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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

Statistics show that spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, in consequence of which the general nuisance from these insects must be expected to increase during these periods of the year.

The Department at present has eighteen specially trained mosquito control units (1 Pest Control Foreman and 1 Pest Control Coolie per unit) working full-time on the control of mosquito breeding. Complaints are investigated, careful surveys are made for location of breeding places, and all larvae or pupae found are destroyed; at the same time both verbal and written advice is given to the public on the prevention of mosquito breeding and legal action is taken where necessary. During April this year a total of 1,431 mosquito breeding places were located and dealt with by the Department's Pest Control Section.

Due to the great amount of building construction at present going on in the Colony and the constant extension of built-up areas, there is need for additional staff for mosquito control. Provision having been made in the 1959-60 Estimates, action is now being taken to supplement the existing staff by four special units of 1 Foreman and 5 Coolies for work on building sites, and three other units for work in outlying areas.

The general public can assist in keeping down the number of mosquitoes by ensuring that all stagnant water is drained, and by reporting to the Pest Control Officer the existence of possible breeding places.

MR. SALES:-As I am sure you will agree with me that the general public judges the performance of the Urban Services Department by the results, may I ask whether the inadequate staff is working overtime to cope with the situation?

CHAIRMAN:-I am afraid I cannot give you figures of overtime work by the Pest Control Staff. Suffice to say that the staff is being augmented, as I have explained.

MR. SALES: Thank you very much. I wish to clear the impression in the public mind that the mosquitoes are working harder than the Urban Services Department at this time of the year.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-A point of clarification on the first sentence of your reply. When you say spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, do you mean to say they are particularly good seasons for breeding?

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CHAIRMAN:-That is just a small point. It happens that there was much early rain and I think that has quite a lot to do with the prevalence of these mosquitoes.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-One supplementary question. I remember that last year or the year before last it was pointed out that the scaffolding put up by many building contractors were serious breeders of mosquitoes, especially immediately after the rains fell. Would the Chairman consider again contacting the Building Contractors Association and getting their support in this connexion again?

CHAIRMAN:-I agree, Mr. Cheong-Leen, that bamboos are largely responsible for mosquito breeding and we shall be very happy to approach the Building Contractors Association again.

ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN.

CHAIRMAN:-Today we bid farewell with extreme regret to Duggie Clague who has sat on this Council since 1952 and earned the greatest respect from all of us for his devotion to the wellbeing of Hong Kong, his sound commonsense, his business acumen and his cheerful good humour.

He must be one of the busiest people in the Colony but I know from my personal experience that nothing is too much trouble for him. We are proud to have had him with us and I am sure that you will join me in thanking him and wishing him good luck for the future. (Applause).

DR. R. H. S. LEE:-I would like to associate myself with your remarks about my friend Duggie Clague whom I have known during the war years and also after the war years in this Council. It is only a few minutes ago that I learned this very sad decision of Col. Clague, with whom we have associated in this Council, and I quite agree with you that Duggie has put in a lot of good work in this Council. As Col. Clague has many irons in the fire I am sure many other organizations claim his time. I am glad to know that the public of Hong Kong will not lose Col. Clague entirely. It might be this Council's loss, but the Legislative Council's gain. I wish Col. Clague and Mrs. Clague a very happy and joyful time.

MR. LI YIU BOR:-I rise to associate myself with your remarks and the remarks of Dr. Lee on the retirement of Col. Clague from this Council. We wish him every success in every field of work and wish him and Mrs. Clague best of health and many happy years.

