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will be by means of flyovers which are shown on the Outline Develop-ment Plan.

The Traffic Engineering Division of the Public Works Department is devoting a great deal of its time to planning for the future and I will be very happy to take any Members of this Council who are interested round the Traffic Engineering Office so they can see for themselves how much thought is being given to the future—as well as to the present—for much can be done and is being done to improve existing traffic routes.

The Lai Chi Kok Road is as dear to me as it is to Dr. Raymond LEE, and I am glad to say that a satisfactory solution to the conflicting needs of the boat-builders at Cheung Sha Wan whose operations are vital to the operation of the Port, and the completion of the filling to enable the new road to be constructed, has been found. Work on the new road will be commencing soon.

I do not intend to involve myself in any argument on the relative advantages of monorails, underground railways or elevated railways. I shall merely agree with you all that some rapid transport system appears to be essential. I am not prepared to express any opinion as to what form it should take or between what points it should go. By October 1965 the Passenger Transport Survey Unit will be in a position to indicate the future lines of unsatisfied travel demand in the urban areas. It is intended that Consulting Engineers should be in Hong Kong by that date to consider the most efficient way to meet this travel demand.

Mr. SALES has accused Government of selling too much land by public auction and making too little land available for open space. I quote "All the time, land auctions are held. Government pursues its relentless course of selling the patrimony of the people, seemingly with nary a thought for what the public needs in terms of open space." During the last five years Government has sold 244 acres of land by public auction and, at the same time, a total of 172 acres of land has been developed as open space. In other words for every one acre sold by public auction over two-thirds of an acre has been developed as public open space. In case I am misunderstood I wish to make it clear that the 244 acres of land which have been sold by public auction do not include some 500 acres which have been granted by private treaty, or otherwise allocated, for Resettlement, Government Low Cost Hous-ing, Housing Authority, Housing Society Estates, and Grant-in-Aid or Subsidized Schools. Neither does the figure for open space include a very considerable acreage of public open space (over 13 acres) already developed in Resettlement Estates.

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Mrs. Li expressed a fear that construction of the incinerators may be delayed by experimental plans for water purification. I can assure her that her fears are groundless. It is intended to install a sea water distillation plant at Lai Chi Kok to use waste heat from the incinerator, but construction of the incinerator will not be delayed on this account. The Kennedy Town Incinerator is already under construction and pro-posals for the construction of two more incinerators are under con-sideration.

Mr. BERNACCHI spoke about composting. He will be glad to know that the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator will have attached to it a pilot com-posting plant with a capacity of 6 tons a day.

I am pleased to note the interest of Mr. MARDEN in sewage dis-posal. The modernization of our sewage system is a slow process and adds greatly to the need to break up roads all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. Nevertheless, this modernization is going on and the provision of screening plants with new submarine outfalls is making good progress. There is a large body of expert opinion which contends that marine disposal of sewage with properly allocated submarine out-falls can be a completely adequate means of disposal, provided that sufficient dispersion and dilution is obtained. There may well be a need for full-scale sewage treatment works in some areas of the Colony, but generally speaking, I would suggest that the sea provides more than adequately for both dispersion and dilution, particularly if the sewage is passed through a screening plant before discharge into the sea.

In the past it has been the custom for the Director of Public Works to present figures on the building of Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing accommodation, and I propose to continue this custom. Since January 1st this year, the Public Works Department has completed 93 Resettlement Blocks with accommodation for over 120,000 people. By December 31st these figures will be increased to 102 blocks and 130,000 people. On January 1st, 1965 we shall have 33 8-storey blocks and 29 16-storey blocks under construction with accommodation for about 200,000 persons and nearly all these blocks will be completed during 1965. To complete the picture, site formation is in hand on 8 new sites with a population potential of 415,000 persons and in the first few months of next year work will be starting on 3 more sites to provide for another 230,000 people. In the field of Government Low Cost Housing we have completed new flats for about 30,000 people since January 1st and we have under construction flats for a further 40,000. In terms of money we have spent over 100 million dollars on the con-struction of Resettlement Estates in the past 12 months. I wish to pay tribute to all the staff of the Public Works Department who have done so much to build up and maintain the momentum of this housing programme.

