HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
One or two members have referred to the theme or key-note of the 1956 Annual Report, the problem of people, or the problem of refugees. This overriding problem affects the work of this Council just as much as the work of any other department of the public service. It is reflected in every facet of our activities. The streets which we try to keep clean are overcrowded with hawkers; the tenements which we have to inspect are overcrowded with people; each year we dispose of increasing quantities of refuse; our slaughter-houses cope with a quantity of animals beyond their capacity; our restaurants and other licensed premises attempt to cater for a greater number of people than they were designed for. All these factors—and many other factors which I have not mentioned—give tremendous importance and significance to the ordinary, day-to-day, routine work of protecting public health—to an extent probably without parallel in a city of comparable size. I think this tends to be forgotten sometimes by those who make comparisons between the work of the Urban Council and that of other city councils, with the object of suggesting or implying that the scope of the Urban Council should be increased or widened to include this or that department of public service.
Where our own problems are of such magnitude let us endeavour to make further progress towards their solution before we contemplate embarking on new spheres of activity. (Applause).
ADJOURNMENT.
CHAIRMAN:-Ladies and Gentlemen, that concludes the business for today. Council stands adjourned until Tuesday, 7th May.
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OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting of 7th May, 1957.
PRESENT:
THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, THE HONOURABLE E. B. TEESDALE, M.C.
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN,
DR. P. H. TENG
THE HONOURABLE B. C. K. HAWKINS, C.M.G., O.B.E.
THE HONOURABLE J. FORBES, O.B.E. (Acting)
MR. K. KEEN
MR. A. ST, G. WALTON
DR. E. L. GOSANO
MR. FUNG PING FAN
MR. P. D. AU
DR. R. H. S. LEE, M.B.E.
MR. R. C. LEE, O.B.E.
MR. CHAN SHU WOON
DR. A. M. S. BELL
MR. LI YIU BOR
DR. P. F. WOO
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN
MR. Y. K. KAN
MR. A. de O. SALES
MR. K. A. WATSON
MR. U TAT CHEE, O.B.E.
MR. C. Y. KWAN
THE ASSISTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES,
THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS,
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS,
THE SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER,
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT
THE SECRETARY, URBAN COUNCIL,
MR. L. S. SMITH
ABSENT:
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