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MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-When will that be, another 40 years?
ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:-I would hate to hazard a guess Mr. Chairman.
(21) MR. R. H. LOBO asked the following question:-
Will the Chairman please inform this Council:
What measures are in hand to remove the boards, pieces of wood, empty oil drums, wheelbarrow and other material now lying on the pavement and alongside the road beginning at the entrance to South Bay Road from Repulse Bay Road to Riviera Apartments?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
Notices have been issued under Section 22(2) of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance for the removal of the articles. The pavement and road are now completely clear.
MR. LOBO:-Thank you. I have since noticed a marked improvement.
(22) MR. R. H. LOBO asked the following question:-
Will the Chairman please inform this Council:
Now that the squatters and illegal food stalls have been successfully cleared from the area at South Bay Road on the corner next to the bridge, is Government proceeding to make good use of this land without further delay?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:
Members will recall that at the Council meeting on 5th April this year the Director of Public Works said that this piece of land was reserved for a police station and a fire station. Neither project has yet been put forward for inclusion in the Public Works Programme, and it will probably be some years before the land is required for their construction.
The possible temporary uses of this land in the meantime are conditioned by several factors, including the existence of an open nullah which bisects it, the existence of Public Works Department and Urban Services Department Depots on a part of the site, and by the fact that much of the land is steeply sloping. The Urban Services Department's present view is that the best that can be done with this piece of land, until it is required for the police station and the fire station, is to remove the heaps of builder's rubbish which have been tipped there, cut the grass, prune the trees and clear them of creepers, perhaps turf some of the banks and perhaps install a few benches.
The Cleansing Division and the Parks, Recreation and Amenities Division have already started on this tidying-up work, which will, I think, do more than anything else to stop the area being used as a dumping place for rubbish. If you, Sir, have any suggestions for the temporary use of this land, the Director of Public Works and I would welcome them.
MR. LOBO: Mr. Chairman, I regret that this piece of land is too small for a golf driving range or football pitch, but I think it could be developed into some form of small garden. I am certain that my friend, MR. SALES, would welcome the idea of taking this for discussion at his meeting on the 16th.
MR. SALES:-Sir, we would be delighted to do that. MR. MARDEN has suggested it might be used for a putting green. (Laughter).
MR. HU:-Could the ward member be consulted as to its use?
MR. SALES:-Most certainly. We would appreciate Mr. Hu's presence at our meeting.
DR. BELL:-Mr. Chairman, it would be interesting, and I hope that it will actually be discussed at the Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee. May I say, Sir, that very many papers have been put before that committee, but they never get discussed.
(23) MR. R. H. LOBO asked the following question:-
It has come to the notice of many residents:
(a) That the staff of the Cleansing Department do not wear the same uniform whilst on the same duty. Park and garden cleaners are often seen in different coloured uniforms and some do not even have shirts on.
Will the Chairman please confirm that measures are in hand to standardize the uniform?
(b) With the great number of improved roads and fly-overs where the carriageways provide for greater
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