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Page 255 of 312 484 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL will be by means of flyovers which are shown on the Outline Develop-ment Plan. The Traffic Engineering Division of the Public Works Department is devoting a great deal of its time to planning for the future and I will be very happy to take any Members of this Council who are interested round the Traffic Engineering Office so they can see for themselves how much thought is being given to the future—as well as to the present—for much can be done and is being done to improve existing traffic routes. The Lai Chi Kok Road is as dear to me as it is to Dr. Raymond LEE, and I am glad to say that a satisfactory solution to the conflicting needs of the boat-builders at Cheung Sha Wan whose operations are vital to the operation of the Port, and the completion of the filling to enable the new road to be constructed, has been found. Work on the new road will be commencing soon. I do not intend to involve myself in any argument on the relative advantages of monorails, underground railways or elevated railways. I shall merely agree with you all that some rapid transport system appears to be essential. I am not prepared to express any opinion as to what form it should take or between what points it should go. By October 1965 the Passenger Transport Survey Unit will be in a position to indicate the future lines of unsatisfied travel demand in the urban areas. It is intended that Consulting Engineers should be in Hong Kong by that date to consider the most efficient way to meet this travel demand. Mr. SALES has accused Government of selling too much land by public auction and making too little land available for open space. I quote "All the time, land auctions are held. Government pursues its relentless course of selling the patrimony of the people, seemingly with nary a thought for what the public needs in terms of open space." During the last five years Government has sold 244 acres of land by public auction and, at the same time, a total of 172 acres of land has been developed as open space. In other words for every one acre sold by public auction over two-thirds of an acre has been developed as public open space. In case I am misunderstood I wish to make it clear that the 244 acres of land which have been sold by public auction do not include some 500 acres which have been granted by private treaty, or otherwise allocated, for Resettlement, Government Low Cost Hous-ing, Housing Authority, Housing Society Estates, and Grant-in-Aid or Subsidized Schools. Neither does the figure for open space include a very considerable acreage of public open space (over 13 acres) already developed in Resettlement Estates. HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 485 Mrs. Li expressed a fear that construction of the incinerators may be delayed by experimental plans for water purification. I can assure her that her fears are groundless. It is intended to install a sea water distillation plant at Lai Chi Kok to use waste heat from the incinerator, but construction of the incinerator will not be delayed on this account. The Kennedy Town Incinerator is already under construction and pro-posals for the construction of two more incinerators are under con-sideration. Mr. BERNACCHI spoke about composting. He will be glad to know that the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator will have attached to it a pilot com-posting plant with a capacity of 6 tons a day. I am pleased to note the interest of Mr. MARDEN in sewage dis-posal. The modernization of our sewage system is a slow process and adds greatly to the need to break up roads all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. Nevertheless, this modernization is going on and the provision of screening plants with new submarine outfalls is making good progress. There is a large body of expert opinion which contends that marine disposal of sewage with properly allocated submarine out-falls can be a completely adequate means of disposal, provided that sufficient dispersion and dilution is obtained. There may well be a need for full-scale sewage treatment works in some areas of the Colony, but generally speaking, I would suggest that the sea provides more than adequately for both dispersion and dilution, particularly if the sewage is passed through a screening plant before discharge into the sea. In the past it has been the custom for the Director of Public Works to present figures on the building of Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing accommodation, and I propose to continue this custom. Since January 1st this year, the Public Works Department has completed 93 Resettlement Blocks with accommodation for over 120,000 people. By December 31st these figures will be increased to 102 blocks and 130,000 people. On January 1st, 1965 we shall have 33 8-storey blocks and 29 16-storey blocks under construction with accommodation for about 200,000 persons and nearly all these blocks will be completed during 1965. To complete the picture, site formation is in hand on 8 new sites with a population potential of 415,000 persons and in the first few months of next year work will be starting on 3 more sites to provide for another 230,000 people. In the field of Government Low Cost Housing we have completed new flats for about 30,000 people since January 1st and we have under construction flats for a further 40,000. In terms of money we have spent over 100 million dollars on the con-struction of Resettlement Estates in the past 12 months. I wish to pay tribute to all the staff of the Public Works Department who have done so much to build up and maintain the momentum of this housing programme. Page 256 1512

