107. The Capital Works and Building Projects Sub-Committee, at its first meeting held in December 1986, considered three options for campus design procurement. They were to select an architectural firm :
(a) from a list of firms with a proven track record;
(b) by way of competition for a master plan; and,
(c) by a mixture of (a) and (b) - i.e. to commission an architectural firm by means of (a) to prepare a master plan which would serve as the brief for a more detailed design competition.
The second option was recommended as the preferred approach principally because it broadened the field of participants, thus providing the widest range of imaginative propos- als from which the Planning Committee could select one. It was noted that many architectural firms, both local and overseas, had by then expressed an interest in the project.
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects also favoured a competition, which the Sub- Committee supported as the method which could best be seen by the public as fair. The second plenary session of the Planning Committee held in January 1987 accepted the Sub- Committee recommendation.
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108. In consultationwith the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, and on the advice of the Director of Architectural Services (who had been co-opted onto the Sub-Committee), the Capital Works and Building Projects Sub-Committee recommended that the architec- tural competition should be in two stages. The first, which was to be open to all Hong Kong architects, would develop a conceptual design approach, and would be more concerned with design orientation than with specific design proposals. Five or six architectural firms would be shortlisted from Stage I to enter Stage II in which they would be required to develop their concepts further and produce a detailed master plan design. These proposals were accepted by the Planning Committee, and in February 1987 an architect was seconded from the Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong Government, to the Planning Committee Secretariat as Chief Professional Adviser, to prepare the necessary briefing material and implement the competition.
Director of Architectural Serv - ices, Hong Kong Government and Building Projects Sub-Com- mittee of the Planning
Committee
Secretary of the Campus Planning and Estate Management Sub- Committee (formerly known as the Capital Works and Building Projects Sub-Committee) of the Planning Committee and Chief Professional Adviser
This panel was served by a team of technical advisers, drawn from the Architectural Services Department, who provided comment and advice on certain specialisms.
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110. The registration period for Stage I saw 84 architectural firms register their interest in the competition and receive the briefing documentation on 16 April 1987. The first two weeks were allocated as a questions and answers period during which competitors submitted written queries on the competition conditions and briefing material. A composite reply was sent to all registered applicants.
111. A total of 54 entries were received by the submission deadline for Stage I, of 16 June 1987. Each submission came in two parts: the first contained a report on conceptual design approach with no reference whatsoever as to its authorship, and the second, a sealed envelope, consisted of details of the competitor resources and experience. The two parts were matched upon receipt by the designation of a reference number, and the second envelope remained unopened until after the panel had made its assessment of the design reports. These design reports, presented anonymously and identified by numbers only, were initially examined individually by the technical advisers who prepared a report on each for reference by the assessment panel.
112. Unfortunately, Lord Briggs was prevented through illness from journeying to Hong Kong, and his place on the assessment panel was taken by Dr. R.L. Werner, MSc, PhD, former President of the New South Wales Institute of Technology, Australia. After a visit to the site on the morning of 13 July 1987, the panel spent the next two days assessing the submissions.
113. At the end of the assessment period for Stage I, the panel identified six submissions which it considered suitable for proceeding to Stage II. The panel also selected the next best four submissions which were also considered suitable. The first six were unranked, but the next four were ranked in order to facilitate the selection of substitutes, if necessary, should any of the first six competitors be unable to proceed to Stage II.
114. Immediately following the recommendation of the assessment panel, the Capital Works and Building Projects Sub-Committee met to open the second envelopes of the top ten submissions and to examine their respective resources and experience profiles.
Three of the top six firms were considered to require reinforcement of their architectural resources, and further clarification was needed of the resources of another. Discussions were held with each of the four aforementioned firms, and agreement was later reached on proposals for enhancing their resources where necessary. The Sub-Committee was able to make a public announcement on 21 July 1987 that the following six firms, listed in alphabetical order, have been selected to proceed to Stage II of the competition :
Hackett & Griffiths & Buro Walker Happold, Architects &
Design Consultants
Ie & Associates Architects in consortium with Consultants International
Scottish
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Simon Kwan & Associates
LAU Sau-shing, Patrick and LYE Kum-chew Planning Services International (HK) Ltd.
Robert Wee Architects
Those commended by the assessors, in order of preference, were : Clement Chu, LUN Kit-chi, Tong Wong and YU Tse-an Tom Ip & Partners in association with Howell Killick Partridge
and Amis
P & T Architects & Engineers HK in association with Arthur Erickson Architects
Spence Robinson Ltd.
115. By the time the Stage I assessment exercise had been completed, the Sub- Committee was content not only that the prospects for an excellent Master Plan appeared very promising, but also that all teams entering Stage II of the competition were sufficiently resourced to undertake the project in the event of any one of them being commissioned.
