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Department have enough dog control teams to assist the Urban Council in its work of keeping the streets clean?
CHAIRMAN:-I cannot give a categorical answer. I would like to think that the Agriculture and Fisheries Department could use more gangs.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, I notice that it says here that "where fouling is particularly bad, arrangements are made for the areas or streets concerned to be thoroughly washed down". Could I have your assurance that this doesn't apply only to Tsim Sha Tsui and certain areas, but other places too?
CHAIRMAN: ---Certainly.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, I don't take my dog out on the street because it is too dirty for the dog. (Laughter). Could we have some washing in Prince Edward Road, or could you enquire how many years it has been since Prince Edward Road was washed?
CHAIRMAN:-Certainly, Mrs. ELLIOTT.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Thank you.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: ---Mr. Chairman, since we would like to think that the Agriculture and Fisheries Department could do with more dog-catching teams, could you enquire from the Department how many additional teams they expect to have this year, and make this information available to the Committee concerned, which is Dr. HUANG'S Committee? I would also like to know for personal information.
CHAIRMAN:-I will endeavour to get the information.
MR. HENRY HU:-Did the Department ever look into the usefulness of setting up dog latrines in Hong Kong and in Kowloon? Are many people using (laughter). getting their dogs to use these dog latrines? I don't think there are many dogs using it.
CHAIRMAN:-Certainly they are not all used but, on the other hand, there are quite a number that are.
MR. T. S. LO:-Do I take it that what you mean is that not many of them are used by dogs . . . (laughter).
MOTIONS.
(1) MR. RAYMOND Y. K. KAN, 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, that the Director of Urban Services be empowered to exhume and remove the human remains of persons from the graves specified in the following public cemeteries and to dispose of the same by burial, cremation or otherwise as the Director may think fit.
Cemetery Section Year of Burial (1) Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Fanling, New Territories. All graves in Sections A and B and including those in private lots. 1965 (2) Sandy Ridge Cemetery, Lo Wu, New Territories. (a) Section T.(b) Roman Catholic Private Lot. 1965 (3) Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemetery, Lo Wu, New Territories. All graves in the Government Urn Section. 1969
He said:-Mr. Chairman, as Chairman of the Cemeteries, Crematoria and Funeral Parlours Select Committee, I rise to move the motion standing in my name.
The purpose of the motion is to empower the Director of Urban Services to carry out a routine exhumation programme for 1972 in order to provide space for future burials in the cemeteries concerned. If the motion is passed, notice of the intended exhumation will be published in the usual way in the Government Gazette and in the Chinese press, so that any person who wishes to arrange for private exhumation, may do so.
I beg to move.
MISS CECILIA L. Y. YEUNG:-This is a routine motion. But for all this, it is not a pleasant thing to do to have to dig up human remains only buried in 1965, although the smallness of Hong Kong obviously makes it a necessity. There are only a few permanent cemeteries and most of these graves can only be afforded by relatives possessing a considerable amount of money. I do encourage the citizens of Hong Kong to make more use of the crematorium in disposing of the dead. The ashes can then be laid permanently to rest in gardens designed for that purpose. With these words, I second this motion.
CHAIRMAN: -The Motion has been moved and seconded, does any Member wish to speak? If not I will take a vote on the Motion.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
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