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recent storms, and the new main drainage system was seen to be functioning completely satisfactorily and to be fully capable of dealing with the flow of water.
The cause of the flooding in this area is common to many areas in the Colony in times of heavy rainfall and it is mainly due to rubbish and silt blocking the road gullies. The silt which was deposited came from landslides or was washed off adjacent areas under or awaiting development.
MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Director of Public Works if he realizes that these roads were not in this state before, even in heavy rainfall and before this culvert was built?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:- Mr. Chairman, oddly enough too, I have paid occasional visits to places in Kowloon (Laughter) and a few years ago paid very many visits to Kowloon while this area was being developed with resettlement estates, and I suggest that the roads were not blocked and silted in the way they are now because many of the roads did not exist three years ago.
MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, may I ask that in order to prevent the roads from getting into this state in the next rainy season, some investigations be made to see if any improvement can be made?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:- I will certainly do that, but the main improvement is to get on with development.
(13) MR. CHEUNG WING-IN asked the following question:
Some 20,000 people have now been resettled at Tsz Wan Shan but there is yet no market for the residents and no school for the children.
Has the Commissioner for Resettlement considered setting up a hawker bazaar to meet immediate needs pending the completion of a proper market? Will some interim measures be taken to provide schools for the young children in the Estate?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
As regards markets, the answer is that temporary facilities have been provided for 16,000 inhabitants of the 18 blocks which have already been occupied, though no hawker stalls have yet been constructed. A temporary hawker bazaar is situated behind Blocks 31 and 32 but this is not readily visible from the road. Fresh provision shops have been allocated in Block 32 and hawker stalls of the new improved pattern will soon be constructed in the adjacent open space.
There has already been careful planning between officers of the Urban Services Department, Police and the Resettlement Department, for several centres at convenient locations in this large estate where residents can buy fresh fruits. Fresh provision shops appropriate in number to the size of the population in each location have already been designated and, in some cases, balloted for by eligible persons. As at Block 32, sites have also been set aside for hawker stalls which will be constructed to coincide with the opening of the fresh provision shops.
Concerning education for the children living in the estate, the answer is that interim measures have already been taken to provide places in Government or subsidized primary schools in the Wang Tau Hom, Tung Tau and Lo Fu Ngam Estates, which are approximately one mile from Tsz Wan Shan. There are now about 3,800 children of primary school age in the estate, of whom approximately 2,500 are known to be attending school either in the central estates or elsewhere. It is estimated that there are about 3,000 places immediately available in schools in the central estates for children in the locality and from future intakes at Tsz Wan Shan.
The Resettlement Department is in touch with the Education Department in this matter to ensure that, as far as possible, places in nearby schools are made available for children whose families are removed to Tsz Wan Shan until facilities are available there. The first two 24-classroom annexe schools will be completed next summer and will provide 4,320 places for the 1965/66 academic year.
MR. CHEUNG:- Mr. Chairman, will the Commissioner kindly indicate when the fresh provision shops which have been allocated in Block 32 will be available for operation?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:- The shop premises are already available. It is merely a question of how long the people to whom they have been allocated, take to decorate and stock them.
MR. CHEUNG:- On the question of distance from the Tsz Wan Shan Estate to the other estates, I understand there is only one bus service between Tsz Wan Shan and Wong Tai Sin and the frequency
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recent storms, and the new main drainage system was seen to be functioning completely satisfactorily and to be fully capable of dealing with the flow of water.
The cause of the flooding in this area is common to many areas in the Colony in times of heavy rainfall and it is mainly due to rubbish and silt blocking the road gullies. The silt which was deposited came from landslides or was washed off adjacent areas under or awaiting develop- ment.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Director of Public Works if he realizes that these roads were not in this state before, even in heavy rainfall and before this culvert was built?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:--Mr. Chairman, oddly enough too, I have paid occasional visits to places in Kowloon (Laughter) and a few years ago
paid very many visits to Kowloon while this area was being developed with resettlement estates, and I suggest that the roads were not blocked and silted in the way they are now because many of the roads did not exist three years ago.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask that in order to prevent the roads from getting into this state in the next rainy season, some investigations be made to see if any improvement can be made?
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: -I will certainly do that, but the main improvement is to get on with development.
(13) MR. CHEUNG WING-IN asked the following question:-
Some 20,000 people have now been resettled at Tsz Wan Shan but there is yet no market for the residents and no school for the children.
Has the Commissioner for Resettlement considered setting up a hawker bazaar to meet immediate needs pending the completion of a proper market? Will some interim measures be taken to provide schools for the young children in the Estate?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:-
As regards markets, the answer is that temporary facilities have been provided for 16,000 inhabitants of the 18 blocks which have already been occupied, though no hawker stalls have yet been constructed. A temporary hawker bazaar is situated behind Blocks 31 and 32 but this is
not readily visible from the road. Fresh provision shops have been allocated in Block 32 and hawker stalls of the new improved pattern will soon be constructed in the adjacent open space.
There has already been careful planning between officers of the Urban Services Department, Police and the Resettlement Department, for several centres at convenient locations in this large estate where residents can buy fresh fruits. Fresh provision shops appropriate in number to the size of the population in each location have already been designated and, in some cases, balloted for by eligible persons. As at Block 32, sites have also been set aside for hawker stalls which will be constructed to coincide with the opening of the fresh provision shops. Concerning education for the children living in the estate, the answer is that interim measures have already been taken to provide places in Government or subsidized primary schools in the Wang Tau Hom, Tung Tau and Lo Fu Ngam Estates, which are approximately one mile from Tsz Wan Shan. There are now about 3,800 children of primary school age in the estate, of whom approximately 2,500 are known to be attending school either in the central estates or elsewhere. It is estimated that there are about 3,000 places immediately available in schools in the central estates for children in the locality and from future intakes at Tsz Wan Shan.
The Resettlement Department is in touch with the Education Department in this matter to ensure that, as far as possible, places in nearby schools are made available for children whose families are removed to Tsz Wan Shan until facilities are available there. The first two 24- classroom annexe schools will be completed next summer and will provide 4,320 places for the 1965/66 academic year.
MR. CHEUNG:-Mr. Chairman, will the Commissioner kindly indicate when the fresh provision shops which have been allocated in Block 32 will be available for operation?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-The shop premises are already available. It is merely a question of how long the people to whom they have been allocated, take to decorate and stock them.
MR. CHEUNG:-On the question of distance from the Tsz Wan Shan Estate to the other estates, I understand there is only one bus service between Tsz Wan Shan and Wong Tai Sin and the frequency
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