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1512 Page 255 of 312 484 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL will be by means of flyovers which are shown on the Outline Develop- ment Plan. The Traffic Engineering Division of the Public Works Department is devoting a great deal of its time to planning for the future and I will be very happy to take any Members of this Council who are interested round the Traffic Engineering Office so they can see for themselves how much thought is being given to the future-as well as to the present- for much can be done and is being done to improve existing traffic routes. The Lai Chi Kok Road is as dear to me as it is to Dr. Raymond LEE, and I am glad to say that a satisfactory solution to the conflicting needs of the boat-builders at Cheung Sha Wan whose operations are vital to the operation of the Port, and the completion of the filling to enable the new road to be constructed, has been found. Work on the new road will be commencing soon. I do not intend to involve myself in any argument on the relative advantages of monorails, underground railways or elevated railways. I shall merely agree with you all that some rapid transport system appears to be essential. I am not prepared to express any opinion as to what form it should take or between what points it should go. By October 1965 the Passenger Transport Survey Unit will be in a position to indicate the future lines of unsatisfied travel demand in the urban areas. It is intended that Consulting Engineers should be in Hong Kong by that date to consider the most efficient way to meet this travel demand. Mr. SALES has accused Government of selling too much land by public auction and making too little land available for open space. I quote "All the time, land auctions are held. Government pursues its relentless course of selling the patrimony of the people, seemingly with nary a thought for what the public needs in terms of open space." During the last five years Government has sold 244 acres of land by public auction and, at the same time, a total of 172 acres of land has been developed as open space. In other words for every one acre sold by public auction over two-thirds of an acre has been developed as public open space. In case I am misunderstood I wish to make it clear that the 244 acres of land which have been sold by public auction do not include some 500 acres which have been granted by private treaty, or otherwise allocated, for Resettlement, Government Low Cost Hous- ing, Housing Authority, Housing Society Estates, and Grant-in-Aid or Subsidized Schools. Neither does the figure for open space include a very considerable acreage of public open space (over 13 acres) already developed in Resettlement Estates. HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 485 Mrs. Li expressed a fear that construction of the incinerators may be delayed by experimental plans for water purification. I can assure her that her fears are groundless. It is intended to install a sea water distillation plant at Lai Chi Kok to use waste heat from the incinerator, but construction of the incinerator will not be delayed on this account. The Kennedy Town Incinerator is already under construction and pro- posals for the construction of two more incinerators are under con- sideration. Mr. BERNACCHI spoke about composting. He will be glad to know that the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator will have attached to it a pilot com- posting plant with a capacity of 6 tons a day. I am pleased to note the interest of Mr. MARDEN in sewage dis- posal. The modernization of our sewage system is a slow process and adds greatly to the need to break up roads all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. Nevertheless, this modernization is going on and the provision of screening plants with new submarine outfalls is making good progress. There is a large body of expert opinion which contends that marine disposal of sewage with properly allocated submarine out- falls can be a completely adequate means of disposal, provided that sufficient dispersion and dilution is obtained. There may well be a need for full-scale sewage treatment works in some areas of the Colony, but generally speaking, I would suggest that the sea provides more than adequately for both dispersion and dilution, particularly if the sewage is passed through a screening plant before discharge into the sea. In the past it has been the custom for the Director of Public Works to present figures on the building of Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing accommodation, and I propose to continue this custom. Since January 1st this year, the Public Works Department has completed. 93 Resettlement Blocks with accommodation for over 120,000 people. By December 31st these figures will be increased to 102 blocks and 130,000 people. On January 1st, 1965 we shall have 33 8-storey blocks and 29 16-storey blocks under construction with accommodation for about 200,000 persons and nearly all these blocks will be completed during 1965. To complete the picture, site formation is in hand on 8 new sites with a population potential of 415,000 persons and in the first few months of next year work will be starting on 3 more sites to provide for another 230,000 people. In the field of Government Low Cost Housing we have completed new flats for about 30,000 people since January 1st and we have under construction flats for a further 40,000. In terms of money we have spent over 100 million dollars on the con- struction of Resettlement Estates in the past 12 months. I wish to pay tribute to all the staff of the Public Works Department who have done so much to build up and maintain the momentum of this housing programme. Page 255Page 256