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Page 48 of 107 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Statistics show that spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, in consequence of which the general nuisance from these insects must be expected to increase during these periods of the year. The Department at present has eighteen specially trained mosquito control units (1 Pest Control Foreman and 1 Pest Control Coolie per unit) working full-time on the control of mosquito breeding. Complaints are investigated, careful surveys are made for location of breeding places, and all larvae or pupae found are destroyed; at the same time both verbal and written advice is given to the public on the prevention of mosquito breeding and legal action is taken where necessary. During April this year a total of 1,431 mosquito breeding places were located and dealt with by the Department's Pest Control Section. Due to the great amount of building construction at present going on in the Colony and the constant extension of built-up areas, there is need for additional staff for mosquito control. Provision having been made in the 1959-60 Estimates, action is now being taken to supplement the existing staff by four special units of 1 Foreman and 5 Coolies for work on building sites, and three other units for work in outlying areas. The general public can assist in keeping down the number of mosquitoes by ensuring that all stagnant water is drained, and by reporting to the Pest Control Officer the existence of possible breeding places. MR. SALES:-As I am sure you will agree with me that the general public judges the performance of the Urban Services Department by the results, may I ask whether the inadequate staff is working overtime to cope with the situation? CHAIRMAN:-I am afraid I cannot give you figures of overtime work by the Pest Control Staff. Suffice to say that the staff is being augmented, as I have explained. MR. SALES: Thank you very much. I wish to clear the impression in the public mind that the mosquitoes are working harder than the Urban Services Department at this time of the year. MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-A point of clarification on the first sentence of your reply. When you say spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, do you mean to say they are particularly good seasons for breeding? HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 81 CHAIRMAN:-That is just a small point. It happens that there was much early rain and I think that has quite a lot to do with the prevalence of these mosquitoes. MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-One supplementary question. I remember that last year or the year before last it was pointed out that the scaffolding put up by many building contractors were serious breeders of mosquitoes, especially immediately after the rains fell. Would the Chairman consider again contacting the Building Contractors Association and getting their support in this connexion again? CHAIRMAN:-I agree, Mr. Cheong-Leen, that bamboos are largely responsible for mosquito breeding and we shall be very happy to approach the Building Contractors Association again. ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN:-Today we bid farewell with extreme regret to Duggie Clague who has sat on this Council since 1952 and earned the greatest respect from all of us for his devotion to the wellbeing of Hong Kong, his sound commonsense, his business acumen and his cheerful good humour. He must be one of the busiest people in the Colony but I know from my personal experience that nothing is too much trouble for him. We are proud to have had him with us and I am sure that you will join me in thanking him and wishing him good luck for the future. (Applause). DR. R. H. S. LEE:-I would like to associate myself with your remarks about my friend Duggie Clague whom I have known during the war years and also after the war years in this Council. It is only a few minutes ago that I learned this very sad decision of Col. Clague, with whom we have associated in this Council, and I quite agree with you that Duggie has put in a lot of good work in this Council. As Col. Clague has many irons in the fire I am sure many other organizations claim his time. I am glad to know that the public of Hong Kong will not lose Col. Clague entirely. It might be this Council's loss, but the Legislative Council's gain. I wish Col. Clague and Mrs. Clague a very happy and joyful time. MR. LI YIU BOR:-I rise to associate myself with your remarks and the remarks of Dr. Lee on the retirement of Col. Clague from this Council. We wish him every success in every field of work and wish him and Mrs. Clague best of health and many happy years. Page 48 of 107 80 107

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107 Page 48 of 107 Page 48 of 107 80 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Statistics show that spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, in con- sequence of which the general nuisance from these insects must be expected to increase during these periods of the year. The Department at present has eighteen specially trained mosquito control units (1 Pest Control Foreman and 1 Pest Control Coolie per unit) working full-time on the control of mosquito breeding. Com- plaints are investigated, careful surveys are made for location of breeding places, and all larvae or pupae found are destroyed; at the same time both verbal and written advice is given to the public on the prevention of mosquito breeding and legal action is taken where necessary. During April this year a total of 1,431 mosquito breeding places were located and dealt with by the Department's Pest Control Section. Due to the great amount of building construction at present going on in the Colony and the constant extension of built-up areas, there is need for additional staff for mosquito control. Provision having been made in the 1959-60 Estimates, action is now being taken to supple- ment the existing staff by four special units of 1 Foreman and 5 Coolies for work on building sites, and three other units for work in outlying areas. The general public can assist in keeping down the number of mosquitoes by ensuring that all stagnant water is drained, and by reporting to the Pest Control Officer the existence of possible breeding places." MR. SALES-As I am sure you will agree with me that the general public judges the performance of the Urban Services Depart- ment by the results, may I ask whether the inadequate staff is working overtime to cope with the situation? CHAIRMAN:-I am afraid I cannot give you figures of overtime work by the Pest Control Staff. Suffice to say that the staff is being augmented, as I have explained. MR. SALES: Thank you very much. I wish to clear the impres- sion in the public mind that the mosquitoes are working harder than the Urban Services Department at this time of the year. MR. CHEONG-LEEN:—A point of clarification on the first sentence of your reply. When you say spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, do you mean to say they are particularly good seasons for breeding? HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 81 CHAIRMAN:-That is just a small point. It happens that there was much early rain and I think that has quite a lot to do with the prevalence of these mosquitoes. MR. CHEONG-LEEN: -One supplementary question. I remember that last year or the year before last it was pointed out that the scaffolding put up by many building contractors were serious breeders of mosquitoes, especially immediately after the rains fell. Would the Chairman consider again contacting the Building contractors Associa- tion and getting their support in this connexion again? CHAIRMAN:-I agree, Mr. Cheong-Leen, that bamboos are largely responsible for mosquito breeding and we shall be very happy to approach the Building Contractors Association again. ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN: -Today we bid farewell with extreme regret to Duggie Clague who has sat on this Council since 1952 and earned the greatest respect from all of us for his devotion to the wellbeing of Hong Kong, his sound commonsense, his business acumen and his cheerful good humour. He must be one of the busiest people in the Colony but I know from my personal experience that nothing is too much trouble for him. We are proud to have had him with us and I am sure that you will join me in thanking him and wishing him good luck for the future. (Applause). DR. R. H. S. LEE:-I would like to associate myself with your remarks about my friend Duggie Clague whom I have known during the war years and also after the war years in this Council. It is only a few minutes ago that I learned this very sad decision of Col. Clague, with whom we have associated in this Council, and I quite agree with you that Duggie has put in a lot of good work in this Council. As Col. Clague has many irons in the fire I am sure many other organiza- tions claim his time. I am glad to know that the public of Hong Kong will not lose Col. Clague entirely. It might be this Council's loss, but the Legislative Council's gain. I wish Col. Clague and Mrs. Clague a very happy and joyful time. MR. LI YIU BOR:-I rise to associate myself with your remarks and the remarks of Dr. Lee on the retirement of Col. Clague from this Council. We wish him every success in every field of work and wish him and Mrs. Clague best of health and many happy years.

