5. BASELINE LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL MONITORING

5.1 Monitoring Parameters

Site visits were undertaken on 5 August to 8 August 2014 to review the baseline landscape and visual conditions of each site and its vicinity with regard to parameters assessed in the Section 10, 14 and 15 of the approved EIA Report of West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD). This includes landscape resources (LRs), landscape character areas (LCAs) and viewing condition of Visual Sensitive Receiver (VSR) as summarized below:

Table 5‑1 List of Landscape Resources (LRs)

Ref. No.	Landscape Resources (LRs)	WKCD	Underpass	Flyover
LR1 – Open Space
LR1.1	Kowloon Park	ü	ü
LR1.2	Plaza in front of Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre	ü
LR1.3	Kowloon Park Drive Rest Garden	ü	*
LR1.4	Roof Top Garden on Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	ü	ü
LR1.5	Kowloon Park Drive Playground	ü	ü
LR1.6	Canton Road Playground	ü	ü
LR1.7	Temporary open space along the waterfront promenade within the site boundary	ü	ü	ü
LR1.8	King George V Memorial Park	ü	ü
LR1.9	Ning Po Street & Shanghai Street Rest Garden	ü
LR1.10	Battery Street Sitting Out Area	ü
LR1.11	Saigon Street Playground	ü
LR1.12	Yau Tsim Mong Pet Garden	ü
LR1.13	Man Cheong Street Community Garden	ü
LR1.14	Man Cheong Street Rest Garden	ü
LR1.15	Public Open Space at the podium of Kowloon Station	ü	ü	ü
LR2 – Amenity Planting
LR2.1	Roadside Plantation along Park Lane Shopper’s Boulevard	ü	ü
LR2.2	Roadside Plantation along Observatory Road	ü	ü
LR2.3	Amenity Plantation around Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station	ü	ü
LR2.4	Roadside Trees along Hankow Road	ü
LR2.5	Roadside Trees along Canton Road in front of Lippo Sun Plaza	ü	ü
LR2.6	Roadside Plantation along Haiphong Road	ü	ü
LR2.7	Amenity Planting Strip along Kowloon Park Drive	ü	ü
LR2.8	Trees along Canton Road to Kowloon Park Drive	ü	ü
LR2.9	Roadside Plantation in front of Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	ü	ü
LR2.10	Roadside Trees along Scout Path	ü	ü
LR2.11	Roadside Plantation along Austin Road	ü	ü
LR2.12	Roadside Trees along the Tak Shing Street	ü
LR2.13	Roadside Plantation along Nathan Road	ü	ü
LR2.14	Roadside Plantation along Canton Road	ü	ü
LR2.15	Roadside Plantation along Wui Cheung Road	ü	ü
LR2.16	Roadside Plantation along Jordan Road	ü	ü
LR2.17	Roadside plantation Close to Jordan Road and Ferry Street Carpark	ü	ü
LR2.18	Roadside Trees at the junction of Kansu Street and Shanghai Street	ü
LR2.19	Roadside Trees along Canton Road (near Yau Ma Tei Police Station)	ü
LR2.20	Amenity Planting next to Yau Ma Tei Police Station	ü
LR2.21	Roadside Trees along Ferry Street (near Yau Ma Tei Electric Substation)	ü
LR2.22	Roadside Trees along Yan Cheung Road	ü
LR2.23	Roadside Trees along Man Cheong Street	ü
LR2.24	Trees within Construction Site and Vacant Land near Man Cheong Street	ü
LR2.25	Amenity Planting at the Bus Terminal near Jordan Road	ü
LR2.26	Tree along West Kowloon Highway	ü		ü
LR2.27	Amenity Planting within the Private Development at Kowloon Station	ü	ü	ü
LR2.28	Roadside Plantation along Western Harbour Crossing Bus Stop near Elements	ü	ü	ü
LR2.29	Roadside Plantation along Austin Road West	ü	ü	ü
LR2.30	Roadside Plantation next to Western Harbour Tunnel Administration Building	ü	ü	ü
LR2.31	Trees Buffering Western Harbour Tunnel Entrance	ü	ü	ü
LR2.32	Roadside Plantation along Western Harbour Crossing Bus Stop next to New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter	ü	ü	ü
LR2.33	Trees along New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter Pier	ü	ü	ü
LR2.34	Amenity Planting within Salt Water Pumping Station	ü	ü	ü
LR2.35	Tree Cluster in the Western Part within the Boundary Area	ü	ü	ü
LR2.36	Tree Cluster in the Eastern Part within the Boundary Area	ü	ü	ü
LR2.37	Amenity Planting at the end of Ashley Road	ü	ü
LR2.38	Amenity Planting next to Hong Kong Observatory Building	ü
LR3 – Waterbody
LR3.1	Victoria Harbour	ü	ü	ü
LR4 – Cultural Heritage and Historical Features
LR4.1	Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre	ü	ü
LR4.2	St. Andrew’s Church and Former Kowloon British School	ü	ü
LR4.3	No. 190 Nathan Road	ü	ü
LR4.4	Built Heritage within Kowloon Park	ü	ü

