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(b) Is the Chairman satisfied with the results so far achieved? (c) Since the campaign will now be extended to cover the Yau Ma Tei and Hong Kong Eastern districts, would the Chairman indicate what further co-operation is expected from the public to make the campaign even more successful?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
"(a) The results in the trial districts of Western in Hong Kong and Sham Shui Po in Kowloon have been fairly encouraging in the first two months of the campaign. There has been a noticeable drop in the amount of refuse deposited in public places and a corresponding increase in litter-containers and domestic dustbins.
(b) I should however be the last person to be satisfied with results. We are still very far from bringing the campaign home to the majority of residents in those areas. One can still see plenty of evidence of litter discarded, of spitting and of children being allowed to relieve themselves in public places in those two districts. The incidence of these malpractices however is certainly much less than it was before. The present policy is to arrest and prosecute all offenders and the co-operation of the Police is being sought in providing sufficient Police Constables to patrol with Urban Services Department staff to make this possible. There have so far been 262 prosecutions since the campaign began.
(c) It has recently been decided to extend the campaign to the Eastern District of Hong Kong and the Yau Ma Tei District of Kowloon and it is hoped that a start will be made before 7th December. In doing so, I expect residents of those areas to read the pamphlets handed out to them and to act accordingly, bearing in mind that in an up-to-date city like Hong Kong there is absolutely no need whatsoever for dirty conditions. No sane person is likely to create dirty conditions if he realizes what the consequences may be to himself and his family in the way of infection and disease. Furthermore, I regard it as the duty of those who do understand the implications to take reasonable steps to discourage others from breaking the law in respect of these matters."
ADJOURNMENT.
CHAIRMAN:-That concludes the business of this meeting. Council stands adjourned until Tuesday, 1st December, 1959 at 4.00 p.m.
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
Meeting of 1st December, 1959.
PRESENT:
THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, THE HONOURABLE C. G. M. MORRISON
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, DR. S. H. MOORE
THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS, THE HONOURABLE P. C. M. SEDGWICK (Acting)
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. A. ST. G. WALTON
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT, MR. J. P. ASERAPPA
THE HONOURABLE FUNG PING FAN, O.B.E.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI
DR. R. H. S. LEE, M.B.E.
THE HONOURABLE R. C. LEE, O.B.E.
MR. CHAN SHU WOON
DR. A. M. S. BELL
MR. LI YIU BOR
DR. P. F. WOO
MR. U TAT CHEE, O.B.E.
THE HONOURABLE C. Y. KWAN, O.B.E.
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN
MR. Y. K. KAN, O.B.E.
MR. A. de O. SALES
MR. K. A. WATSON
MR. ERNEST C. WONG
MR. J. L. MARDEN
THE SECRETARY, URBAN COUNCIL, MR. J. W. FERRIS
ABSENT:
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. H. W. FORSYTH (Acting)
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