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government has not yet provided the Urban Services Department with the urgently required staff in order to implement the policy in resettlement estates and elsewhere.
MR. HU: Mr. Chairman, the purpose of my asking this ques-
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CHAIRMAN:-Are you asking a supplementary, Mr. Hu?
MR. HU: --Yes, is that during two days in succession I formed the view that physically it would be impossible for the Urban Services Staff to deal with the hawkers in resettlement estates . . .
CHAIRMAN:-Mr. Hu, question please.
MR. HU:-Yes, would it be better that hawkers in resettlement estates be dealt with by Resettlement estate staff instead of Urban Services staff?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Mr. Chairman, whether it is to be dealt with by the Urban Services Department Resettlement Department or any other department, we still need manpower. We have to find people to do it.
MR. HU: So the position I would like to raise is how . . .
CHAIRMAN:-Question, I hope, Mr. Hu?
MR. HU:-Yes, I am sorry. The hawkers in the Resettlement Estates nobody really takes care of them. Would that be the posi- tion, Mr. Chairman?
CHAIRMAN:-Not at all.
(The Director of Social Welfare left at this point).
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, Mr. Hu has put forward a germ of a thought which you could take home with you and mull over and have a review with your staff and with the staff of the Resettlement Department. I think what Mr. Hu is really trying to get at is could the Resettlement Department take on additional responsibilities in the control of hawkers in Resettlement estates, but there are practical difficulties and we hope that as soon as we do get the additional staff required there will be greater impetus in the management and control of hawkers in resettlement estates because this is very urgently needed.
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CHAIRMAN:-Are you answering a question or asking a supple- mentary? (Laughter).
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