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of the need to exhibit correct numbers clearly on their buildings.
(iii) Posters on this subject have been displayed in Government and other public buildings.
(iv) The Postmaster General has agreed to use a postal cancellation chop on the same theme for a limited period.
(v) As from 1st November of this year a redesigned pamphlet is being sent with all Notices of Valuation for 1967/68.
(vi) By arrangement with the Government Building Surveyor a circular is sent to all developers when approval is given to plans for new buildings, and at various times solicitors and architects are sent circular letters on the subject.
All these measures have helped and it is hoped that continued efforts to persuade owners and occupiers to exhibit numbers will abate any need to resort to instituting proceedings against those concerned.
DR. BELL: Mr. Chairman, when the rates are levied, is one of the reasons they are levied not also to ensure that there are names on the streets where the houses that are paying the rates are situated?
CHAIRMAN: Dr. BELL, I do not know. This question is outside my sphere, and the only information that I have is that street name plates are paid for from a Public Works Recurrent vote.
DR. BELL: Mr. Chairman, may I comment that I think that is a little odd? Could you make some enquiries and find out whether it wouldn't be more appropriate for the rates to be applied to that?
CHAIRMAN: Yes, Dr. BELL, I will let you know the answer privately.
(2) DR. R. H. S. LEE asked the following question:
When will the Kennedy Town incinerator be ready for handing over to the Urban Services Department for the disposal of refuse? When it becomes fully operational, will it be able to handle the daily refuse of the whole island of Hong Kong? What is the maximum capacity of the incinerator as compared to the average collection each day? When will the Cheung Sha Wan incinerator be completed? When it is in full operation will it be capable of handling the whole of Kowloon's need?
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these two incinerators are completed is it the intention of the Council to close the refuse dump at Gin Drinker's Bay to abate the nuisances that come from there?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows:
The Public Works Department will be responsible for the operation of the Kennedy Town incinerator and all future incinerators. The responsibility of the Urban Services Department will cease after the refuse has been delivered to the plant. The Kennedy Town plant is now being tested, and provided these tests prove satisfactory the incinerator should be in full operation within a month.
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The quantity of refuse at present collected on the Island averages about 560 tons a day. When the Kennedy Town plant is fully operational, it will be able to handle a load of up to 750 tons a day. The incinerator has four units, each capable of handling 250 tons of refuse a day. One unit will, however, serve as a standby.
The first incinerator for Kowloon is expected to be completed towards the end of 1967. This plant will be at Lai Chi Kok. A second incinerator is also contemplated at Lai Chi Kok, and work on this will go ahead if the Kennedy Town plant proves successful. If it is agreed to go ahead with the second Kowloon incinerator it could probably be completed by the end of 1969. The total capacity of two Kowloon plants would be between 1,500 and 1,750 tons a day. Refuse at present collected in Kowloon averages about 1,150 tons a day.
If and when two incinerators are fully operational in Kowloon it may be possible to close the dump at Gin Drinkers Bay. However, with the rapid build-up of other centres of population and the increase in the quantity of refuse in Kowloon, the use of the dump may have to be continued. It would not be safe to forecast the complete closure of the dump before a third plant in Kowloon and a second plant in Hong Kong are built.
DR. LEE: A supplementary, Mr. Chairman. May I know why it will take another year before the first incinerator is completed? Are there any means whereby the completion might be expedited?
CHAIRMAN: You are referring, Sir, to the first incinerator in Kowloon?
DR. LEE: Yes.
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of the need to exhibit correct numbers clearly on their buildings.
(iii) Posters on this subject have been displayed in
Government and other public buildings.
(iv) The Postmaster General has agreed to use a postal cancellation chop on the same theme for a limited period.
(v) As from 1st November of this year a redesigned pamphlet is being sent with all Notices of Valuation for 1967/68.
(vi) By arrangement with the Government Building Surveyor a circular is sent to all developers when approval is given to plans for new buildings, and at various times solicitors and architects are sent circular letters on the subject.
All these measures have helped and it is hoped that continued efforts to persuade owners and occupiers to exhibit numbers will abate any need to resort to instituting pro- ceedings against those concerned.
DR. BELL: Mr. Chairman, when the rates are levied, is one of the reasons they are levied not also to ensure that there are names on the streets where the houses that are paying the rates are situated?
CHAIRMAN: Dr. BELL, I do not know. This question is outside my sphere, and the only information that I have is that street name plates are paid for from a Public Works Recurrent vote.
DR. BELL:-Mr. Chairman, may I comment that I think that is a little odd? Could you make some enquiries and find out whether it wouldn't be more appropriate for the rates to be applied to that?
CHAIRMAN: -Yes, Dr. BELL, I will let you know the answer
privately.
(2) DR. R. H. S. LEE asked the following question:-
When will the Kennedy Town incinerator be ready for handing over to the Urban Services Department for the disposal of refuse? When it becomes fully operational, will it be able to handle the daily refuse of the whole island of Hong Kong? What is the maximum capacity of the incinerator as compared to the average collection each day? When will the Cheung Sha Wan incinerator be completed? When it is in full operation will it be ca- pable of handling the whole of Kowloon's need?
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these two incinerators are completed is it the intention of the Council to close the refuse dump at Gin Drinker's Bay to abate the nuisances that come from there?
THE CHAIRMAN replied as follows: —
The Public Works Department will be responsible for the operation of the Kennedy Town incinerator and all future incinerators. The responsibility of the Urban Services Department will cease after the refuse has been delivered to the plant. The Kennedy Town plant is now being tested, and provided these tests prove satisfactory the incinerator should be in full operation within a month.
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3.
4.
The quantity of refuse at present collected on the Island averages about 560 tons a day. When the Kennedy Town plant is fully operational, it will be able to handle a load of up to 750 tons a day. The incinerator has four units, each capable of handling 250 tons of refuse a day. One unit will, however, serve as a standby.
The first incinerator for Kowloon is expected to be com- pleted towards the end of 1967. This plant will be at Lai Chi Kok. A second incinerator is also contemplated at Lai Chi Kok, and work on this will go ahead if the Kennedy Town plant proves successful. If it is agreed to go ahead with the second Kowloon incinerator it could probably be completed by the end of 1969. The total capacity of two Kowloon plants would be between 1,500 and 1,750 tons a day. Refuse at present collected in Kowloon averages about 1,150 tons a day.
If and when two incinerators are fully operational in Kowloon it may be possible to close the dump at Gin Drinkers Bay. However, with the rapid build-up of other centres of population and the increase in the quantity of refuse in Kowloon, the use of the dump may have to be continued. It would not be safe to forecast the complete closure of the dump before a third plant in Kowloon and a second plant in Hong Kong are built.
DR. LEE: A supplementary, Mr. Chairman. May I know why
it will take another year before the first incinerator is completed? Are there any means whereby the completion might be expedited?
CHAIRMAN: -You are referring, Sir, to the first incinerator in
Kowloon?
DR. LEE: -Yes.
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