Project Title : Kowloon Southern Link

Reference of the Approved EIA Report in the Register : AEIAR-083/2005

Conditions of Approval under Section 8(3) of the EIA Ordinance (the Ordinance)

The EIA Report as exhibited under Section 7(1) of the Ordinance is approved by the Director on the condition that the following amendments shall be incorporated into the EIA Report for the purpose of informing the public of the details described below and shall form part of the approved EIA Report:

1. Before or as part of the submission of application for environmental permit, Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) shall provide the information to present the degree of construction groundborne noise impact on the Former Marine Police Headquarters (FMPHQ) arising from all stages of construction of the KSL in the vicinity of the FMPHQ, with special reference to the following:

(a) the relevant duration for the construction of the KSL in the vicinity of the FMPHQ that may give rise to groundborne noise impacting occupancy of the Former Marine Police Headquarters (FMPHQ) as a hotel, noise sensitive receiver (NSR);

(b) the degree of potential groundborne noise impact from the construction of the KSL on the occupancy of the FMPHQ as a hotel NSR;

(c) the cumulative construction groundborne noise impacts arising from all KSL works in the vicinity of the FMPHQ; and

(d) the assumptions, identified construction methods and equipment used in the prediction of the construction groundborne noise assessment and how such assumptions and construction methods/equipment are consistent with those from the EIA report. The amended EIA report with the details described above shall be deposited by the KCRC at the EIA Ordinance Register and made available on the EIA Ordinance web site.

The amended EIA report with the details described above shall be deposited by the KCRC at the EIA Ordinance Register and made available on the EIA Ordinance web site.

Environmental Protection Department

March 2005