1965-HKRS32-8-71_Part02 — Page 4

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 9th February, 1966, at 2.30 p.m.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

[FIRMATION OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 19TH JANUARY, 1966.

PAPERS TO BE LAID.

QUESTIONS.

(1) Mr. Kan Tnet-keung, pursuant to notice, will ask the following

questions :

(1) Will the Director of Medical and Health Services

amplify his recent public statement concerning

the casualty departments of Government hospitals by giving to this Council full details of the staffing of these departments; in particular, the number of doctora serving in the departments, their professional qualifications and experience, the length of each duty period and the number of dooters on duty in each auch period?

(11) Will the Director also inform this Council the

average length of service in the casualty departments of doctors serving in them during 1965?

(iii) Can the Director indicate how often the specialist units referrad to by him in the said public statement were consulted by the casualty departments during the same period

(2) Mr. K.A. Watson, pursuant to notice, will ask the following

questions :-

(1) (a) Is it true that if a nar has bean towed away by the Police for an alleged infringement of certain parking and waiting regulations the owner can only get it back if he is prepared to pay a fee of $50, which is not returnable, or if its release is ordered by a court or magistrate, which, under present conditions, is likely to mean a detention of the vehicle for about aix weeks?

(b) In view of the hardship that this would impose

on a person whose car may have been wrongly towed away, would Goverbiënt be willing to consider changing the regulations to enable such a man to get back his car before the court proceedings, either with or without paying the fee of $50, such fee being returnable to him should his innocence be proved?

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