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When the planetarium equipment arrives in August 1975, it will be stored until it can be installed in the planetarium building. The manufacturers have guaranteed that the instrument may be stored up to five years in its special packing without climatically caused damage.
## STATEMENT BY DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE “KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN" CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG (in Cantonese): -Mr. Chairman, the "Keep Hong Kong Clean" Campaign commenced its third year of operation in 1974 with "District Clean-Ups" and "Clean Our Beaches" as a prelude to a further major campaign to be held in January 1975, Members will recall that the first campaign was held in November 1972 with a massive clean-up operation which achieved a good measure of success and which was widely acknowledged. The measure of success can, perhaps, be more accurately gauged by comments from Hong Kong residents who have returned from visits abroad and from tourists who have compared the cleanliness of Hong Kong very favourably with many major cities of the world. Indeed, we have received many requests from other countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Bermuda and Sri Lanka for particulars on our campaign for use as a guide in their own cities.
However, the "Keep Hong Kong Clean" Campaign Committee is far from complacent, and the need for follow-up action to sustain and to improve the cleanliness of Hong Kong is the Committee's main aim. The "Clean Our Beaches" campaign which took place during the summer months kept our beaches reasonably clean during the period. The "District Clean-up" operation was divided into two phases, the first being launched in April and May and aimed at black-spots in Wan Chai, Central, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po. The second phase started this month and is concentrating in the Western, Eastern, Yau Ma Tei, Kwun Tong, Kowloon City and the Wong Tai Sin areas. This phase will end in November, and both phases will lay the foundation for the main campaign to come.
When the major campaign starts on 5th January, 1975, the Council and all the other Government departments concerned will spare no effort to make Hong Kong a better place to live in. However, our efforts will prove abortive unless we have the co-operation of the people, and I sincerely hope that this will be forthcoming.
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## STATEMENT BY MR. LO TAK-SHING, CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY HALL SELECT COMMITTEE
Mr. Lo Tak-SHING (in English):—Mr. Chairman, although this is not my swan song it does appear timely for me to review today the various actions taken by the City Hall Select Committee.
To ensure that Council could have an effective method of controlling the pattern and distribution of functions utilizing the City Hall a new booking system, under which applications for use of the City Hall facilities are assessed by a points system, was introduced from 1st January this year. I shall not elaborate on this except to say that the system is working smoothly and has proved to be sufficiently flexible. A redistribution of financial assistance to enable the Council to help those cultural activities which needed and deserved more help was achieved by the introduction with effect from 1st April this year of a new scale of hire charges and the new scheme for subsidy. A total subsidy of HK$102,432.00 has been approved to date.
To bring up the range of service offered by the City Hall to hirers and to reinforce the level of supervision the Committee increased 5 posts each of assistant manager and assistant information officer for 1974-75.
Furthermore, in view of the difficulties in obtaining manual assistance frequently encountered by the hirers, the Committee has decided to set up a service team of 3 artisans and 8 labourers which may be available for hire to users of City Hall facilities. The additional staff have now been approved and this "Service to Hirer" scheme will be effective from next month.
To broaden its activities and to bring music and cultural activities to the ordinary people in every district the Committee has endorsed the purchase of a mobile performing art centre from the United States.
This mobile stage is self-contained with lighting and sound amplification system. It can be towed from place to place like a caravan and when set in performance configuration, provides a stage of 24' by 24' together with an acoustical shell.
This mobile stage will arrive in Hong Kong at the end of September, I hope, and will be put into immediate operation with effect from October.
To bring its presentations to the bulk of people in Hong Kong the Committee now presents as you know, Mr. Chairman, a regular pro-