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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992
NO DECISION ON FUNERAL PAVILION ON CHEUNG CHAU
NO DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST MADE BY THE CHEUNG CHAU LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FUNERAL PAVILION OR HALL (BUT NOT FUNERAL PARLOUR) WITH PRIVATE FUNDS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT, MR BARNES SAID SEVERAL POSSIBLE SITES INCLUDING ΤΑΙ SHEK HAU AND THE PEAK OF CHEUNG CHAU HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS CONSULTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ON THE MATTER.
"BUT THE ISSUE IS COMPLEX, AS THE VIEWS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THE DEMAND FOR A FUNERAL PAVILION, AND THE DESIRABILITY TO LOCATE THE SITE REASONABLY AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ENSURING THAT IT IS RELATIVELY EASILY ACCESSIBLE, ALL MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE," MR BARNES SAID.
TWO MOTIONS PASSED AFTER 5-HOUR DEBATES
TWO
MOTIONS, ONE ON PRESS PREEDOM AND THE OTHER ON THE CHARTER YOUTH, WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AFTER A TOTAL OF FIVE-HOUR DEBATE THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
FOR
THE FIRST MOTION MOVED BY THE HON EMILY LAU ON PRESS FREEDOM WAS PASSED AFTER A TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR DEBATE BY 15 LEGISLATORS.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, 3IR DAVID FORD SPOKE ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT.
THE
TWENTY-FOUR MEMBERS SPOKE ON THE YOUTH MOTION, MOVED BY THE ERIC LI ON THE CHARTER FOR YOUTH. THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MICHAEL SUEN, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
HON MR
IN ADDITION, EIGHT MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SERVICES, WHICH WAS RAISED BY THE HON WONG WAI- YIN.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
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