Note:

* The landscape resource was included in the scope of the underpass in the EIA report, but excluded in the baseline survey. Please refer to Section 5.3.1 for detailed explanation.

Table 5‑2 List of Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)

Ref. No.	Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)	WKCD	Underpass	Flyover
LCA01	West Kowloon Cultural District Landscape Character Area	ü	ü	ü
LCA02	West Kowloon Cultural District Construction Area	ü	ü	ü
LCA03	West Kowloon Cultural District Temporary Waterfront Promenade	ü	ü	ü
LCA04	New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA05	Victoria Harbour Inshore Water Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA06	Victoria Harbour Strait Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA07	New Yau Ma Tei Container Terminal Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA08	Western Harbour Crossing Toll Gate Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA09	Tsim Sha Tsui Late 20C / Early 21C Commercial / Residential Complex Landscape	ü	ü	ü
LCA10	Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) Terminus Construction Siteand Austin Station	ü	ü	ü
LCA11	Kowloon Park Urban Landscape	ü	ü
LCA12	Jordan Mixed Urban Landscape	ü	ü
LCA13	Tsim Sha Tsui Organic Mixed Urban Development Landscape	ü	ü
LCA14	Tsim Sha Tsui Commercial / Retail Complex Landscape	ü	ü

Table 5‑3 List of Key Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) – WKCD

Ref. No.	Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)	Status
VSRs within the Visual Envelope (Outside the Primary Zone of Influence)
VSR 1	Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park	Existing
VSR 2	Central Star Ferry Pier No.7	Existing
VSR 3	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre	Existing
VSR 4	The Peak	Existing
VSR 5	Hoi Fei Road Waterfront	Existing
VSR 6	One Silversea	Existing
VSR 7	Island Harbourview	Existing
VSRs within the Primary Zone of Influence
VSR 8	International Commerce Centre	Existing
VSR 9	The Element	Existing
VSR 10	The Harbourside	Existing
VSR 11	The Arch	Existing
VSR 12	The Waterfront	Existing
VSR 13	Sorrento Towers	Existing
VSR 14	The Cullinan	Existing
VSR 15	West Kowloon Terminus	Committed
VSR 16	Planned CDA Development above West Kowloon Terminus	Committed
VSR 17	Austin Station	Existing
VSR 18	Planned Residential Development above Austin Station	Committed
VSR 19	Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza	Existing
VSR 20	Wai On Building and Wai Hang Building	Existing
VSR 21	The Victoria Tower	Existing
VSR 22	Man King Building and Man Wah Building	Existing
VSR 23	Lee Kiu Building and Wai Ching Court	Existing
VSR 24	China Hong Kong City	Existing
VSR 25	Hong Kong Hotel and Prince Hotel	Existing
VSR 26	Gateway Hong Kong	Existing
VSR 27	Harbour City and Ocean Centre	Existing
VSR 28	The Macro Polo Hong Kong Hotel	Existing
VSR 29	Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	Existing
VSR 30	Pacific Club Kowloon	Existing
VSR 31	Ocean Terminal	Existing
VSR 32	Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building	Existing
VSR 33	Lai Chack Middle School	Existing
VSR 34	Canton Road Government Primary School	Existing
VSR 35	Kowloon Park Entrance on Canton Road	Existing
VSR 36	King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon	Existing
VSR 37	Heritage Sites Consisting of the Declared Monuments of St. Andrew’s Church, Antiques and Monuments Office and Hong Kong Observatory	Existing
VSR 38	Miramar Arcade/Tower/The Mira Hotel	Existing
VSR 39	The One	Existing
VSR 40	Travellers on Ferries to/from Central and Tsim Sha Tsui	Existing
VSR 41	Travellers along Austin Road West	Existing
VSR 42	Travellers along Canton Road	Existing
VSR 43	Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	Existing

