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basis to the Education Department for school sports. No final decision has been reached on the future use of this land.
Government is fully aware of the Council's keen interest in the future of this land, but your views will again be conveyed to Government.
With reference to the last part of your question, there has so far been one small alienation of land from within the boundaries of Victoria Park. This was to provide an entrance from Causeway Road into the car park next to the Roxy Theatre.
A further small alienation of land may be necessary in connexion with the construction of the new waterfront road if proposals at present under consideration are approved. However, it is not possible to give a final answer at the present time.
MR. BERNACCHI:- As a supplementary, are you aware, Sir, that this Council was originally given an undertaking, about 10 years' ago, that the land on which the Causeway Bay Magistracy now stands would be used as a car park for Victoria Park and therefore the answer you have just given is to that extent misleading, in that Government afterwards took it over for the erection of a Government building?
CHAIRMAN:- I was not aware of that, Sir.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, are you aware that an approach has also been made to the Urban Amenities Select Committee about the possibility of even more land at Victoria Park being given up for reconstruction of the area around the fountain at the Roxy roundabout?
CHAIRMAN:- Yes, Sir, I realise that. It was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Urban Amenities Select Committee.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, is Government aware that it is also the intention of this Council that Victoria Park be extended across Causeway Road to this Crown land which is now available? Should it be given to this Council?
CHAIRMAN:- I think it was in 1962, Sir, at a meeting of the Urban Amenities Select Committee, that it was suggested that if it was necessary to take back the land on the waterfront for a road, there should be a quid pro quo by the award of the Naval Sports Ground on the other side of the road to the Council for use as a park. That point was put to Government.
MR. SALES:- Thank you.
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MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
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In support of the ambitious plans which this Council has to plant trees and shrubs to beautify the urban areas, what measures are you taking to enlist the co-operation of private landowners and also the Services with still extensive properties along main routes?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
I am grateful to you, Sir, for asking this question, as it underlines the need for the Council to encourage all sections of the community to participate in the task of planting and maintaining more trees, shrubs and flowers.
This year the Council is more than doubling its own efforts and we intend to plant out at least 60,000 young trees and shrubs during the next few months. In 1965 I hope that we shall be able to increase this figure to somewhere in the region of 150,000. But the Council's efforts are necessarily limited to public open spaces and public highways, and in order to make Hong Kong a more beautiful place to live in, we need the active help of the private citizen. As the spring planting season is upon us, I would appeal to all business firms, to all private landowners and householders, and especially to all amateur gardeners, to take all possible steps to plant more trees, shrubs and flowers for the enjoyment of the community as a whole. At the same time I would suggest that all architects and engineers should pay close attention to landscaping as an essential aesthetic adjunct to planning. I hope that my friend, the Director of Public Works, will use his good offices in this connexion.
Apart from this, I propose to ask the Services, on behalf of this Council for their active help in this matter. I will also consider, in consultation with the Urban Amenities Select Committee, the question of making an approach to other groups having extensive roadside properties, for example, hotels and petrol filling stations.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, I would like to congratulate you not only on this excellent reply but also on the very energetic action which your Department is taking in this matter.
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basis to the Education Department for school sports. No final decision has been reached on the future use of this land.
Government is fully aware of the Council's keen interest in the future of this land, but your views will again be conveyed to Government.
With reference to the last part of your question, there has so far been one small alienation of land from within the boundaries of Victoria Park. This was to provide an entrance from Causeway Road into the car park next to the Roxy Theatre.
A further small alienation of land may be necessary in connexion with the construction of the new waterfront road if proposals at present under consideration are approved. However, it is not possible to give a final answer at the present time.
MR. BERNACCHI:- As a supplementary, are you aware, Sir, that this Council was originally given an undertaking, about 10 years' ago, that the land on which the Causeway Bay Magistracy now stands would be used as a car park for Victoria Park and therefore the answer you have just given is to that extent misleading, in that Government afterwards took it over for the erection of a Government building?
CHAIRMAN:- I was not aware of that, Sir.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, are you aware that an approach has also been made to the Urban Amenities Select Committee about the possibility of even more land at Victoria Park being given up for reconstruction of the area around the fountain at the Roxy roundabout?
CHAIRMAN:- Yes, Sir, I realise that. It was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Urban Amenities Select Committee.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, is Government aware that it is also the intention of this Council that Victoria Park be extended across Causeway Road to this Crown land which is now available? Should it be given to this Council?
CHAIRMAN:- I think it was in 1962, Sir, at a meeting of the Urban Amenities Select Committee, that it was suggested that if it was necessary to take back the land on the waterfront for a road, there should be a quid pro quo by the award of the Naval Sports Ground on the other side of the road to the Council for use as a park. That point was put to Government.
MR. SALES:- Thank you.
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MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
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In support of the ambitious plans which this Council has to plant trees and shrubs to beautify the urban areas, what measures are you taking to enlist the co-operation of private landowners and also the Services with still extensive properties along main routes?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
I am grateful to you, Sir, for asking this question, as it underlines the need for the Council to encourage all sections of the community to participate in the task of planting and maintaining more trees, shrubs and flowers.
This year the Council is more than doubling its own efforts and we intend to plant out at least 60,000 young trees and shrubs during the next few months. In 1965 I hope that we shall be able to increase this figure to somewhere in the region of 150,000. But the Council's efforts are necessarily limited to public open spaces and public highways, and in order to make Hong Kong a more beautiful place to live in, we need the active help of the private citizen. As the spring planting season is upon us, I would appeal to all business firms, to all private landowners and householders, and especially to all amateur gardeners, to take all possible steps to plant more trees, shrubs and flowers for the enjoyment of the community as a whole. At the same time I would suggest that all architects and engineers should pay close attention to landscaping as an essential aesthetic adjunct to planning. I hope that my friend, the Director of Public Works, will use his good offices in this connexion.
Apart from this, I propose to ask the Services, on behalf of this Council for their active help in this matter. I will also consider, in consultation with the Urban Amenities Select Committee, the question of making an approach to other groups having extensive roadside properties, for example, hotels and petrol filling stations.
MR. SALES:- Mr. Chairman, I would like to congratulate you not only on this excellent reply but also on the very energetic action which your Department is taking in this matter.
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