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the owner or occupier to put the following terms into effect or to improve in the following terms.
The first one is to repair the defective pump and the motor of the system. The second one is to clear the choked flushing water supply pipe. Thirdly, the renewal of the defective flushing water supply pipe. Fourthly, if the supply is owing to the well, then the well would be deepened. Fifthly, to repair the defective flushing cisterns and sixthly if possible, one should apply to the Water Authority for permission to use salt water for flushing; and seventhly, if there is no supply of sea water or salt water, then they can apply to the Water Authority for permission to use mains water.
Whatever the requirement is, the Senior Health Inspector responsible for that area would normally send out a letter indicating what they should do within a certain time, and if they still fail to comply to the letter, then the Urban Council can take steps to prosecute that person and we hope that in this way, we would have improvement, and so we would continue to do this in the future.
(Mr. R. PARRY left the meeting at this point.)
MR. EDMUND W. H. CHOW (in English):—Mr. Chairman, according to what Dr. HUANG has said that there is no present training or admitting responsibility. As I understand it, the faulty pumps would be within the jurisdiction of the incorporated owners if such a corporation has been incorporated under the multi-storey building incorporated owners. Well, if there is such a corporation, could the Council take some steps to force the corporation to make the necessary repairs?
DR. HUANG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, about this, I believe that recently encouraging the setting up of these multi-storey bodies is the best answer, because among the thousands of multi-storey buildings, we have only a few hundred such bodies, and according to what I know, we did not have any law in the past to force the setting up of this kind of body, so this is one of the reasons for the difficulties and a lot of owners they have every right to refuse to accept the letter, so we hope that this Mutual Aid Committee would help not only in the cleansing of the building but also in every sense.
MR. EDMUND W. H. CHOW (in English):—Mr. Chairman, as I understand it, the legal status of the Mutual Aid Associations is quite different from that of the incorporated owners, while the incorporated owners have a statutory status so even if more Mutual Aid Associations are established, they may not be able to help to solve this problem.
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG (in Cantonese):—Mr. CHOW is a lawyer, that is why he is familiar with the legal term. As an ordinary citizen, law is one thing and it may not be the same in other cases, and I have been personally involved in the setting up of this kind of incorporation and according to what I know, in the past, we have also discussed as to whether we could ask all the multi-storey buildings to set up these incorporations. But according to what I know, there is no such law to force them, so the Mutual Aid Society can be of help and many J.P.s have visited a number of buildings and they reported that the Mutual Aid Associations had attributed a great help to matters like flushing and others and in those buildings. Results from this kind of Associations are more difficult. Of course, they have to pay quite a lot to lawyers.
CHAIRMAN (in English):—In the absence of Miss YEUNG, Mr. BERNACCHI Will put the questions listed in her name.
(9) MR. B. A. BERNACCHI (in English):—I asked the following question on behalf of Miss YEUNG:—
Would the Chairman request the Government to grant the site in which 66 people were killed in the 1972 June landslide disaster in Sau Mau Ping to the Urban Council to be used as a public park in memory of the victims?
MR. KENNETH T. C. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):—
Mr. Chairman, I am glad to be able to tell Miss YEUNG and also other members of the Council in reply to her question about the Sau Mau Ping disaster site that there is no need for the Council to ask Government for the site, as it has already been reserved as a Memorial Park and is now shown on the draft Outline Development Plan as local open space.
Members may recall that the question of naming the park was taken to the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee at its meeting in July this year when it was agreed
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