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(b) If so, when is it intended to cover the nullah along Pui Ching Road right next to a very big school?
(c) Does the Urban Services Department take any action to abate the nuisance and the health risks which such nullahs must evidently constitute?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows: —
In reply to the first part of the question, I am informed by my friend, the Director of Public Works, that there is a programme for decking open nullahs in the urban area. I propose to issue a paper to Members giving the details of this programme.
In reply to the second part of the question, I am informed by the Director of Public Works that the decking of the open nullah in Pui Ching Road is not yet included in the Public Works Programme. There is a possibility that it may be decked in conjunction with the final phase of the Waterloo Road Hill Development Scheme which is scheduled to be carried out in 1967.
The reply to the last part of the question is in the affirmative. Departmental labourers are employed specifically for the purpose of removing rubbish which accumulates in open nullahs.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, a supplementary question arising from your answer in the last paragraph. Could departmental labourers be employed more often alongside the Pui Ching School?
CHAIRMAN: I will ask for the matter to be looked into, Sir.
Mr. SALES: Mr. Chairman, are you aware that there is a very important Government department located there too? Out of sheer consideration for our colleague working in that department could you bring forward the decking of this particular nullah?
CHAIRMAN: I will convey your suggestion to the appropriate quarter. (Laughter).
MR. SALES: When you do so, could you please also represent that such a move would improve relations between this Council and the Resettlement Department which we also represent?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: Mr. Chairman, just for clarification, I am not the appropriate financial quarter. (Laughter).
MRS. ELLIOTT: Sir, on behalf of teachers, may I ask you if you are aware that they also have complained about the insanitary condition of this nullah?
CHAIRMAN: I am not personally aware of it.
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MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
(a) What measures were taken by the Urban Services Department to decorate vantage points during the Christmas and New Year period?
(b) What effort was made by the Department to interest public and private organizations to put up special decorations and illuminations as is done elsewhere?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:
Over the Christmas and New Year period the Urban Services Department provided a total of 1,027 pots of Poinsettias for decorative purposes. 467 of these were displayed at 13 different vantage points in Hong Kong and Kowloon, among them being the City Hall Garden and Fa Hui Park. The remaining 560 pots were used to decorate Government hospitals, schools, offices and compounds.
The Department also arranged for the erection and decoration of the two Christmas trees at the City Hall. One of these was a gift from Canadian Pacific Airlines and I take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of this most generous expression of goodwill.
The answer to the second part of the question is that about six months ago, largely I think, Sir, on your own initiative as Chairman of the Urban Amenities Select Committee, the idea of special decorations or an "Illuminations Week" was passed on to the Hong Kong Tourist Association and the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, but it is not known whether either Association intends to pursue it. The idea was also put to a leading business firm. They made several pertinent comments which suggest that the benefits to be gained from an Illuminations Week would not be commensurate with the expense involved.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, is your Department prepared to keep this matter alive in the current year so that an improvement may be made next Christmas?
CHAIRMAN: Yes, Sir.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, will your Department also make it known to other airlines that there is free advertising in providing Christmas trees for Hong Kong, arising out of the second paragraph of your answer where free advertisement has been given to one particular airline in your reply to my question? I suggest that it might be advisable to mention this point to other airlines, and having regard to the free advertisement value of Christmas trees they might like to follow the example.
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(b) If so, when is it intended to cover the nullah along Pui
Ching Road right next to a very big school?
(c) Does the Urban Services Department take any action to abate the nuisance and the health risks which such nullahs must evidently constitute?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows: —
In reply to the first part of the question, I am informed by my friend, the Director of Public Works, that there is a pro- gramme for decking open nullahs in the urban area. I propose to issue a paper to Members giving the details of this programme.
In reply to the second part of the question, I am informed by the Director of Public Works that the decking of the open nullah in Pui Ching Road is not yet included in the Public Works Programme. There is a possibility that it may be decked in conjunction with the final phase of the Waterloo Road Hill Development Scheme which is scheduled to be carried out in 1967.
The reply to the last part of the question is in the affirmative. Departmental labourers are employed specifically for the purpose of removing rubbish which accumulates in open nullahs.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, a supplementary question arising from your answer in the last paragraph. Could departmental labourers be employed more often alongside the Pui Ching School?
CHAIRMAN:-I will ask for the matter to be looked into, Sir.
Mr. SALES: Mr. Chairman, are you aware that there is a very important Government department located there too? Out of sheer consideration for our colleague working in that department could you bring forward the decking of this particular nullah?
CHAIRMAN:-I will convey your suggestion to the appropriate quarter. (Laughter).
MR. SALES: ---When you do so, could you please also represent that such a move would improve relations between this Council and the Resettlement Department which we also represent?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: -Mr. Chairman, just for clarifica- tion, I am not the appropriate financial quarter. (Laughter).
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Sir, on behalf of teachers, may I ask you if you are aware that they also have complained about the insanitary condition of this nullah?
CHAIRMAN: --I am not personally aware of it.
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(a) What measures were taken by the Urban Services Depart- ment to decorate vantage points during the Christmas and New Year period?
(b) What effort was made by the Department to interest public and private organizations to put up special decorations and illuminations as is done elsewhere?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:
Over the Christmas and New Year period the Urban Services Department provided a total of 1,027 pots of Poinsettias for decorative purposes. 467 of these were displayed at 13 different vantage points in Hong Kong and Kowloon, among them being the City Hall Garden and Fa Hui Park. The remaining 560 pots were used to decorate Govern- ment hospitals, schools, offices and compounds.
The Department also arranged for the erection and decoration of the two Christmas trees at the City Hall. One of these was a gift from Canadian Pacific Airlines and I take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of this most generous expression of goodwill.
The answer to the second part of the question is that about six months ago, largely I think, Sir, on your own initiative as Chairman of the Urban Amenities Select Committee, the idea of special decorations or an "Illuminations Week" was passed on to the Hong Kong Tourist Association and the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, but it is not known whether either Association intends to pursue it. The idea was also put to a leading business firm. They made several pertinent comments which suggest that the benefits to be gained from an Illuminations Week would not be commensurate with the expense involved.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, is your Department prepared to keep this matter alive in the current year so that an improvement may be made next Christmas?
CHAIRMAN:-Yes, Sir.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, will your Department also make it known to other airlines that there is free advertising in providing Christ- mas trees for Hong Kong, arising out of the second paragraph of your answer where free advertisement has been given to one particular airline in your reply to my question? I suggest that it might be advisable to mention this point to other airlines, and having regard to the free advertisement value of Christmas trees they might like to follow the example.
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