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MR. SALES: -May I carry on?
CHAIRMAN: Please.
MR. SALES: --Sir, in the case of the Select Committee of which I am Chairman, the accounts are submitted because the Select Committee felt that the public ought to be satisfied that the funds raised as the result of the use of open space should be applied for charitable purposes, and not too high a proportion of the money used in covering overheads and other expenditure. In the case of the "Keep Your City Clean" campaign, I had occasion, as the Urban Councillor for the Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei Ward, to bring to the attention of your Department the fact that many advertisements and hoardings appeared in our ward, and I wanted them removed as soon as the campaign was over. These advertisements no doubt were put up with the view that some income might possibly be derived by the Kaifongs concerned and applied to the campaigns. If no income were derived, then this Council would certainly be performing its proper function to inquire why such advertisements are allowed on public thoroughfares. I certainly believe that the Chairman of the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee has every right to ask that this matter be pursued in his own Select Committee, if not in public.
MR. BERNACCHI: -Mr. Chairman, perhaps this matter could be referred to the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee for further consideration?
CHAIRMAN: I would be perfectly agreeable.
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were built in 1897, 1910 and 1912. This Sham Shui Po project is, therefore, included in Category C of the Public Works Programme. Inclusion in Category C means that this project is likely to advance to Category B, which is the detailed planning stage, within three years.
I am aware that conditions in this old market are not altogether satisfactory and also that the amount of space available is not fully adequate for the present population of the district. However, a market must be designed for the greatest utility both from the point of view of patronage and value for the capital investment.
For the time being, it is the view of the Urban Services Department that it may be possible to make some improvement by enlarging the hawker bazaar adjacent to the market, so that the congestion in the surrounding streets can be relieved. The Markets Select Committee will be considering this question at its next meeting.
DR. LEE: Mr. Chairman, I have seen the condition of this area, and I would request the Select Committee to give this matter full support.
MR. WILFRED WONG: ---You have my assurance we will do so.
(7) DR. R. H. S. LEE asked the following question:
Is the Chairman aware that the Sham Shui Po Market is not adequate for the use of its present day population? Have we any plan for its replacement?
MR. WILFRED S. B. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MARKETS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
In June 1965, the Markets Select Committee visited the Sham Shui Po Market during the course of a review of the whole market building and reconstruction programme and whilst the Committee was satisfied that the market, which was built in 1918, should be reconstructed, there was general agreement that by comparison with some others it appeared to cope reasonably well with the demands on it, and that a higher priority should be given to the rebuilding of the others. There are markets which
(8) DR. R. H. S. LEE asked the following question:-
Is the Chairman aware of the large number of hawkers in Ki Lung Street and Pei Ho Street? Are they all licensed or not? What steps are being taken to bring this unsatisfactory state of affairs under control?
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKERS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
The streets adjoining Sham Shui Po Market have for many years been busy hawker areas, and as far back as 1957 the unsatisfactory conditions created by the several hundred hawkers in Pei Ho, Ki Lung and Tai Nan Streets led to the formation of what was then called a hawker demonstration area, but would now be referred to as an on-street hawker bazaar.
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