Posted to Letters to the Editor, Monash Weekly 7/1/2011
Title: Proposed Monash 6-storey Development
There are concerning issues regarding the proposed six-storey development including a Karaoke bar with 3 am licence:
Although I'm a Chinese by descent, I definitely do not like to see the Kingsway turned into a Chinatown like Box Hill, Springvale, Richmond in Melbourne, or Eastwood, Chatswood and Cabramatta in Sydney - almost filled with Asian restaurants or businesses.
Only a balanced mix of businesses and ethnicity in the City of Monash will ensure racial harmony in the near and long-term future.
Title: Proposed Monash 6-storey Development
There are concerning issues regarding the proposed six-storey development including a Karaoke bar with 3 am licence:
- Over concentration of restaurants / food premises will cannibalise existing businesses
- A lot more late-night alcohol-fuelled violence will be in the precinct
- More demand on police and council resources to ensure Monash residents peace and quiet enjoyment of their properties at night
- Possible organised gangs will be attracted and infiltrated to this area with early morning licence
- Non-existing by-laws to ensure balanced mix of business
Although I'm a Chinese by descent, I definitely do not like to see the Kingsway turned into a Chinatown like Box Hill, Springvale, Richmond in Melbourne, or Eastwood, Chatswood and Cabramatta in Sydney - almost filled with Asian restaurants or businesses.
Only a balanced mix of businesses and ethnicity in the City of Monash will ensure racial harmony in the near and long-term future.
