視察港鐵高架路軌 Site visit with MTRC and JCRC

因南區港鐵東段大部份的高架路軌路段都在黃竹坑，我幾乎每次在相關會議和場合都不厭其煩地向港鐵、政府部門和其他議員表達對噪音、景觀等關注，尤其是對最接近路軌的東華三院騫馬會復康中心(JCRC)及其在南風徑的老人中心的影響。

因JCRC院友有很多是智障及精神病病人或康復者，我一直向港鐵強調必須做好隔音措施，因為他們對聲音非常敏感，且會影響病情，而且他們又不能表達自己所受影響的苦處。他們是社會上最弱勢的一群，我深感自己有責任為他們爭取最後的保障，也希望港鐵負起社會責任，不能僅僅做到環評報告的最低標準，而應該考慮院友的特殊情況，將影響減至最少。

為跟進我代JCRC在區議會港鐵專責會上的關注，港鐵安排了今天的實地視察，向專責會主席朱慶鴻議員、我作為當區議員以及JCRC院長，家長代表等約三十人介紹馬鞍山支線的高架路軌對噪音和景觀的影響。

The MTRC invited the chairman of the special committee on the MTR SIL project of the Southern District Council; the representatives of JCRC and the parents of the patient and me to have a joint site visit to the Ma On Shan Line to know more about the noise impact of the elevated railway.

The JCRC is the closest building to the elevated railway in the future. There are many mental patients are living in the JCRC, most of them are sensitive to the noise that may to have negative impact on their health. I feel entitled to fight for their protection because they are the weakest group of our society.

So I urge again and again in the meetings of District Council and other occasions that the MTRC should not just care about the cost and fulfill the basic requirements of the environmental impact assessment but must bear in mind that the patients in the JCRC need special arrangements, and MTRC should have the social responsibility to take care the patients.