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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

Statistics show that spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, in con- sequence of which the general nuisance from these insects must be expected to increase during these periods of the year.

The Department at present has eighteen specially trained mosquito control units (1 Pest Control Foreman and 1 Pest Control Coolie per unit) working full-time on the control of mosquito breeding. Com- plaints are investigated, careful surveys are made for location of breeding places, and all larvae or pupae found are destroyed; at the same time both verbal and written advice is given to the public on the prevention of mosquito breeding and legal action is taken where necessary. During April this year a total of 1,431 mosquito breeding places were located and dealt with by the Department's Pest Control Section.

Due to the great amount of building construction at present going on in the Colony and the constant extension of built-up areas, there is need for additional staff for mosquito control. Provision having been made in the 1959-60 Estimates, action is now being taken to supple- ment the existing staff by four special units of 1 Foreman and 5 Coolies for work on building sites, and three other units for work in outlying areas.

MR. SALES-As I am sure you will agree with me that the general public judges the performance of the Urban Services Depart- ment by the results, may I ask whether the inadequate staff is working overtime to cope with the situation?

CHAIRMAN:-I am afraid I cannot give you figures of overtime work by the Pest Control Staff. Suffice to say that the staff is being augmented, as I have explained.

MR. SALES: Thank you very much. I wish to clear the impres- sion in the public mind that the mosquitoes are working harder than the Urban Services Department at this time of the year.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:—A point of clarification on the first sentence of your reply. When you say spring and autumn are particularly bad seasons for the breeding of pest mosquitoes, do you mean to say they are particularly good seasons for breeding?

HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

CHAIRMAN:-That is just a small point. It happens that there was much early rain and I think that has quite a lot to do with the prevalence of these mosquitoes.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:

-One supplementary question. I remember that last year or the year before last it was pointed out that the scaffolding put up by many building contractors were serious breeders of mosquitoes, especially immediately after the rains fell. Would the Chairman consider again contacting the Building contractors Associa- tion and getting their support in this connexion again?

CHAIRMAN:-I agree, Mr. Cheong-Leen, that bamboos are largely responsible for mosquito breeding and we shall be very happy to approach the Building Contractors Association again.

ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN.

CHAIRMAN: -Today we bid farewell with extreme regret to Duggie Clague who has sat on this Council since 1952 and earned the greatest respect from all of us for his devotion to the wellbeing of Hong Kong, his sound commonsense, his business acumen and his cheerful good humour.

DR. R. H. S. LEE:-I would like to associate myself with your remarks about my friend Duggie Clague whom I have known during the war years and also after the war years in this Council. It is only a few minutes ago that I learned this very sad decision of Col. Clague, with whom we have associated in this Council, and I quite agree with you that Duggie has put in a lot of good work in this Council. As Col. Clague has many irons in the fire I am sure many other organiza- tions claim his time. I am glad to know that the public of Hong Kong will not lose Col. Clague entirely. It might be this Council's loss, but the Legislative Council's gain. I wish Col. Clague and Mrs. Clague a very happy and joyful time.

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