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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.Ladies and Gentlemen, before taking the first item of business of the meeting, may I wish all Members a very happy and prosperous New Year.
I would also like to welcome back Dr. COOMBES, the Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, who has now returned from leave. (Applause).
MINUTES.The Minutes of the meetings of the Council held on 6th, 7th and 21st December, 1965 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 December 1965.
(2) Interim Report of the Urban Amenities Sub-Committee on the Indoor Stadium.
MR. SALES:—Sir, I wish to draw Council's attention in particular to the excellent interim report which you have just laid on the table, covering the work of the Urban Amenities Sub-Committee on Indoor Stadium, composed of Mr. Wilson WANG as Chairman, Mr. FUNG Hon-chu and Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in, together with the representatives of the Urban Services Department and other Government Departments involved in this project. I would like to emphasize also the recommendation of the sub-committee that work be started immediately on this project, so that it will be ready by 1970. I believe the Select Committee will want me to bring to your attention, and through you, to Government, that the important matter at issue in the indoor stadium project is the fact that this Council's wish is to provide facilities for the people of Hong Kong for their entertainment, be it by way of sports competitions or concerts, exhibitions and the like, so that if it is Government's intention to combine in this multi-purpose indoor stadium facilities for conventions, these facilities should not in any way prejudice the interests of the masses whose requirements by way of recreational facilities cannot be overlooked longer than they have been up to the present time.
DR. BELL:—Mr. Chairman, in connexion with the monthly report which you have laid on the table, as there is no chairman of the Ward System, may I make a few remarks? You have pointed out in the report the number of callers at the ward offices, and there were I think in to-day's paper, the English paper, some remarks about the number of calls falling off at the ward offices, and remarking that it was not very popular. I would like to point out, as far as my Mong Kok ward is concerned, my Appointed colleague and myself have found no falling off of cases, and I think it should be noted by the newspapers the number of cases that have been calling in as reported in your monthly report.
MR. BERNACCHI:—Indeed, Mr. Chairman, to add to the words of Dr. BELL, as regards the North Point and Chai Wan area, the number of members of the public coming has been ever increasing.
MR. SALES: Sir, far be it for me to let this opportunity go by without making a statement. In connexion with the ward which I share with Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN, there were only two visits to the ward according to your statement, but your statement overlooked the fact that representations were made by 750 people in the Mirador Mansions, (Laughter), to our ward office by a direct approach to Mr. CHEONG-LEEN. So, if the implication on the part of the press is that the policy of discouragement which some of us, notably myself, may have pursued has succeeded, it is not so in respect of the month of December.
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 553 QUESTIONS.(1) Question by MRS. E. ELLIOTT:-
It has long been the custom to name streets and parks after well-known persons with connexions in the Colony. Has any consideration been given to the naming of a large park (e.g. Kowloon Tsai Park) or a major road after the Chinese hero Dr. Sun Yat-sen, since this year is his Centenary? As he is respected by all political parties and persons of all nationalities, would there be any objection to such a suggestion, which was first made by a Chinese citizen in one of the newspapers?
CHAIRMAN:-The first question on the agenda is a question by Mrs. ELLIOTT who is not present at the moment to-day.
The reply to her question is that no consideration has yet been given to the naming of a park or road after Dr. SUN Yat-sen, but there would be no objection in principle to commemorating his name in this manner. I therefore propose to put the question to the Urban Amenities Select Committee and to the Street Names Select Committee for consideration.
(2) MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:---
Many residents in Resettlement Estates have been very concerned at the incidence of "Teddy Boy" activity in the
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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN.
Ladies and Gentlemen, before taking the first item of business of the meeting, may I wish all Members a very happy and prosperous New Year.
I would also like to welcome back Dr. COOMBES, the Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, who has now returned from leave. (Applause).
MINUTES.
The Minutes of the meetings of the Council held on 6th, 7th and 21st December, 1965 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 December 1965.
(2) Interim Report of the Urban Amenities Sub-Committee
on the Indoor Stadium.
MR. SALES:—Sir, I wish to draw Council's attention in particular to the excellent interim report which you have just laid on the table, covering the work of the Urban Amenities Sub-Committee on Indoor Stadium, composed of Mr. Wilson WANG as Chairman, Mr. FUNG Hon-chu and Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in, together with the representatives of the Urban Services Department and other Government Departments involved in this project. I would like to emphasize also the recommendation of the sub-committee that work be started immediately on this project, so that it will be ready by 1970. I believe the Select Committee will want me to bring to your attention, and through you, to Government, that the important matter at issue in the indoor stadium project is the fact that this Council's wish is to provide facilities for the people of Hong Kong for their entertainment, be it by way of sports competitions or concerts, exhibitions and the like, so that if it is Government's intention to combine in this multi-purpose indoor stadium facilities for conventions, these facilities should not in any way prejudice the interests of the masses whose requirements by way of recreational facilities cannot be over- looked longer than they have been up to the present time.
DR. BELL:—Mr. Chairman, in connexion with the monthly report which you have laid on the table, as there is no chairman of the Ward System, may I make a few remarks? You have pointed out in the report the number of callers at the ward offices, and there were I think in to-day's paper, the English paper, some remarks about the number of calls falling
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off at the ward offices, and remarking that it was not very popular. I would like to point out, as far as my Mong Kok ward is concerned, my Appointed colleague and myself have found no falling off of cases, and I think it should be noted by the newspapers the number of cases that have been calling in as reported in your monthly report.
MR. BERNACCHI:--Indeed, Mr. Chairman, to add to the words of Dr. BELL, as regards the North Point and Chai Wan area, the number of members of the public coming has been ever increasing.
MR. SALES: Sir, far be it for me to let this opportunity go by without making a statement. In connexion with the ward which I share with Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN, there were only two visits to the ward according to your statement, but your statement overlooked the fact that representations were made by 750 people in the Mirador Mansions, (Laughter), to our ward office by a direct approach to Mr. CHEONG- So, if the implication on the part of the press is that the policy of discouragement which some of us, notably myself, may have pursued has succeeded, it is not so in respect of the month of December.
LEEN.
QUESTIONS.
(1) Question by MRS. E. ELLIOTT:-
It has long been the custom to name streets and parks after well-known persons with connexions in the Colony. Has any consideration been given to the naming of a large park (e.g. Kowloon Tsai Park) or a major road after the Chinese hero Dr. Sun Yat-sen, since this year is his Cen- tenary? As he is respected by all political parties and persons of all nationalities, would there be any objection to such a suggestion, which was first made by a Chinese citizen in one of the newspapers?
CHAIRMAN:-The first question on the agenda is a question by Mrs. ELLIOTT who is not present at the moment to-day.
The reply to her question is that no consideration has yet been given to the naming of a park or road after Dr. SUN Yat-sen, but there would be no objection in principle to commemorating his name in this manner. I therefore propose to put the question to the Urban Amenities Select Committee and to the Street Names Select Committee for consideration.
(2) MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question:---
Many residents in Resettlement Estates have been very con- cerned at the incidence of "Teddy Boy" activity in the
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