116. The Stage II Requirements and Planning Brief was issued to the six finalists at the start of Stage II on 22 July 1987. This Planning Brief, presented at Appendix T, has subsumed and developed further the Stage I Outline Brief. Stage II of the competition is currently in hand and the winner is expected to be announced on 20 November 1987.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
117. To conclude this Report, the Planning Committee wishes to record its thanks to the five tertiary institutions and all other bodies and individuals, who have tendered advice to it in the course of carrying out its tasks. It would like also to record its thanks to the Planning Committee Secretariat which has provided efficient and comprehensive support to it at all times throughout the year.
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MEMBERSHIP OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY *
Chairman Dr. the Honourable Sir S.Y. Chung, CBE, JP BSc(Eng), PhD, DSc(Hon), LLD(Hon), FEng, Hon FIMechE, Hon FHKIE, FIProdE, CBIM
Senior Member of the Executive Council, Chairman of the Board, Sonca Products Ltd.
Deputy Chairman The Honourable CHENG Hon-kwan, JP BSc, DIC, CEng, FIStructE, FHKIE, FASCE, MConsE, MConsE HK
Member of the Legislative Council,
Senior Partner, H.K. Cheng and Partners Consulting Engineers
Members Professor L.M. Birt, AO, CBE
BAgrSc, BSc, PhD, DPhil, Hon DLitt, FAIM
Vice-Chancellor and Principal,
The University of New South Wales, Australia Dr. CHAN Nai-keong, CBE
DTech, FEng, FICE, FIStructE, FHKIE, Joint Deputy Chairman, Hong Kong Electric
Holdings Ltd.,
Group Managing Director, Cavendish International Holdings Ltd.
Professor T.C. Chen, ScB, MA, PhD, FIEEE
Professor of Computer Science and Electronics, Head of United College, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
The Honourable Stephen CHEONG Kam-chuen, OBE, JP
BSc(Eng), DIC, MPhil
Member of the Legislative Council
Managing Director, Lee Wah Weaving Factory
Appendix A
Professor Y.K. Cheung,
BSc, PhD, DSc, DE, FEng, CEng, FICE, FIStructE, FHKIE, FIE(Aust), FASCE
Head, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, University of Hong Kong
Professor FAN Yiu-kwan BA, MA, MSc, PhD
Dean of Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Baptist College
Dr. G.R. Higginson,
BSc, PhD, FICE, FIMechE Engineer
Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton, UK Mr. K.N. Houghton,
BA, MA
Associate Director (Administration) and Secretary to Council, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong Mr. J. LAI,
BSc, Cert. Ed.
Headmaster, Diocesan Boys’ School Mrs. Alice Lam, JP
Assistant General Manager, Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
Mr. LAU Wah-sum, JP FHKSA, ACMA
President, W.S. Lau & Associates Ltd.
Mr. Andrew Kwok Nang LI, JP MA, LLM
Barrister-at-Law
Mr. I.F.C. Macpherson, OBE, JP Secretary-General
MA to the Planning
Committee Mr. Gordon M. Macwhinnie, CBE, JP
FCA, FHKSA (with effect
Deputy Chairman, from19 June 1987)
The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Director, Mass Transit Railway
Corporation
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Professor P.G. Moore, DSc, PhD, FIA
Principal, London Business School
Secretary Mr. G.M. Scott
Mr. Steven K.L. Poon,
BSc, MPhil, FHKIE, FIEE, CEng, MIEEE Manager, China Light & Power Co. Ltd.
Professor David J. Tedford,
BSc, PhD, ARCST, CEng. FIEE, SMIEEE, FInstP, FRSA, FRSE; Order of Merit, Polish People Republic
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Vice Principal, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Joshua Sook-leung WONG
BSc(Eng), PhD, FHKIE, CEng. FIERE, MIEE Head, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chairman, Division of Engineering, Hong Kong
Polytechnic Dr. Chia-Wei WOO, BS, MA, PhD
Professor of Physics
President of San Francisco State University, USA
Assistant Secretary- General to the Planning Committee
* Name changed to lanning Committee for The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology” on 11 March 1987.
MembershiD
Chairman
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman of the Planning Committee the Planning Committee (concurrently the Chairman
of the Academic Planning and Development Sub- Committee)
Members Chairman of the Academic Planning and Development
Secretary
Secretary-General to the Planning Committee Assistant Secretary- General to the Planning Committee
Appendix B (1)
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Mr. I.F.C. Macpherson
Mr. G.M. Scott
Terms of Reference
1. To act for the Planning Committee on all matters requiring executive decisions, with due regard to the principles and policies agreed by the Planning Committee. Any such action will be reported to all Planning Committee members.
2. To co-ordinate and monitor all aspects of the planning and implementation proc- ess for which sub-committees have been established, namely:
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(d) 0 e (9 (8)
establishment matters;
academic planning and development;
capital works and building projects matters;
campus project management;
financial matters;
Vice-Chancellor and senior staff recruitment; and general matters.
3. To perform such other tasks as may be required or delegated by the Planning Committee.
Appendix B (2)
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ACADEMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SUB-COMMITTEE