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MR. WONG KWOK-HING (in Cantonese):— Yes. I just want to ask the Chairman if one should raise his question in question format. The Member raising the question has not yet raised it, so he should not proceed with a follow-up question.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):— Yes. Please ask your question first, Mr. CHAN. Remember, you are the one asking the question.
MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN (in Cantonese):— Mr. Chairman, I have asked the question. It is just that Mr. CHAN is not giving me an answer. I therefore have to follow up on the tabled reply.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):— You have been given the reply to the question. There is no need to go to the source because the reply must have been prepared after consulting various parties concerned. The prepared answer sums up...
Mr. Tim S. Manuel Chan (in Cantonese):— I am asking an additional question to my original question. Shouldn't the Chairman of the Select Committee respond to it?
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):— I think you should ask follow-up questions on the basis of the reply given by Mr. Joseph CHAN.
MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN (in Cantonese):— Can we go back to the beginning and start again?
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):— You don't need to worry about from where or whom the reply comes. Please ask follow-up questions on the basis of the reply document.
MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN (in Cantonese):— Mr. Chairman, I hope you won't stop me again. Allow me to raise my written question. And that serves as my first question. I would like the Chairman of the Select Committee to answer my second question too. It asks if he agrees for the Department to draft and then he endorses the content of the reply he intends to read out here.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese): Please answer simply, Mr. Joseph Chan.
MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN asked his question in written form:— Recently there were a spate of cholera cases and several reports of E-coli O157 cases in Hong Kong, and the public is gravely concerned about the hygiene condition and the cooking process at food premises. In view of this, I have the following questions regarding the situation that many existing restaurants have extended their kitchen area to the public area within their premises for cooking and selling food:
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