政府所提供的所有技術資料，發現提出的多個技術困難並非不能解決，而政府的多個論點和細節甚為牽強而未具說服力，政府以此作為先拆卸後重置碼頭的理據，本會實在不能苟同。
3. 香港建築師學會及其會員曾多次向政府提供多個解決各項技術困難的方案，包括輕微更改地鐵走線，利用樁柱加固或轉移技術，以及在皇后碼頭前建人工湖而減建興建地底排水管道等可以節省填海工程成本及工程時間等建議。可惜這些建議，政府都未有詳加考慮，卻以擔誤工程為名通過「先拆卸後重置」的撥款，實難服眾。
4. 再者，古物諮詢委員會已將皇后碼頭評為一級歷史建築，政府有責任給公眾證明已「盡一切可能」保存皇后碼頭，但自五月九日至今，除了繼續申請撥款之外，政府沒有就我們的建議或其他可能解決問題的方案作任何可行性研究或探討，這樣的態度亦難以給古物諮詢委員會和廣大市民一個合理交待。
在此，香港建築師學會懇請政府在保育問題上作真正的諮詢，在未有確實證據證明拆卸及重置皇后碼頭是唯一可行的「保存」方法之前，切勿先行拆卸碼頭。
香港建築師學會
二零零七年六月七日
HKIA Press Statement in Response to
Approval of Funding for Dismantling and Reassembling Queen's Pier
by LegCo Public Works Subcommittee at its Meeting held on 23 May 2007
1. The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) regrets the funding approval by LegCo Public Works Subcommittee despite objections raised by different bodies in the community including various professional institutes. HKIA expresses disappointment that government insists that the dismantling and reassembling of Queen’s Pier is the only feasible option, apparently disregarding the granting of grade 1 historical status by Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB).
2. HKIA reiterates that in-situ preservation of Queen’s Pier has always been our stance and is technically feasible. In the past few months, the technical representatives from government and MTR Corporation have cited various technical difficulties to explain that government’s current designs for the Central Reclamation Phase III Project (CRIII) and the various planned infrastructural works is the only technically feasible arrangement. After careful study and analysis of the technical information provided by the government through various meetings, we have found that all such technical difficulties are not irresolvable, and the government’s reasons for not revising the current infrastructural design are not at all convincing. Therefore, HKIA cannot concur with the government that dismantling the Pier and rebuilding it later is the only technically feasible option on the basis of the cited technical difficulties.
3. Our members have raised various counter-proposals to address individual technical concerns as cited by government, including slight re-alignment of MTR lines, introduction of piles to facilitate underpinning, temporary horizontal shifting of the entire pier, and introduction of an artificial lake connected to Victoria Harbour in front of Queen’s Pier for discharge from the underground box culvert. We believe that these counter-proposals are all possible solutions to resolve the cited technical difficulties and may help save construction time and costs. While there is no evidence of the government giving due consideration to these suggestions, we see instead the government rushing and pressing the LegCo to approve the funding for the dismantling and re-assembly of the Pier, while presenting to the public that it is the only technically feasible option.
4. Since AAB has already graded the Pier as grade 1 historical status on 9 May 2007, the government
has assumed the responsibility to demonstrate to the general public that it has rendered its best
endeavours to preserve Queen’s Pier. However, after the decision of AAB on 9 May 2007, we see
no action from government on exploration of alternative infrastructural designs or other innovative
methods to preserve the Pier in-situ. For such misguided approach, the government owes AAB
and the general public a good explanation.
HKIA urges the government not to dismantle the Pier in the absence of irrefutable evidence that the
dismantling and re-assembly of it is the only technically feasible option for conservation of the building.
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects
7 June 2007 |
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HKIA Press Statement in Response to Approval of Funding for Dismantling and Reassembling Queen's Pier by LegCo Public Works Subcommittee at its Meeting held on 23 May 2007
