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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.
Ladies and Gentlemen,-Before we commence business to-day I am sure that Members will wish me to record our pleasure at the recent announcement that Dr. TENG will be appointed Director of Medical and Health Services later this year, and to extend to him our sincere congratulations. (Applause).
Members will also wish me to convey our congratulations to Mr. LI Yiu-bor on the honour which I understand has just been conferred on him by His Holiness the Pope. (Applause).
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 2nd April, 1963, 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 1963.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st January, 1963, to 31st March, 1963.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the progress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st January, 1963, to 31st March, 1963.
(4) Report on the change in membership of the Air Conditioning Select Committee.
QUESTIONS.
MR. K. S. Lo asked the following question:-
With reference to the last Urban Council election, can the Chairman inform this Council:-
(a) of the total number of eligible voters whose names are down on the Electoral Roll, what percentage is Chinese and what percentage belongs to other races?
(b) of those who voted, what percentage was Chinese and what percentage was other races?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
As regards the first part of the question, the total number of eligible voters on the Electoral Roll is 25,932. Of these approximately 73% appear to be of Chinese race and 27% of other races. These percentages have been arrived at by counting the number of people in the Roll who do not have Chinese names. It does not necessarily follow that the holder of a Chinese name is of Chinese race nor that the holder of an English name is not Chinese, but I imagine that Members will agree that this is a reasonable method for providing a rough and ready answer to this question.
With regard to the second part of the question, I regret that I am unable to give an answer. A total of 5,320 people voted in the election, but no information is available as to who these people were, since all the ballot papers were sealed up after the election in accordance with the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regulations, 1955. Under these Regulations the sealed packets may not be opened except by an order of the Supreme Court.
MR. K. S. Lo asked the following question:-
Is the Chairman aware of the encroachment on the public road by the hawkers and fixed stalls at the entrance of Chun Wah Road in Ngau Tau Kok? Has the Department any scheme for resiting these hawkers to a proper market or Hawkers' Bazaar, and if so, when can it be brought about?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows :-
I am very much aware of the unsatisfactory hawker situation which has existed for some years at the entrance to Chun Wah Road. How to remedy this situation has been discussed many times, but the conclusion has been, as you suggest, Sir, that the only real solution is to resite the hawkers elsewhere. Since no suitable resite area exists, it is planned to include space for all or some of them in the proposed Ngau Tau Kok Multi-Purpose Market. This project is in Category C of the Public Works Programme, and is therefore unlikely to be completed for several years to come.
In the meantime the Police and our own Market staff have been taking periodic action to keep the area less obstructed than it might otherwise be, by removing hawker paraphernalia or shades which obstruct the road. The posting of Hawker Control Force personnel here would undoubtedly
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.
Ladies and Gentlemen-Before we commence business to-day I am sure that Members will wish me to record our pleasure at the recent announcement that Dr. TENG will be appointed Director of Medical and Health Services later this year, and to extend to him our sincere con- gratulations. (Applause).
Members will also wish me to convey our congratulations to Mr. LI Yiu-bor on the honour which I understand has just been conferred on him by His Holiness the Pope. (Applause).
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 2nd April, 1963, 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 1963.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st January, 1963, to 31st March, 1963.
(3) Report by the Commissioner for Resettlement on the progress of clearance and resettlement operations during the period 1st January, 1963, to 31st March, 1963.
(4) Report on the change in membership of the Air Con-
ditioning Select Committee.
QUESTIONS.
MR. K. S. Lo asked the following question:-
With reference to the last Urban Council election, can the
Chairman inform this Council:-
1
(a) of the total number of eligible voters whose names are down on the Electoral Roll, what percentage is Chinese and what percentage belongs to other races?
(b) of those who voted, what percentage was Chinese and
what percentage was other races?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:-
As regards the first part of the question, the total number of eligible voters on the Electoral Roll is 25,932. Of these approximately 73% appear to be of Chinese race and
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27% of other races. These percentages have been arrived at by counting the number of people in the Roll who do not have Chinese names. It does not necessarily follow that the holder of a Chinese name is of Chinese race nor that the holder of an English name is not Chinese, but I imagine that Members will agree that this is a reasonable method for providing a rough and ready answer to this question.
With regard to the second part of the question, I regret that I am unable to give an answer. A total of 5,320 people voted in the election, but no information is available as to who these people were, since all the ballot papers were sealed up after the election in accordance with the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regulations, 1955. Under these Regulations the sealed packets may not be opened except by an order of the Supreme Court.
MR. K. S. Lo asked the following question:-
Is the Chairman aware of the encroachment on the public road by the hawkers and fixed stalls at the entrance of Chun Wah Road in Ngau Tau Kok? Has the Department any scheme for resiting these hawkers to a proper market or Hawkers' Bazaar, and if so, when can it be brought about?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows :·
I am very much aware of the unsatisfactory hawker situation which has existed for some years at the entrance to Chun Wah Road. How to remedy this situation has been dis- cussed many times, but the conclusion has been, as you suggest, Sir, that the only real solution is to resite the hawkers elsewhere. Since no suitable resite area exists, it is planned to include space for all or some of them in the proposed Ngau Tau Kok Multi-Purpose Market. This project is in Category C of the Public Works Programme, and is therefore unlikely to be completed for several years
to come.
In the meantime the Police and our own Market staff have been taking periodic action to keep the area less obstructed than it might otherwise be, by removing hawker parapher- nalia or shades which obstruct the road. The posting of Hawker Control Force personnel here would undoubtedly
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