CitySpeak XIV: Privatised Public Space - Do new guidelines solve the problems?

CitySpeak XIV: Privatised Public Space - Do new guidelines solve the problems?

Fringe Club
Saturday, 24 July
10am - 12.30pm

With the Times Square controversy, questions were raised about the management, legal status and design quality of Hong Kong’s public open spaces in private developments. In response, the Development Bureau commissioned a study to develop new design and management guidelines.

Why is it important to plan for public facilities in private developments? Will the proposed new guidelines help? Who will benefit? Who is paying for the process? How do we make our public spaces in private developments more attractive for the public?

Join designers, developers, community members and officials of the Development Bureau to look at examples of effective guidelines, and at the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed new guidelines.

Speakers:
Gracie Foo, Deputy Secretary (Planning and Lands)
Wallace Chang, Chinese University
Sujata Govada, The University of Hong Kong
Chris Law, Director, Oval Partnership
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
Paul Zimmerman, Designing Hong Kong

Moderator:
Hendrik Tieben, Chinese University

乙城話XIV: 公共場合的私有化—新的政策是否能夠解決問題？

在私人物業裏面建立公共設施對我們來說是否重要？
由時代廣場公共空間導致的爭議，引發了關於管理、法律地位，以及香港公共空間的設
計品質私人化發展的一連串問題。作為對此問題的回應，發展局定制了新的設計和管理
指導方案。

新提出的政策真的有幫助嗎？誰從中受益？而誰又負責費用支出呢？
他們能因此更加吸引群眾嗎？

講者：
傅小慧：副秘書長（規劃及地政）
Wallace Chang, 香港中文大學
Sujata Govada, 香港大學
羅建中，香港歐華爾顧問公司，董事
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
司馬文，城市規劃關注人士

主持人：
Hendrik Tieben, 香港中文大學