CONFIDENTIAL
ENVIRONMENT BRANCH PROGRESS REPORT
1ST AUGUST 1976 TO 31ST OCTOBER 1976
PART I Major issues
SUBJECT
2. Country Parks
(ENV 30/15/01)
3. Hawkers
(CR 28/3371/71)
PURPOSE
a) To define the location and
boundaries of country parks and special areas.
(b) To provide legislation and regulations to specify the conditions and use of country parks and special areas.
(c) To administer and control
country parks and special areas.
(a) To evolve an agreed policy for
the control of hawking activities.
(b) To produce an effective control
agency to regulate hawking activities.
PROGRESS MADE & PRESENT POSITION
(a) Areas have been defined with agreement
of Departments concerned and a paper on boundaries has been prepared for consideration by L.D.P.C. on 26.11.76.
(b) Draft regulations are being prepared
by A.F.D. These will be discussed between Env. Branch/A.F.D./N.T.A./A.G. prior to submission to ExCo.
(c) A.F.D. is considering some reorganisa- tion and retitling of staff in its Forest Guard Section, in order to provide better control over country parks.
(a) Discussions continued between U.C./
U.S.D./S.H.A./Police/N.T.A.
(b) Working Party has recommended streng- thening the Hawker Control Force. Urban Council proposed an experimental strengthening of a H.C.F. team by the addition of a General Duties team at one hawker location on Hong Kong Island.
NEXT QUARTER TARGETS
(a) Gazette notice of
areas and boundaries under the Country
Parks Ordinance by December 1976. (b) Submit country
parks regulations to ExCo. by February 1977.
(c) Rationalise adminis-
trative and staff- ing arrangements for control of country parks through consultation Env. Branch/A.F.D. by February 1977. (a) Obtain departmental
reactions to
I.C.A.C. report on Harker Policy by January 1977 and draw up recommenda-
(b) te results of
U.C. experiment by January 1977 and draw up firm
proposals for the control agency.
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