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MOTIONS
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
1. MR. KENNETH T. C. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE Recreation SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that the Pleasure Grounds (Amendment) (No. 3) By-laws 1981 be made under section 109 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in English):—Mr. Chairman, as Chairman of the Recreation Select Committee, I rise on the motion standing in my name:—
'RESOLVED that the Pleasure Grounds (Amendment) (No. 3) By-laws 1981 be made under section 109 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose of the amendment By-laws is to provide rates for the hiring of the King's Park Hockey Ground when floodlights are used and also when admission fees are charged.
Sir, I beg to move.
THE HON. F. K. HU, VICE-Chairman of the Recreation Select Committee, seconded (in English):-Mr. Chairman, I have pleasure to second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
2. DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:—
'RESOLVED that the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances (Amendment) By-laws 1981 be made under section 15 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, as the Chairman of the Environ-mental Hygiene Select Committee, I rise on the motion standing in my name:-
'THAT the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances (Amendment) By-laws 1981 be made under section 15 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose of these amendments is to provide the existing legislation with wider powers to tackle illegal dumping from goods vehicles by: firstly, holding the owner of the goods vehicle or the hirer vicariously responsible for the illegal dumping, and, secondly, increasing the maximum penalty from $1,000 to $5,000 plus 6 months' imprisonment.
I beg to move.
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MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, seconded (in English):---Mr. Chairman, as Vice-Chairman of the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee, I would like to second the motion. This amendment is related to the success of the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign as well.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
3. MR. SHUM CHOI-SANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MARKETS AND STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:—
'RESOLVED that the Hawker (Amendment) By-laws 1981 be made under section 83A of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I rise to move the motion standing in my name.
The Hawker (Amendment) By-laws 1981 increase the fees for hawker licences and for the allocation of fixed pitches with effect from 1 March 1982. The new fees for the issue and renewal of hawker licences are shown under Part I of the amended schedule to the principal by-laws while the new fees for the allocation of fixed pitches are shown under Part III of the same schedule.
These fee increases are in line with the general policy that the contribution made by this Council towards the costs of hawker management and control should not be allowed to rise above sixty per cent and indeed should be reduced gradually through regular reviews so as to reduce the deficit incurred on this service whilst also maintaining the fees at realistic levels.
During 1982-83, it is estimated that hawker management and control will cost nearly seventy-five million dollars with revenue at existing fee levels amounting to twenty-six million dollars. This will produce a deficit of nearly forty-nine million dollars a contribution by this Council in percentage terms of sixty-five per cent. The fee increases before you are set at the rate of 35% of existing fees and are designed to produce additional revenue during 1982-83 of eight point six million dollars to bring total revenue up to thirty-four point six million dollars. On this basis the deficit during 1982-83 will amount to an estimated forty million dollars a contribution by the Council of over fifty-three per cent.
In line with the policy described, it is considered that the revised fees before you are set at a fair and reasonable level for promulgation with effect from 1 March 1982.
With these remarks, I beg to move.
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