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MR. SALES—Mr. Chairman, that is another matter altogether. The Olympic Playground was set up by the Select Committee on the understanding at that time that subsequently when road improvements were necessary, the playground would be re-designed and made available to the public again in a new form. It was an enormously popular playground and should not be done away with altogether; the new one might not be as big as it used to be. Plans were submitted to us and were approved by the Select Committee for the road improvement at the junction concerned.
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MR. RAFEEK: —Mr. Chairman, as I have no records in hand I am sorry I am unable to answer this.
CHAIRMAN: —I would imagine, Mr. BERNACCHI, the remains belong to those people who have been commemorated by the Monument, and they will be re-interred under the Monument on the new site.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
MOTIONS.
(1) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK, CHAIRMAN OF THE CEMETERIES, CREMATORIA AND FUNERAL PARLOURS SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following Motion:
"RESOLVED under By-law 10(1) of the Public Cemeteries By-laws made under the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132, that the Director of Urban Services be empowered to exhume and remove any human remains found under the Police monument in the Colonial Cemetery, Happy Valley, and to dispose of the same in such manner as the Director may think fit."
He said:—Mr. Chairman, I rise to move the resolution standing in my name. In order to make way for the re-provisioning of the staff quarters and the construction of an off-road car park in the Colonial Cemetery, the Police monument in Section 14 would have to be removed and resited in Section 20. It is thought that there would likely be burials under the monument in which case it would necessitate the exhumation of remains in the course of removing the monument, after the public announcement has been made. Any remains found and subsequently exhumed will be re-interred in the same plot for the resiting of the monument.
Sir, I beg to move.
MR. PETER P. F. CHAN:—Mr. Chairman, I beg to second.
CHAIRMAN:—The Motion has been moved and seconded, does any Member wish to speak?
MR. BERNACCHI:—Mr. Chairman, I would crave leave to ask for clarification which the proposer might oblige in his reply. The Police Monument, erected in 1883, is it thought that the human remains under the Monument are remains prior to 1883, or that they are the remains of the persons the Monument was erected to?
(2) DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following Motion:
"That under By-law 4 of the Public Conveniences (Conduct and Behaviour) By-laws, Cap. 132, the Urban Council makes the following order:—
Citation.
"1. This order may be cited as the Public Conveniences (Charges) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1970.
2. The principal order is amended in paragraph 2 by adding, after item (15), the following new item—(16) Public latrine at Shek O Village’.”
He said:—Mr. Chairman, as Chairman of the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee, I rise to move the motion standing in my name.
The purpose of this motion is to comply with the provisions of By-law 4(1) of the Public Conveniences (Conduct and Behaviour) By-laws which require that ten cents should be charged for the use of any coin-operated compartment provided in public latrines managed by the Council.
I beg to move.
MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK: Mr. Chairman, I beg to second the Motion.
CHAIRMAN:—The Motion has been moved and seconded, does any Member wish to speak? I will take a vote on the Motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
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