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CHAIRMAN :- Before proceeding with the first item on the Agenda I feel sure members will wish me on behalf of the Council to congratulate Mr. Fung Ping Fan on the award of the O.B.E. by Her Majesty the Queen. (Applause).
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 3rd June, 1958 were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid on the table the following papers :- (1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of June, 1958.
(2) Report of the Law Revision Select Committee.
He said: These include a report by the Law Revision Select Committee heralding the end of the laborious task of reviewing all the legislation which it is the duty of this Council to enforce.
The result of two and a half years of devoted and detailed work is a comprehensive draft of a new Public Health and Urban Services Department Ordinance, complete with almost all the required subsidiary legislation in draft form. It will be appreciated that the preparation of the subsidiary legislation had to proceed simultaneously with the main ordinance in order to ensure that the powers would be appropriately dovetailed.
At the next meeting of this Council a motion will be put forward to the effect that "this Council recommends to Government that legislation in the form of the draft Public Health and Urban Services Department Ordinance be introduced." The intention is that if enacted the new Ordinance will be brought into force by proclamation on a suitable date, and this Council will then be asked to approve the necessary subsidiary legislation.
Copies of the draft Ordinance are in the hands of members, and should any member require a discussion of any points of the proposed new legislation this will be arranged on the Secretary being notified.
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QUESTIONS.
DR. A. M. S. BELL asked the following question :—
"In view of the obvious danger to life due to the heavy traffic and narrowness of the road, will the Commissioner for Resettlement give some idea as to when the squatter huts on either side of Tai Hang Road and Boundary Street are likely to be cleared and the occupants resettled ?"
THE COMMISSIONER for Resettlement replied as follows :—
"The squatters at present occupying structures along the Tai Hang Tung approach road are all victims of the Fa Hui Village fire of October, 1956. These people and all other victims of this fire who have been occupying temporary structures will be offered resettlement in Wong Tai Sin Estate in September, 1958. The squatters on the south side of Boundary Street between Tai Hang Tung Road and Sai Yee Street will be cleared and offered resettlement in August, this year."
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question :
"A number of industrial workers in the Kau Man Tsuen Resettlement Area have complained that it is not safe to return home to the resettlement area at night; could the Commissioner for Resettlement advise whether public light could be installed at an early date between the main road in Shau Kei Wan and this resettlement area?"
THE COMMISSIONER for RESETTLEMENT replied as follows :-
"Arrangements are now being made for public lighting to be installed within the next few months on the path between the main road and the Fu Tau Wat Resettlement Area, to which this question refers.”
MR. CHEONG-LEEN :- Thank you. I am glad to see that some action is being taken after so many years of questions.
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
CHAIRMAN :-Before proceeding with the first item on the Agenda I feel sure members will wish me on behalf of the Council to congratulate Mr. Fung Ping Fan on the award of the O.B.E. by Her Majesty the Queen. (Applause).
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 3rd June, 1958 were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid on the table the following papers :- (1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of June, 1958.
(2) Report of the Law Revision Select Committee.
He said: These include a report by the Law Revision Select Committee heralding the end of the laborious task of re- viewing all the legislation which it is the duty of this Council to enforce.
The result of two and a half years of devoted and detailed work is a comprehensive draft of a new Public Health and Urban Services Department Ordinance, complete with almost all the required subsidiary legislation in draft form. It will be appre- ciated that the preparation of the subsidiary legislation had to proceed simultaneously with the main ordinance in order to ensure that the powers would be appropriately dovetailed.
At the next meeting of this Council a motion will be put forward to the effect that "this Council recommends to Govern- ment that legislation in the form of the draft Public Health and Urban Services Department Ordinance be introduced." The intention is that if enacted the new Ordinance will be brought into force by proclamation on a suitable date, and this Council will then be asked to approve the necessary subsidiary legislation.
Copies of the draft Ordinance are in the hands of members, and should any member require a discussion of any points of the proposed new legislation this will be arranged on the Secretary being notified.
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
97
QUESTIONS.
DR. A. M. S. BELL asked the following question :—
"In view of the obvious danger to life due to the heavy traffic and narrowness of the road, will the Com- missioner for Resettlement give some idea as to when the squatter huts on either side of Tai Hang Road and Boundary Street are likely to be cleared and the occupants resettled ?"
THE COMMISSioner for Resettlement replied as follows :—
"The squatters at present occupying structures along the Tai Hang Tung approach road are all victims of the Fa Hui Village fire of October, 1956. These people and all other victims of this fire who have been occupying temporary structures will be offered reset- tlement in Wong Tai Sin Estate in September, 1958. The squatters on the south side of Boundary Street between Tai Hang Tung Road and Sai Yee Street will be cleared and offered resettlement in August, this year."
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question
"A number of industrial workers in the Kau Man Tsuen Resettlement Area have complained that it is not safe to return home to the resettlement area at night; could the Commissioner for Resettlement advise whether public light could be installed at an early date between the main road in Shau Kei Wan and this resettlement area?"
THE COMMISSIoner for ResETTLEMENT replied as follows :-
"Arrangements are now being made for public lighting
to be installed within the next few months on the path between the main road and the Fu Tau Wat Resettlement Area, to which this question refers.”
MR. CHEONG-LEEN :-Thank you. I am glad to see that some action is being taken after so many years of questions.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.