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buildings—find it difficult to dispose of their refuse in a hygienic way, and I presume that it is the wish of this Council to keep the cost of refuse collection as low as possible and to save the tax-payer's money. I do hope, Mr. Chairman, that the Urban Services Department will take steps to investigate the advisability of requiring all future multi-storey buildings, especially those which are five or six storeys up, to have installed refuse chutes and incinerators.
CHAIRMAN: —Your comments, Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, will be brought to the attention of the Select Committee.
MR. A. DE O. SALES: —Mr. Chairman, sometime ago I brought to the attention of your department the need to keep the demarcation of the various refuse stops always in mind in line with the changing population from area to area, and I was very greatly encouraged by the fact that instructions have been given to those who perform the service to report on the changes of population and the amount of refuse collected from each stop, so that the minimum of nuisance would be created to the residents of the area. I was very alarmed to learn at that time that a great distance elapsed between two stops and in the interval since those stops were set up by your department, the population of that particular district had increased enormously. I would like my remarks to be minuted and conveyed to the members of the staff who are in charge of this very important function of the Urban Council.
CHAIRMAN: —Action will be taken to that effect.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following fifth resolution: —
"RESOLVED that the Frozen Confections By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 56 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960."
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following sixth resolution: —
"RESOLVED that the Milk By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 56 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
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THE CHAIRMAN moved the following seventh resolution: —
"RESOLVED that the Market By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 80 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
MR. A. DE O. SALES: —At one time I wrote to the department pointing out to your staff the need for the by-laws to be related directly and realistically to the circumstances obtaining in our markets in Hong Kong. I felt that many of these provisions were not being applied on my inspection of the markets. I hope that in introducing these new by-laws, very serious efforts will be made to implement them. Otherwise the conditions of our markets would not measurably improve to the satisfaction of the public. May I commend these observations to you.
CHAIRMAN: —Thank you, Mr. Sales.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following eighth resolution:
"RESOLVED that the Hawker By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 83 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN: —The Hawker By-laws have been written in a comprehensive and detailed manner. I see, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. C. Y. KWAN who has had quite a lot to do with the proper drawing up of these by-laws is smiling across the table. I think that he, together with others concerned, does deserve a fair amount of credit. These by-laws, as I have said, have been drawn up in a detailed manner, so that the hawker can know exactly where he or she should stand as regards the law. But most hawkers do not read or write English, Mr. Chairman, and I suggest that an unofficial translation, or at least a simplified version in Chinese of the Hawker By-laws should be made and made available to hawkers, so that they could be able to understand the law as it applies to them.
I think too that there are other by-laws, such as the Food Business By-laws, which could very well do with unofficial translation, but since the Hawker By-laws do affect a relatively larger number of people directly, may I suggest, Sir, that priority be given to an unofficial translation of these by-laws. By so doing this Council would be ensuring that it would be taking every possible step to make our citizens
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buildings-find it difficult to dispose of their refuse in a hygienic way, and I presume that it is the wish of this Council to keep the cost of refuse collection as low as possible and to save the tax-payer's money. I do hope, Mr. Chairman, that the Urban Services Department will take steps to investigate the advisability of requiring all future multi-storey buildings, especially those which are five or six storeys up, to have installed refuse chutes and incinerators.
CHAIRMAN: -Your comments, Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, will be brought to the attention of the Select Committee.
MR. A. DE O. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, sometime ago I brought to the attention of your department the need to keep the demarcation of the various refuse stops always in mind in line with the changing population from area to area, and I was very greatly encouraged by the fact that instructions have been given to those who perform the service to report on the changes of population and the amount of refuse collected from each stop, so that the minimum of nuisance would be created to the residents of the area. I was very alarmed to learn at that time that a great distance elapsed between two stops and in the interval since those stops were set up by your department, the popula- tion of that particular district had increased enormously. I would like my remarks to be minuted and conveyed to the members of the staff who are in charge of this very important function of the Urban Council.
CHAIRMAN:-Action will be taken to that effect.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following fifth resolution: —
"RESOLVED that the Frozen Confections By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 56 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960."
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following sixth resolution:-
"RESOLVED that the Milk By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 56 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
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THE CHAIRMAN moved the following seventh resolution:-
"RESOLVED that the Market By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 80 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
MR. A. DE O. SALES:-At one time I wrote to the department pointing out to your staff the need for the by-laws to be related directly and realistically to the circumstances obtaining in our markets in Hong Kong. I felt that many of these provisions were not being applied on my inspection of the markets. I hope that in introducing these new by-laws, very serious efforts will be made to implement them. Other- wise the conditions of our markets would not measurably improve to the satisfaction of the public. May I commend these observations to
you.
CHAIRMAN:-Thank you, Mr. Sales.
The question was put.
The Motion was carried unanimously.
THE CHAIRMAN moved the following eighth resolution:
"RESOLVED that the Hawker By-laws, 1960, be made under Section 83 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordin- ance, No. 30 of 1960.”
THE VICE-CHAIRMAN seconded.
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN:-The Hawker By-laws have been written in a comprehensive and detailed manner. I see, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. C. Y. KWAN who has had quite a lot to do with the proper drawing up of these by-laws is smiling across the table. I think that he, together with others concerned, does deserve a fair amount of credit. These by-laws, as I have said, have been drawn up in a detailed manner, so that the hawker can know exactly where he or she should stand as regards the law. But most hawkers do not read or write English, Mr. Chairman, and I suggest that an unofficial translation, or at least a simplified version in Chinese of the Hawker By-laws should be made and made available to hawkers, so that they could be able to understand the law as it applies to them.
I think too that there are other by-laws, such as the Food Business By-laws, which could very well do with unofficial translation, but since the Hawker By-laws do affect a relatively larger number of people directly, may I suggest, Sir, that priority be given to an unofficial translation of these by-laws. By so doing this Council would be ensur- ing that it would be taking every possible step to make our citizens
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