Visitors trooped to see the latest model of the West Kowloon arts hub yesterday, and their general verdict was: the new features are good, the delays bad.
The first day of the exhibition at the Heritage Discovery Centre in Kowloon Park attracted dozens of visitors who inspected the model of the huge project, photos and information boards.
The exhibition is part of the third and last round of public consultation before construction begins.
An architect named Liu, 41, said he liked the features adopted from the two other plans that were shortlisted in the second round of consultation. 'It's great to have more outdoor arenas,' he said. 'The water taxis and floating performance platform are interesting too.'
Liu voted for architect Norman Foster's plan in the previous round because of its abundance of trees and the public space along the waterfront. He suspected the park's size had already been reduced, and hoped it would not be cut further.
He was also unhappy that the original opera house had been split into a free space and an outdoor theatre. 'The master layout is not as pretty as before,' he said.