Table 5‑4 List of Key Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) – Underpass

Ref. No.	Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)	Status (Existing/Committed)
Commercial/ Residential/Transportation VSRs Located Immediately to the North of the WKCD Site
VSR1	International Commerce Centre(ICC)	Existing
VSR 2	The Elements	Existing
VSR 3	The Harbourside	Existing
VSR 4	The Arch	Existing
VSR 5	West Kowloon Terminus	Committed
VSR 6	Planned CDA Development above West Kowloon Terminus	Committed
VSR 7	Austin Station	Existing
VSR 8	Planned Residential Development above Austin Station	Committed
VSR 9	Travelers Arriving Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza	Existing
VSR 10	Wai Hang Building	Existing
VSR 11	Victoria Tower	Existing
Commercial VSRs Located to the Southeast of the WKCD Site
VSR 12	China Hong Kong City	Existing
VSR 13	Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers	Existing
VSR 14	The Gateway Towers	Existing
VSR 15	Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	Existing
Institutional VSRs Located to the East of Canton Road
VSR 16	Lai Chack Middle School	Existing
VSR 17	Canton Road Government Primary School	Existing
Open Space/Recreational VSR
VSR 18	King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon	Existing
Transient VSRs
VSR 19	Travelers along Austin Road West	Existing
VSR 20	Travelers along Canton Road (Will be relocated in Operation Phase)	Existing
VSR Located within the WKCD Site
VSR 21	Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	Existing
VSR 22	Phase 1A of the Park	Committed
VSR 23	Phase 1 of Xiqu Centre	Committed

Table 5‑5 List of Key Visual Sensitive Receivers (VSRs) – Flyover

Ref. No.	Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)	Status (Existing/Committed)
Residential/Commercial VSRs Located Immediately to the East and Northeast of the site
VSR 1	International Commerce Centre (ICC)	Existing
VSR 2	The Elements	Existing
VSR 3	The Cullinun	Existing
Transport related VSRs located to the southeast of the Project Site
VSR4	Administration Building at Western Harbour Crossing	Existing
Transient VSRs
VSR 5	Travellers arriving Western Harbour Crossing (WHC) Toll Plaza	Existing
VSR 6	Travellers at the footbridge crossing the WHC Toll Plaza	Existing
VSR 7	Travellers at Yau MaTei Shelter	Existing
VSR 8	Travellers along Austin Road West	Existing
Planned VSR
VSR9	M+ Museum (Phase 2)	Committed

5.1 Monitoring Procedure and Location

In accordance with the EM&A Manual, the baseline monitoring aims to establish a baseline that collects information on the current site characteristics prior to the development in order to make comparisons between different pre-development and post development; detect changes; and make comparisons against a standard. A one-off survey should be undertaken to update and record the baseline conditions with photographs prior to the commencement of construction works. The monitoring procedures and criteria as described in the EM&A Manual were adopted for the baseline monitoring of landscape and visual impact.

The present baseline condition of LRs, LCAs, and VSRs within the zone of visual influence, were checked against Section 10, 14 and 15 of the approved EIA Report of WKCD through on site verification.

5.2 Result and Finding

5.2.1 Landscape Resources (LRs)

Based on the findings during site visit and latest construction works site boundary, the number of trees at each LR is updated, particularly for LR2.9 and LR2.36 that existing tree will be affected by the proposed works. As trees are located in the government developing area, which includes streets and parks managed by government, the change in number of trees are related to recent new planting works or tree removal works determined by different government departments. The related departments include Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Highways Department and Lands Department. The decision of alternating tree numbers were internal information in government departments, which are not accessible by public. Besides, 3 nos. Old and Valuable Trees (LCSD/YTM/65, LCSD/YTM/72 and LCSD/YSM/96) within LR1.1 – Kowloon Park were removed recently and LR4.2 was closed due to recent construction works. LCSD/YTM/65 was a Ficus microcarpa of 15m height. It was confirmed to have been infected by Brown Root Rot (BRR) Disease in May 2013 and removed on 14 August 2014. LCSD/YTM/72 was an Albizia lebbeck of 19m height. It was removed to ensure public safety after it was found to have the risk of collapse due to damage by the typhoon on 29 July 2012. LCSD/YTM/96 was a Ficus microcarpa of 15m height. It was found collapsed on 23 July 2012 while typhoon signal no.3 was in force.

