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Some 870 people provided written comments on the project via comment cards. The questions on the comment cards and a summary of the public views collected are listed as follows:

Questions on Comment Cards

The six questions given on the comments cards are:

1. Having visited Haw Par Mansion, which aspect of the Mansion do you find most attractive?
2. Will you re-visit Haw Par Mansion in future?
   ID 1 Yes
   ID 2 No
3. What is your preferred type of business to be operated at Haw Par Mansion?

4. Will you re-visit Haw Par Mansion to patronize the following businesses if they are provided at the Mansion after revitalisation?

   	Yes	No
   a) Food and beverage service	ID 3	ID 4
   b) Banquet venue	ID 3	ID 4
   c) Antiques or art gallery	ID 7	ID 8
   d) Boutique hotel	ID 9	ID 10
   e) Shops of retail and service nature	ID 11	ID 12
   f ) Education or training facility	ID 13	ID 14

5. There will be an interpretation area at the revitalised Haw Par Mansion. Please rank the content that you consider should be included.

   ID 15 History and architectural features of the Mansion
   ID 16 History of the Aw family
   ID 17 Propaganda in the Aw family's religious concepts
   ID 18 Comparison among the Haw Par Mansions in Hong Kong and those in Singapore and Fujian
   ID 19 Others: Please specify
6. Other views on the project

Summary of Public Views Collected

1. Question No.1

   Among 693 responses received, 507 respondents considered the Mansion and its architectural features most attractive.

2. Question No.2

   Among 829 responses received, 738 respondents indicated that they would re-visit the Haw Par Mansion.

3. Question No.3

   680 responses were received¹. The types of business preferred by the respondents to be operated at Haw Par Mansion are:

   Type	No. of Responses
   Museum	247
   Restaurant	148
   Sight-seeing spot	88
   Educational facility	81
   Hotel	50
   Shops of retail or service nature	46
   Other categories of business or other views	144

   ¹Note: respondents may indicate more than one preferred type of business and therefore, the sum of responses of all categories in the table above is greater than 680.
4. Question No.4

   Among 693 responses received, 507 respondents considered the Mansion and its architectural features most attractive.

   Type	No. of Responses
   Education or training facility	521
   Antiques or art gallery	497
   Food and beverage service	407
   Boutique hotel	261
   Banquet venue	252
   Shops of retail or service nature	210

   ²Note: respondents may select more than one type of business to patronize and therefore, the sum of responses of all categories in the table above is greater than 842.
5. Question No.5

   827 responses were received. The contents which the respondents considered should be included in an interpretation area at the revitalised Haw Par Mansion are as follows, starting with the most desired content:

   Content	No. of Responses
   History and architectural features of the mansion	724
   History of the AW family	505
   Comparison among the Haw Par Mansions in Hong Kong and those in Singapore and Fujian	283
   Propaganda in the AW family's religious concepts	262

   Apart from the contents listed above, the respondents suggested that the architecture, history and propaganda of Tiger Balm Garden should also be included.

6. Question No.6

   Other common views that the respondents expressed are as follows:

   • The essence and figurines of Tiger Balm Garden are best to be included in the project;
   • The services and/or products to be provided by the proposed business should preferably be affordable by the general public;
   • The revitalisation project should seek to retain the authenticity of the Haw Par Mansion as much as possible; and
   • About 10% of the comments considered that the Haw Par Mansion should not be put to a commercial mode of operation.