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DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question :-
"The Health Education Campaign has already been in progress,
(a) Would the Chairman indicate whether this Campaign has been extended to the Resettlement Estates; and if not,
(b) Would the Chairman explain why in the Resettlement Estates which is the target area, this has not been done?"
THE CHAIRMAN tabled the following written reply :-
"The answer to the first part of your question is "Yes". As Chairman of the Health Education Select Committee, you will no doubt be aware that the intention was to display posters in resettlement estates and distribute handbills; this has been done.
Also a broadcasting van is visiting these estates weekly and distributing more handbills at the same time."
DR. Woo: May I ask a supplementary question?
CHAIRMAN :-Certainly.
Dr. Woo:-Is the report given in the answer precisely correct, because when I visited Shek Kip Mei on 24th April there is no definite campaign started over there?
CHAIRMAN :—Are you putting a question or making a statement?
DR. Woo :-I want to know whether the report given in this answer is precisely correct.
CHAIRMAN: As far as I know it is precisely correct.
DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question :-
"The Council adopted the Hawkers Report in March and intended that as the future policy, all general purpose stalls will be downgraded into Fixed Pitches. Because of the very long waiting list a number of hawkers whose applications for general-purpose stalls have been approved for a long time 12 months ago have not had the opportunity of choosing a site.
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These approved applicants were called for the first time very recently and to their amazement and disappointment were told they were not to have the general-purpose stall licence but instead they were given a Fixed Pitch licence-
(a) Would the Chairman say whether this short notice is in accordance with policy?
(b) Would the Chairman ask the relevant Select Committee to consider whether these hawkers might be allowed to get a site for the general-purpose stall and to warn them that with the new policy adopted by the Council of downgrading all the general-purpose stalls, when in due course all the existing general-purpose stalls are converted into fixed pitches, they will have to do the same?"
THE CHAIRMAN tabled the following written reply
"On 14th February, 1958 the Hawkers (Policy) Select Committee decided that, subject to acceptance of the Hawker Report by Council, no more General Purpose Stall licences would be issued. This decision became effective on 4th March, the day the Hawker Report was accepted by Council.
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At that time there were 288 persons whose applications for General Purpose Stall licences had been approved in principle subject to the selection by the applicant of a site from the list of approved vacant sites. Of these 288 persons only 61 had never been asked to select a site, the applications of these 61 having been approved in principle only a fortnight or less before 4th March.
The remainder of the applicants have all had plenty of opportunities to choose sites but have not taken up any available ones. Any applicant who has been on the waiting list for as long as 12 months will have been offered sites six times.
I have no objection to the Select Committee reconsidering this question and shall be glad to ask it to do so."
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Page 44 of 139
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question :-
"The Health Education Campaign has already been in
progress,
(a) Would the Chairman indicate whether this Campaign has been extended to the Resettle- ment Estates; and if not,
(b) Would the Chairman explain why in the Re- settlement Estates which is the target area, this has not been done?"
THE CHAIRMAN tabled the following written reply :-
"The answer to the first part of your question is "Yes". As Chairman of the Health Education Select Com- mittee, you will no doubt be aware that the intention was to display posters in resettlement estates and distribute handbills; this has been done.
Also a broadcasting van is visiting these estates weekly and distributing more handbills at the same time."
DR. Woo: May I ask a supplementary question?
CHAIRMAN :-Certainly.
Dr. Woo:-Is the report given in the answer precisely correct, because when I visited Shek Kip Mei on 24th April there is no definite campaign started over there?
CHAIRMAN :—Are you putting a question or making a statement?
DR. Woo :-I want to know whether the report given in this answer is precisely correct.
CHAIRMAN: As far as I know it is precisely correct.
DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question :-
"The Council adopted the Hawkers Report in March and intended that as the future policy, all general purpose stalls will be downgraded into Fixed Pitches. Because of the very long waiting list a number of hawkers whose applications for general-purpose stalls have been approved for a long time 12 months ago have not had the opportunity of choosing a site.
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These approved applicants were called for the first time very recently and to their amazement and dis- appointment were told they were not to have the general-purpose stall licence but instead they were given a Fixed Pitch licence-
(a) Would the Chairman say whether this short
notice is in accordance with policy?
(b) Would the Chairman ask the relevant Select Committee to consider whether these hawkers might be allowed to get a site for the general- purpose stall and to warn them that with the new policy adopted by the Council of down- grading all the general-purpose stalls, when in due course all the existing general-purpose stalls are converted into fixed pitches, they will have to do the same?"
THE CHAIRMAN tabled the following written reply
"On 14th February, 1958 the Hawkers (Policy) Select Committee decided that, subject to acceptance of the Hawker Report by Council, no more General Purpose Stall licences would be issued. This deci- sion became effective on 4th March, the day the Hawker Report was accepted by Council.
2.
3.
4.
At that time there were 288 persons whose applica- tions for General Purpose Stall licences had been approved in principle subject to the selection by the applicant of a site from the list of approved vacant sites. Of these 288 persons only 61 had never been asked to select a site, the applications of these 61 having been approved in principle only a fortnight or less before 4th March.
The remainder of the applicants have all had plenty of opportunities to choose sites but have not taken up any available ones. Any applicant who has been on the waiting list for as long as 12 months will have been offered sites six times.
I have no objection to the Select Committee recon- sidering this question and shall be glad to ask it to do so."
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