Some previous information in the approved EIA report was also updated, and the reasons are specified in Table 5.8. Additionally, LR1.3 is found to be located outside the site boundary of the underpass and hence excluded from the list of landscape resources of the underpass. Figure 1.1 shows the existing LRs locations and Figure 1.2 to 1.21 shows the typical LRs onsite.

No significant change in remaining landscape resources was found. The updated information is summarized in Table 5.6, the change status of the LR is presented in Table 5.7 and correction of information of the LRs is summarized in Table 5.8. No additional LRs were identified during the site visit of baseline monitoring.

Table 5‑6 Updated Information on LRs

Ref. No.	Landscape Resources	No. of Trees identified in EIA Report	No. of Trees estimated to be affected in the EIA Report	Updated no. of Trees identified during Baseline Monitoring	Updated no. of Trees estimated to be affected during Baseline Monitoring	Remarks
LR1.2	Plaza in front of Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre	4	Nil	2	Nil	Tree Removal Works*
LR1.4	Roof Top Garden on Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	21	Nil	36	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR1.5	Kowloon Park Drive Playground	60	Nil	72 (30 nos. located within planter and 42 nos. located at adjacent slope)	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR1.10	Battery Street Sitting Out Area	13	Nil	9	Nil	Tree Removal Works*
LR2.3	Amenity Plantation around Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station	38	Nil	46	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.5	Roadside Trees along Canton Road in front of Lippo Sun Plaza	6	Nil	9	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.9	Roadside Plantation in front of Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	15	15	13	13	Tree Removal Works*
LR2.11	Roadside Plantation along Austin Road	46	Nil	31	Nil	Tree Removal Works*
LR2.14	Roadside Plantation along Canton Road	38	Nil	53	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.16	Roadside Plantation along Jordan Road	20	Nil	30	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.17	Roadside Plantation Close to Jordan Road and Ferry Street Carpark	58	Nil	63	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.20	Amenity Planting next to Yau Ma Tei Police Station	7	Nil	11	Nil	Tree Planting Works*
LR2.28	Roadside Plantation along Western Harbour Crossing Bus Stop near Elements	54	Nil	46	Nil	Tree Removal Works*
LR2.34	Amenity Planting within Salt Water Pumping Station	65	Nil	58	Nil	Tree Removal Works*
LR2.36	Tree Cluster in the Eastern Part within the Boundary Area	372	30	328	30	Tree Removal Works*

Table 5‑7 LRs with Changed Status

Ref. No.	Landscape Resources	Description	Condition in EIA Report	Current Status in Baseline Monitoring
LR1.1	Kowloon Park	OVT – LCSD/YTM/65	Existing	Removed
		OVT – LCSD/YTM/72	Existing	Removed
		OVT – LCSD/YTM/96	Existing	Removed
LR4.2	St. Andrew’s Church and Former Kowloon British School	-	Opening	Closed and Construction Works in Progress

Table 5‑8 Correction of Information on LRs

Ref. No.	Landscape Resources	Description in EIA Report	Correct Description according to Baseline Monitoring
LR1.1	Kowloon Park	Table 14.10.4 “There are approximately 1,500 trees with more than 90 species. There are a total of 51 Old and Valuable Trees (OVTs)….”	The correct number of OVTs within Kowloon Park is 36 nos. only, despite 3 nos. (LCSD/YTM/65, 72 and 96) have been removed.
LR1.3	Kowloon Park Drive Rest Garden	-	The LR is located outside the site boundary and hence excluded from the list of LRs of the underpass.

5.2.2 Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)

Based on the findings during site visit, no substantial change in the baseline condition of LCA was found. Figure 1.22 shows the existing LCAs locations and Figures 1.23 to 1.30 show the typical LCAs onsite. A summary of the baseline condition of LCAs recorded in the recent review and EIA is given in Table 5.9. No amendment to the description or additional LCAs were identified during the site visit of baseline monitoring.