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will be by means of flyovers which are shown on the Outline Develop- ment Plan.

The Traffic Engineering Division of the Public Works Department is devoting a great deal of its time to planning for the future and I will be very happy to take any Members of this Council who are interested round the Traffic Engineering Office so they can see for themselves how much thought is being given to the future-as well as to the present- for much can be done and is being done to improve existing traffic

routes.

Mr. SALES has accused Government of selling too much land by public auction and making too little land available for open space. I quote "All the time, land auctions are held. Government pursues its relentless course of selling the patrimony of the people, seemingly with nary a thought for what the public needs in terms of open space." During the last five years Government has sold 244 acres of land by public auction and, at the same time, a total of 172 acres of land has been developed as open space. In other words for every one acre sold by public auction over two-thirds of an acre has been developed as public open space. In case I am misunderstood I wish to make it clear that the 244 acres of land which have been sold by public auction do not include some 500 acres which have been granted by private treaty, or otherwise allocated, for Resettlement, Government Low Cost Hous- ing, Housing Authority, Housing Society Estates, and Grant-in-Aid or Subsidized Schools. Neither does the figure for open space include a very considerable acreage of public open space (over 13 acres) already developed in Resettlement Estates.

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Mrs. Li expressed a fear that construction of the incinerators may be delayed by experimental plans for water purification. I can assure her that her fears are groundless. It is intended to install a sea water distillation plant at Lai Chi Kok to use waste heat from the incinerator, but construction of the incinerator will not be delayed on this account. The Kennedy Town Incinerator is already under construction and pro- posals for the construction of two more incinerators are under con- sideration.

Mr. BERNACCHI spoke about composting. He will be glad to know that the Lai Chi Kok Incinerator will have attached to it a pilot com- posting plant with a capacity of 6 tons a day.

I am pleased to note the interest of Mr. MARDEN in sewage dis- posal. The modernization of our sewage system is a slow process and adds greatly to the need to break up roads all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. Nevertheless, this modernization is going on and the provision of screening plants with new submarine outfalls is making good progress. There is a large body of expert opinion which contends that marine disposal of sewage with properly allocated submarine out- falls can be a completely adequate means of disposal, provided that sufficient dispersion and dilution is obtained. There may well be a need for full-scale sewage treatment works in some areas of the Colony, but generally speaking, I would suggest that the sea provides more than adequately for both dispersion and dilution, particularly if the sewage is passed through a screening plant before discharge into the sea.

In the past it has been the custom for the Director of Public Works to present figures on the building of Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing accommodation, and I propose to continue this custom. Since January 1st this year, the Public Works Department has completed. 93 Resettlement Blocks with accommodation for over 120,000 people. By December 31st these figures will be increased to 102 blocks and 130,000 people. On January 1st, 1965 we shall have 33 8-storey blocks and 29 16-storey blocks under construction with accommodation for about 200,000 persons and nearly all these blocks will be completed during 1965. To complete the picture, site formation is in hand on 8 new sites with a population potential of 415,000 persons and in the first few months of next year work will be starting on 3 more sites to provide for another 230,000 people. In the field of Government Low Cost Housing we have completed new flats for about 30,000 people since January 1st and we have under construction flats for a further 40,000. In terms of money we have spent over 100 million dollars on the con- struction of Resettlement Estates in the past 12 months. I wish to pay tribute to all the staff of the Public Works Department who have done so much to build up and maintain the momentum of this housing programme.

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