CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX 'C' TO XCC(71)20
Present Mandatory & Permissible Functions of the Urban Council & Changes Recommended
by the Government
Authority
Present Mandatory
Functions
Present Permissible Functions
PUBLIC HOUSING
Resettle-o ment Ord. (Cap 304)
Pt IV & V
P.H.&U.S. Ord.
(Cap 132) Sec 56
P
Sec
35
49
40
42
41
Sec 88
· " ~ 55
Resettlement
Competent authority for the management of resettlement areas and estates and
resettlement factory areas in the urban area.
ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH (including hygiene & sanitation)
Control & Licensing Restaurants/light refreshment restaurants/ food factories/cooked food stalls/frozen con- fections/milk/bakeries/ fresh provision shops/ Siu Mei & Lo Mei shops
Commercial bathhouses, offensive trades (in- cluding the declaration of such trades), laundries, swimming pools (other than public pools and private pools not open to the public, i.e. not a club or association pool) Wash-houses (no licence
required)
Labourers' lines
Basements
Control of use for human habitation
Tenements, hotels and
boarding houses
Overcrowding and pro-
tection of health
Control of food
Colouring matter in food Dried milk
Food adulteration
(metallic contamination) Food (composition &
labelling)
Mineral oil in food
Preservatives in food
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CONFIDENTIAL
Changes Recommended by Government
No change at present.
Expand to include the control & licensing of barber shops, liquor licensing, billiard saloons, cinemas (Police to retain power to license live shows), bowling alleys, skating rinks, table tennis saloons.
No change
No change
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Private notes are available after approval.