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PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL
I hope my amendment serves to ensure that the two Municipal Councils spend wisely on the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign. I would like to see more effective spending of public money. I would like to reflect the worries of the public. I do not support carrying out work in response to the wishes of a high official. Since we do not want to give the general public a wrong message, we have to move this amendment.
I hope Members will analyse the motion and see how inadequate it is. I also hope you will support the amendment I am moving. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
MR. CHAN KWOK-LEUNG (in Cantonese): I second the amended motion moved by Mr. Li Wah-ming.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese): The amended motion has been moved and a Member has seconded it. According to the list, I now call on Mr. WONG Kwok-hing to speak.
Mr. Wong Kwok-hing (in Cantonese): The theme of Mr. Joseph Chan's motion is to respond to the suggestion of the Chief Executive for improvement in keeping Hong Kong clean.
The motion suggests two levels of concrete measures and recommendations. For the first level, the Provisional Urban Council is urged to actively strengthen communication and cooperation with various sectors in the effort to implement fully the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign. The various sectors refer to relevant Government departments, district organisations and community groups. Level two of the motion elaborates the content of the Campaign which includes cleaning activities, law enforcement, education and publicity.
The last three lines of the motion outline the objectives to be attained. I think Mr. Chan's motion, which points out the need to strengthen liaison and cooperation for greater effectiveness of the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign, brings out the problem neatly. If the Provisional Urban Council wants to be more positive, it has to strengthen work in the above respects and show the public what it can do.
Let me quote some examples to prove that Mr. Chan's motion is worth our support. Three streets in North Point, long considered hygiene blackspots, recently mobilised residents in the spirit of cooperation to act. Results are prominent. The situation has changed and they are donning on a clean and hygienic face.
The first blackspot is Lai Shun Street in North Point. Before the face lift on 19 January, this private street was not under any party's management or which no one dared to manage. A ‘refuse collection vehicle' (abandoned private car) was abandoned there for more than twenty years. All kinds of rubbish and
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