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WELCOME TO DR. P. H. TENG.
CHAIRMAN: -Before proceeding to the business of this meeting, I am sure that Members will join me in extending a warm welcome to Dr. TENG. Dr. TENG is no stranger to the Council as he served as Vice-Chairman from March 1956 to July 1958. It is a pleasure to have him back on the Council.
I know that you will also wish me to express our appreciation to Dr. MOORE for his services and help to the Council since February 1959.
MR. BERNACCHI :-Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Elected Members of this Council, I would like to join with you in your words. P. H. has, as you say, been on this Council before. We have had the experience of having him on the Council before and it was a great experience. He worked extremely hard with and for the Council and we are very delighted to have him back now here with us. I hear that he has just returned also from a holiday in Japan and is in full and fine fettle for the task before us, which perhaps will include being just in time to reply to Dr. BELL's few words—the motion that is later in the agenda.
DR. TENG:-Thank you very much.
MR. Y. K. KAN:-Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Appointed Members, we welcome the return of an old friend—when we say old friend I am sure Dr. TENG knows that we mean old friend in more senses than one. We also associate ourselves with your remarks concerning Dr. MOORE.
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 11th April, 1961, were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following papers:-
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of April 1961.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st January, 1961 to 31st March, 1961.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the progress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st January, 1961 to 31st March, 1961.
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QUESTIONS.
MR. LI YIU-BOR asked the following question :-
"Will the Chairman indicate whether it is the plan of this Council to build a market in the Yuen Ling area near Diamond Hill, Kowloon?”
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
"In accordance with the present policy of this Council of not building markets in low-cost housing areas, no market is at present envisaged for the Yuen Ling area, which would normally be served by fresh provision shops and hawker bazaars. However, detailed plans for this particular area have not yet been worked out and the question whether it may be desirable to build a market there eventually will be borne in mind."
MR. LI YIU-BOR asked the following question:-
"Will the Chairman inform this Council whether it is our present policy not to allocate factory units to factories in resettlement or squatter areas which are more than 2,000 square feet in area when they are cleared for development or re-development?
Whilst it is appreciated that in clearance operations larger factories are in a better position to fend for themselves, is it not true that they sustain a greater financial loss and therefore should be given as much assistance as the smaller factories? Will the Chairman refer this matter to the appropriate Select Committee for active consideration?"
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
"It is correct that the policy of the Resettlement Department is not to resettle factories which occupy more than 2,000 square feet, as it is considered that proprietors of such large establishments should be well able to make alternative arrangements. I would emphasize that this decision was only reached after very careful consideration in the Resettlement Policy Select Committee (of which you were a member), when the problem was discussed on at least 2 occasions—the 61st meeting on the 27th June, 1958 and the 63rd meeting on the 29th August, 1958. Proposals for restricting eligibility to those trades which could be effectively housed and to those factories which occupied less than 2,000 square feet of working space were...
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
WELCOME TO DR. P. H. TENG.
CHAIRMAN: -Before proceeding to the business of this meeting, I am sure that Members will join me in extending a warm welcome to Dr. TENG. Dr. TENG is no stranger to the Council as he served as Vice-Chairman from March 1956 to July 1958. It is a pleasure to have him back on the Council.
I know that you will also wish me to express our appreciation to Dr. MOORE for his services and help to the Council since February 1959.
MR. BERNACCHI :-Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Elected Mem- bers of this Council, I would like to join with you in your words. P. H. has, as you say, been on this Council before. We have had the experience of having him on the Council before and it was a great experience. He worked extremely hard with and for the Council and we are very delighted to have him back now here with us. I hear that he has just returned also from a holiday in Japan and is in full and fine fettle for the task before us, which perhaps will include being just in time to reply to Dr. BELL's few words-the motion that is later in the agenda.
DR. TENG:-Thank you very much.
MR. Y. K. KAN:-Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Appointed Members, we welcome the return of an old friend-when we say old friend I am sure Dr. TENG knows that we mean old friend in more senses than one. We also associate ourselves with your remarks con- cerning Dr. MOORE.
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 11th April, 1961, were confirmed.
PAPERS.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following papers:-
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban
Services Department for the month of April 1961.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st January, 1961 to 31st March,
1961.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the progress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st January, 1961 to 31st March, 1961.
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QUESTIONS.
MR. LI YIU-BOR asked the following question :-
"Will the Chairman indicate whether it is the plan of this Council to build a market in the Yuen Ling area near Diamond Hill, Kowloon?”
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
"In accordance with the present policy of this Council of not building markets in low-cost housing areas, no market is at present envisaged for the Yuen Ling area, which would normally be served by fresh provision shops and hawker bazaars. However, detailed plans for this particular area have not yet been worked out and the question whether it may be desirable to build a market there eventually will be borne in mind."
MR. LI YIU-BOR asked the following question:-
"Will the Chairman inform this Council whether it is our
present policy not to allocate factory units to factories in resettlement or squatter areas which are more than 2,000 square feet in area when they are cleared for development or re-development?
Whilst it is appreciated that in clearance operations larger factories are in a better position to fend for themselves, is it not true that they sustain a greater financial loss and therefore should be given as much assistance as the smaller factories? Will the Chairman refer this matter to the appropriate Select Committee for active considera- tion?"
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
"It is correct that the policy of the Resettlement Department is not to resettle factories which occupy more than 2,000 square feet, as it is considered that proprietors of such large establishments should be well able to make alterna- tive arrangements. I would emphasize that this decision was only reached after very careful consideration in the Resettlement Policy Select Committee (of which you were a member), when the problem was discussed on at least 2 occasions the 61st meeting on the 27th June, 1958 and the 63rd meeting on the 29th August, 1958. Proposals for restricting eligibility to those trades which could be effectively housed and to those factories which occupied less than 2,000 square feet of working space were
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