Table 5‑9 Baseline Condition of LCAs

Ref. No.	Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)	Recent Review during Baseline Monitoring
LCA01	West Kowloon Cultural District Landscape Character Area	Same as the EIA report
LCA02	West Kowloon Cultural District Construction Area	Same as the EIA report
LCA03	West Kowloon Cultural District Temporary Waterfront Promenade	Same as the EIA report
LCA04	New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA05	Victoria Harbour Inshore Water Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA06	Victoria Harbour Strait Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA07	New Yau Ma Tei Container Terminal Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA08	Western Harbour Crossing Toll Gate Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA09	Tsim Sha Tsui Late 20C / Early 21C Commercial / Residential Complex Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA10	Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) Terminus Construction Site and Austin Station	Same as the EIA report
LCA11	Kowloon Park Urban Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA12	Jordan Mixed Urban Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA13	Tsim Sha Tsui Organic Mixed Urban Development Landscape	Same as the EIA report
LCA14	Tsim Sha Tsui Commercial / Retail Complex Landscape	Same as the EIA report

5.2.3 Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)

Based on the site visit findings, no substantial change was observed, all the committed VSRs recorded in the approved EIA report are still under construction or planning and no new VSRs are identified. A summary of the baseline condition of VSRs recorded in the recent review and EIA is given in Table 5.10, 5.11 and 5.12. Photos of the VSRs as included in the EIA report are attached in Appendix E.

Table 5‑10 Baseline Condition of VSRs – WKCD

Ref. No.	Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)	Recent Review during Baseline Monitoring
VSRs within the Visual Envelope (Outside the Primary Zone of Influence)
VSR 1	Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park	Same as the EIA report
VSR 2	Central Star Ferry Pier No.7	Same as the EIA report
VSR 3	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre	Same as the EIA report
VSR 4	The Peak	Same as the EIA report
VSR 5	Hoi Fei Road Waterfront	Same as the EIA report
VSR 6	One Silversea	Same as the EIA report
VSR 7	Island Harbourview	Same as the EIA report
VSRs within the Primary Zone of Influence
VSR 8	International Commerce Centre	Same as the EIA report
VSR 9	The Element	Same as the EIA report
VSR 10	The Harbourside	Same as the EIA report
VSR 11	The Arch	Same as the EIA report
VSR 12	The Waterfront	Same as the EIA report
VSR 13	Sorrento Towers	Same as the EIA report
VSR 14	The Cullinan	Same as the EIA report
VSR 15	West Kowloon Terminus	Same as the EIA report
VSR 16	Planned CDA Development above West Kowloon Terminus	Same as the EIA report
VSR 17	Austin Station	Same as the EIA report
VSR 18	Planned Residential Development above Austin Station	Same as the EIA report
VSR 19	Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza	Same as the EIA report
VSR 20	Wai On Building and Wai Hang Building	Same as the EIA report
VSR 21	The Victoria Tower	Same as the EIA report
VSR 22	Man King Building and Man Wah Building	Same as the EIA report
VSR 23	Lee Kiu Building and Wai Ching Court	Same as the EIA report
VSR 24	China Hong Kong City	Same as the EIA report
VSR 25	Hong Kong Hotel and Prince Hotel	Same as the EIA report
VSR 26	Gateway Hong Kong	Same as the EIA report
VSR 27	Harbour City and Ocean Centre	Same as the EIA report
VSR 28	The Macro Polo Hong Kong Hotel	Same as the EIA report
VSR 29	Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	Same as the EIA report
VSR 30	Pacific Club Kowloon	Same as the EIA report
VSR 31	Ocean Terminal	Same as the EIA report
VSR 32	Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building	Same as the EIA report
VSR 33	Lai Chack Middle School	Same as the EIA report
VSR 34	Canton Road Government Primary School	Same as the EIA report
VSR 35	Kowloon Park Entrance on Canton Road	Same as the EIA report
VSR 36	King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon	Same as the EIA report
VSR 37	Heritage Sites Consisting of the Declared Monuments of St. Andrew’s Church, Antiques and Monuments Office and Hong Kong Observatory	Same as the EIA report
VSR 38	Miramar Arcade/Tower/The Mira Hotel	Same as the EIA report
VSR 39	The One	Same as the EIA report
VSR 40	Travellers on Ferries to/from Central and Tsim Sha Tsui	Same as the EIA report
VSR 41	Travellers along Austin Road West	Same as the EIA report
VSR 42	Travellers along Canton Road	Same as the EIA report
VSR 43	Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	Same as the EIA report

Table 5‑11 Baseline Condition of VSRs (Underpass)

