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QUESTIONS

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Mr. Y. K. Kan to ask:

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Has a survey been conducted recently on the waiting times during

rush hours and at weekends at the vehicular ferry?

If not,

will the Commissioner of Transport do so and publish the result for public information?

Mr. Y. K. Kan to ask;

Has the Financial Secretary any further statement to make concerning

KMB's request for review of their terms of franchise including royalty which, according to the Acting Financial Secretary in the Debate on Adjournment on the 25th September 1968, were then under examination by Government?

Mr. Y. K. Kan to ask:

It is alleged that many road accidents were attributed to the fault of

pedestrians. How many persons have been prosecuted for jaywalking during the past six months and with what results ?

Mr. Fung Hon-chu to ask:

According to recent press reports, it would appear that the medical

facilities, particularly as regarde the staffing position, in the outlying districts, such as Tung Chung, Silvermine Bay and Peng Chau, are less satisfactory than in the urban areas, If so, can anything be done to improve the situation?

Mr. Fung Hon-chu to ask:

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Will Government let us know how favourable has been the response

from the medical profession to its offer of 3-yearly contract terms as an inducement to get more doctors to join Government service?

6 Mr. P. C. Woo to ask:

The sanitation of villages and small towns in the New Territories

is of increasing importance to the people there. In the light of His Excellency the Governor's statement on 5th July of last year that "it remains Government's intention that the New Territories people should receive facilities for education, medical care, recreation and the other indispensable requisites of a full and healthy life to as far as possible the same standards as are provided elsewhere in Hong Kong", have any steps been taken by Government to meet the sanitation needs of these villages and small towns as the people are concerned that there should be adequate provision for aqua privies, incinerators and cleansing staff?

STATEMENT

The Attorney General: The Matrimonial Causes Rules 1958,

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

MOTION (in Committee)

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED

30TH SEPTEMBER 1938

The Financial Secretary:

That this Council approves the proposals set out in Paper No. 2

of 1938/39.

FIRST READING OF BILLS

Agricultural Products (Marketing) (Amendment) Bill 1909

Law Revision (Miscellaneous Repeals) Bil 1969

Mining (Amendraent) Bill 1969

Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Amendment) Bill 1969

SECOND READING OF BILLS

Financial Secretary: Agricultural Products (Marketing) (Amendment)

Bi 1909

Attorney General:

Mr. Hetherington:

Mr. Hetherington:

Law Revision (Miscellaneous Repeals) Bill 1939

Mining (Amendment) Bill 1969

Factories and Industrial Undertakings

(Amendment) Bill 1939

COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING

Attorney General:

Registrar General (Establishment) Bill 1969

D. Barton

Deputy Clerk of Councils