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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1985

IN VIEW OF THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE ELSEWHERE AND ITS CONNECTION WITH AIR-CONDITIONING, MRS MARGARET LI WILL ASK WHETHER THE COUNCIL WOULD STUDY WHAT MEASURES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, SAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN RESPECT OF MAINTENANCE OF AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WOULD KEEP ABREAST WITH FINDINGS IN THIS ASPECT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS IN REGULATION AND CONTROL OF VENTILATING SYSTEMS IN SCHEDULED PREMISES.

CONCERNING THE DESIGN AND EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE, MR WALTER SULKE WISHES TO FIND OUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD INSIST ON TAKING UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERALL DESIGN OF BUILDINGS WHICH IT WILL LATER MANAGE, SO AS TO PREVENT DESIGN PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE ENCOUNTERED AT THE COLISEUM.

MR SULKE WILL ALSO ENQUIRE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UP SPECIAL GARDENS FOR THE BLIND IN PARKS AND SITTING-OUT AREAS WHICH COULD BE FILLED WITH STRONGLY

· SCENTED FLOWERS AND TREES AND POSSIBLY WITH BRAILLE PLAQUES TO IDENTIFY THEM.

MR LAM CHAK-PIU WANTS TO KNOW HOW THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CO-ORDINATING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO REMOVE JUNK AND DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND AFTER SQUATTER CLEARANCES.

HE WILL ALSO ASK WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS TO CONTROL HAWKERS PLYING TRADES ON FOOTBRIDGES, SUBWAYS AND MAIN STREETS.

DURING COMMITTEE STAGE, COUNCILLORS WILL DISCUSS SIX PAPERS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND A SITTING-OUT AREA AT ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPEN MEETING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN EDINBURGH PLACE AT 2.30 P.M. ON TUESDAY (JUNE 11).

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