Ref. No.	Visually Sensitive Receivers (VSRs)	Recent Review during Baseline Monitoring
Commercial/ Residential/ Transportation VSRs Located Immediately to the North of the WKCD Site
VSR 1	International Commerce Centre(ICC)	Same as the EIA report
VSR 2	The Elements	Same as the EIA report
VSR 3	The Harbourside	Same as the EIA report
VSR 4	The Arch	Same as the EIA report
VSR 5	West Kowloon Terminus	Same as the EIA report
VSR 6	Planned CDA Development above West Kowloon Terminus	Same as the EIA report
VSR 7	Austin Station	Same as the EIA report
VSR 8	Planned Residential Development above Austin Station	Same as the EIA report
VSR 9	Travelers Arriving Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza	Same as the EIA report
VSR 10	Wai Hang Building	Same as the EIA report
VSR 11	Victoria Tower	Same as the EIA report
Commercial VSRs Located to the Southeast of the WKCD Site
VSR 12	China Hong Kong City	Same as the EIA report
VSR 13	Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers	Same as the EIA report
VSR 14	The Gateway Towers	Same as the EIA report
VSR 15	Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal	Same as the EIA report
Institutional VSRs Located to the East of Canton Road
VSR 16	Lai Chack Middle School	Same as the EIA report
VSR 17	Canton Road Government Primary School	Same as the EIA report
Open Space/ Recreational VSR
VSR18	King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon	Same as the EIA report
Transient VSRs
VSR 19	Travelers along Austin Road West	Same as the EIA report
VSR 20	Travelers along Canton Road *Will be relocated in Operation Phase)	Same as the EIA report
VSR Located within the WKCD Site
VSR 21	Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station	Same as the EIA report
VSR 22	Phase 1A of the Park	Same as the EIA report
VSR 23	Phase 1 of Xiqu Centre	Same as the EIA report

Table 5‑12 Baseline Condition of VSRs (Flyover)

Ref. No.	Landscape Character Areas (LCAs)	Recent Review during Baseline Monitoring
Residential/ Commercial VSRs Located Immediately to the East and Northeast of the site
VSR 1	International Commerce Centre(ICC)	Same as the EIA report
VSR 2	The Elements	Same as the EIA report
VSR 3	The Cullinun	Same as the EIA report
Transient related VSRs located to the southeast of the Project Site
VSR 4	Administration Building at Western Harbour Crossing	Same as the EIA report
Transient VSR
VSR 5	Travellers arriving Western Harbour Crossing (WHC) Toll Plaza	Same as the EIA report
VSR 6	Travellers at the footbridge crossing the WHC Toll Plaza	Same as the EIA report
VSR 7	Travellers at Yau Ma Tei Shelter	Same as the EIA report
VSR 8	Travellers along Austin Road West	Same as the EIA report
Planned VSR
VSR 9	M+ Museum (Phase 2)	Same as the EIA report

5.2.4 Event and Action Plan

No significant change in baseline condition from the approved EIA Report was recorded for LRs, LCAs and views from VSRs. Hence, no revision of landscape and visual mitigation measures is required for construction phase proposed in Section 10.7, 14.10.6 and 15.10.6, and Implementation Schedule proposed in Section 13, 14.13 and 15.13 of the approved EIA Report. Nevertheless, landscape and visual monitoring audit will be conducted during the construction of the Project to ensure that the implementation and maintenance of landscape and visual mitigation measures. Site inspections will be undertaken at least once every month throughout the construction period. Should non-compliance of the landscape and visual impacts occur, actions in accordance with the action plan stated in Table 5.13 shall be carried out.

Table 5‑13 Event and Action Plan for Landscape and Visual Impact - Construction Phase

Action Level	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	WKCDA	Contractor
Non-conformity on one occasion	- Identify source - Inform the IEC and theER - Discuss remedial actions with the IEC, the ER and the Contractor - Monitor remedial action until rectification has been completed	- Check report - Check the Contractor’s working method - Discuss with the ER and the Contractor on possible remedial measures - Advise the ER on effectiveness of proposed remedial measures	- Notify the Contractor - Ensure remedial measures are properly implemented	- Amend working methods - Rectify damage and undertake remedial measures or any necessary replacement
Repeated Non-conformity	- Identify source - Inform the IEC and the ER - Increase monitoring(site audit)frequency - Discuss remedial actions with the IEC, the ER and the Contractor - Monitor remedial actions until rectification has been completed - If exceedance stops, cease additional monitoring (site audit)	- Check report - Check the Contractor’s working method - Discuss with the ER and the Contractor on possible remedial measures - Advise the ER on effectiveness of proposed remedial measures - Supervise implementation of remedial measures	- Notify the Contractor - Ensure remedial measures are properly implemented	- Amend working methods - Rectify damage and undertake remedial measures or any necessary replacement