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MR. LI YIU BOR asked the following question :-
"I have learnt from some settlers of Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area that the water pipes there are usually blocked up with earth and sand after a rain with the result that the settlers cannot use the mains water for several days at a time.
Will the Chairman ask the Commissioner for Resettlement what steps will be taken to improve the situation ?"
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows :-
"Water for the Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area is not supplied from mains but from a separate small reservoir, and blockages occur because this reservoir is fed by a stream which carries a large amount of silt after heavy rainfall. I am informed that the Water Authority has already put in hand measures to improve the position.
I should add that the area supplied by this reservoir has much longer supply hours than other parts of the urban areas at present, for example, there is a 24 hour supply. When blockages do occur they are usually cleared within 4 to 5 hours and I am assured that in no case has there been a delay from this cause of more than 24 hours."
MOTIONS.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following resolution :-
"That this Council recommends to Government that legislation in the form of the draft Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance be introduced.”
He said: The need for extensive revision and consolidation of the Laws affecting the Urban Services Department has been apparent for some years and in 1955, on the motion of Mr. P. C. Woo, this Council resolved unanimously to appoint a special Select Committee to review all the legislation which it is the duty of the Council to enforce, and to make proposals for its revision. The final draft of the Ordinance was laid on the table at the July meeting of Council and Members were invited to put forward any comments. No comments were received and it is now proposed that this draft Bill should be submitted to Government for enactment if approved.
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I cannot speak too highly of the manner in which Members of the Select Committee in question and the staff of this Department, under the able guidance of Mr. Bodilly of the Legal Department, have toiled away at this terrific task. Thursday mornings have become a by-word in the Department for hard work and our thanks are due to the two Chairmen Mr. P. C. Woo and Mr. C. Y. Kwan who set such a fine example. During this period the Committee on Law Revision held 111 meetings totalling 278 hours 42 minutes and has produced not only this draft Bill but also 27 sets of draft By-laws, which cannot be submitted to the Council until the Bill is enacted.
Briefly the draft Bill combines and consolidates in flexible form all the old enabling legislation, including that relating to Boarding Houses, Public Health (Sanitation and Food), Advertisements, Adulterated Food and Drugs, Hawkers, Pleasure Grounds and Public Places. A detailed exposition of the objects and reasons is given as an Appendix.
I do not really feel that I am worthy to be the proposer of such an important motion, in that my tenure of this office has been so brief. It has, however, been long enough for me to appreciate the very valuable contribution which this legislation will make towards the smooth running of the Urban Services Department and I therefore have the greatest of pleasure in moving the resolution for its adoption.
MR. C. Y. KWAN seconded.
He said: Mr. Chairman, it gives me very great pleasure to second the motion now before the Council. The primary object of the proposed new legislation is to bring the law relating to public health and urban services up to date, with a view to safeguarding and improving public health. The proposed draft Bill now before the Council has been designed to attain that object. I do not propose to go into details here, but the Objects and Reasons and the Comparative Table appearing in the draft will give you a general picture of the scope of the proposed Bill and of what it sets out to do. The Fifth Schedule to the Bill will tell you what existing ordinances will be repealed or amended by the proposed new legislation, and the extent to which they will be repealed or amended.
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MR. LI YIU BOR asked the following question :-
"I have learnt from some settlers of Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area that the water pipes there are usually blocked up with earth and sand after a rain with the result that the settlers cannot use the mains water for several days at a time.
Will the Chairman ask the Commissioner for Resettle- ment what steps will be taken to improve the situation ?"
THE COMMISSioner for ReSETTLEMENT replied as follows :-
"Water for the Ngau Tau Kok Resettlement Area is not supplied from mains but from a separate small reservoir, and blockages occur because this reservoir is fed by a stream which carries a large amount of silt after heavy rainfall. I am informed that the Water Authority has already put in hand measures to improve the position.
I should add that the area supplied by this reservoir has much longer supply hours than other parts of the urban areas at present, for example, there is a 24 hour supply. When blockages do occur they are usually cleared within 4 to 5 hours and I am assured that in no case has there been a delay from this cause of more than 24 hours."
MOTIONS.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following resolution :
"That this Council recommends to Government that legislation in the form of the draft Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance be introduced.”
He said: The need for extensive revision and consolidation of the Laws affecting the Urban Services Department has been apparent for some years and in 1955, on the motion of Mr. P. C. Woo, this Council resolved unanimously to appoint a special Select Committee to review all the legislation which it is the duty of the Council to enforce, and to make proposals for its revision. The final draft of the Ordinance was laid on the table at the July meeting of Council and Members were invited to put forward any
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comments. No comments were received and it is now proposed that this draft Bill should be submitted to Government for enact- ment if approved.
I cannot speak too highly of the manner in which Members of the Select Committee in question and the staff of this Depart- ment, under the able guidance of Mr. Bodilly of the Legal Department, have toiled away at this terrific task. Thursday mornings have become a by-word in the Department for hard work and our thanks are due to the two Chairmen Mr. P. C. Woo and Mr. C. Y. Kwan who set such a fine example. During this period the Committee on Law Revision held 111 meetings total- ling 278 hours 42 minutes and has produced not only this draft Bill but also 27 sets of draft By-laws, which cannot be submitted to the Council until the Bill is enacted.
Briefly the draft Bill combines and consolidates in flexible form all the old enabling legislation, including that relating to Boarding Houses, Public Health (Sanitation and Food), Adver- tisements, Adulterated Food and Drugs, Hawkers, Pleasure Grounds and Public Places. A detailed exposition of the objects and reasons is given as an Appendix.
I do not really feel that I am worthy to be the proposer of such an important motion, in that my tenure of this office has been so brief. It has, however, been long enough for me to appreciate the very valuable contribution which this legislation will make towards the smooth running of the Urban Services Department and I therefore have the greatest of pleasure in moving the resolution for its adoption.
MR. C. Y. KWAN seconded.
He said: Mr. Chairman, it gives me very great pleasure to second the motion now before the Council. The primary object of the proposed new legislation is to bring the law relating to public health and urban services up to date, with a view to safeguarding and improving public health. The proposed draft Bill now before the Council has been designed to attain that object. I do not propose to go into details here, but the Objects and Reasons and the Comparative Table appearing in the draft will give you a general picture of the scope of the proposed Bill and of what it sets out to do. The Fifth Schedule to the Bill will tell you what existing ordinances will be repealed or amended by the proposed new legislation, and the extent to which they will be repealed or amended.
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