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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:-The current progress must have been maintained, Mr. NG.
MR. NG:-Mr. Chairman, the Director of Public Works said "if current progress is maintained"?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:-"Is maintained", Yes.
MR. NG:Has it been maintaining?
DIRECTOR Of Public Works: -Yes.
MR. NG: -I must congratulate you for finally having one more swimming pool complex in Kowloon. I hope we will not spare any efforts to complete the much needed pool in Kennedy Town, because that area is badly in need of facilities, and I hope the speedy comple- tion of all the complexes in Kowloon are not due to the interest of a senior citizen in Kowloon. (Laughter).
MR. HU:---I certainly agree with Mr. P. K. NG, because he and myself are Ward members for Kennedy Town.
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, I will not rise to the bait. (Laughter).
MOTION.
MR. KENNETH T. C. Lo, CHAIRMAN OF THE FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:-
"That the Food Business (Amendment) By-laws 1970 be made under section 56 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.”
He said: Mr. Chairman, I rise to move the motion standing in my name.
The reasons for these amendments are set out fully in the Explana- tory Note to the amending by-laws but, in brief, will achieve the following aims:-
(a) To bring cold storage warehouses within the meaning of "food
business" so that they may be licensed and controlled.
(b) To permit the sale of "Leung Fan" if contained in an unopen-
ed hermetically sealed container.
(c) To require light refreshment restaurants to provide minimum kitchen and scullery space before being permitted to sell hot Chinese dishes.
Sir, I beg to move.
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DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG:-Mr. Chairman, I beg to second.
CHAIRMAN: The motion has been moved and seconded. Does anyone wish to speak?
MR. BERNACCHI:-I would ask the proposer, if he cares to reply, to assure this Council that by passing these amendments, the cafes in resettlement estates will be able to sell hot Chinese dishes. There was a remark made by the proposer, and also set out in the explanatory note, that causes me a certain amount of worry, because I know that the accommodation in resettlement estates for cafes is usually minimal and I know that, whether legally or not, a lot of them do, in fact, sell hot Chinese dishes.
MR. T. C. Lo:-I take it Mr. BERNACCHI is referred to (c) “to require light refreshment restaurants to provide minimum kitchen and scullery space before being permitted to sell hot Chinese dishes". Of course, it is of general application. It is not limited to such establish- ments in resettlement estates. These are considered to be the minimum that can safeguard health and cleanliness. I am not sure that I can give Mr. BERNACCHI an assurance that such establishments in resettle- ment estates can operate despite these proposed amendments.
MR. SALES: -May I say how tremendously impressed I am on the great amount of homework that the Senior Elected Member appar- ently has done on hawkers and food premises while on his recent honeymoon.
MRS. ELLIOTT:--I would like to express my fear-I share Mr. BERNACCHI's fear-on this very point because we have had this problem before and I wouldn't like it to start again.
CHAIRMAN:-There are minimal hygiene and health requirements for food businesses and if no one else has anything else to say, I will take a vote.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried with 22 votes for, one vote against and one abstention.
ADJOURNMENT
4.58 P.M.
CHAIRMAN:-That concludes the business of this meeting. Coun- cil stands adjourned until Tuesday, 2nd June, 1970, at 4 p.m.