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SUNDAY, NY 12, 1985

COUNCILLOR WANTS ANSWERS TO DOG PROBLEMS

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URBAN COUNCILLOR MRS MARGARET LI IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROWTH AND SIZE OF THE CANINE POPULATION IN THE URBAN AREA.

AND AT TUESDAY'S MONTHLY OPEN MEETING OF THE URBAN COUNCIL SHE WILL ASK SEVERAL RELEVANT QUESTIONS, INCLUDING DETAILS OF THE ESTIMATED DAILY OUTPUT OF DOG URINE AND EXCRETA, AND THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF EXCRETA COLLECTED ON STREET OR FROM DOG LATRINES IN THE URBAN AREA.

MRS LI ALSO WISHES TO FIND OUT WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT, CONTAINMENT OR DETERIORATION OF THE PROBLEM SINCE THE LAST BLITZ ON DOG FOULING OF STREETS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

SHE ALSO WANTS TO KNOW IF AN EDUCATIVE ELEMENT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY FUTURE BLITZ OPERATION TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW OF THE TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE AND THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF DOG FOULING ON HUMAN HEALTH.

MR WALTER SULKE WILL ENQUIRE ABOUT THE PRESENT POSITION WITH REGARD TO HIS EARLIER PROPOSAL TO SET UP +SPEAKER'S CORNERS+ IN TWO UC PARKS AND ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF THE BANYAN TREES IN STANLEY.

HE WILL ALSO ASK IF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AN INVENTORY OF OLD AND HISTORIC TREES, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHERE TOWN PLANNING INDICATES FURTHER RIBBON DEVELOPMENT.

ON THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS SUSTAINED BY USD STAFF, SULKE WANTS TO KNOW IF THE FIGURES FOR 1984 SHOW ANY IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RECORD.

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FOLLOWING THE QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION, THE MEETING WILL GO INTO COMMITTEE WHEN MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS SEVEN PAPERS WHICH WOULD NORMALLY BE DELIBERATED AT THE FORTNIGHTLY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE.

AMONG THE TOPICS ARE IMPROVEMENT TO VENTILATION PROVISIONS IN URBAN COUNCIL MARKETS PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION FOR THE USD TRAINING SCHOOL, PROGRESS REPORT ON UC CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GARDEN AND A PLAYGROUND AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD.

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