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MR. HU:-Sorry I asked you that question. Mr. Chairman, it is a very good idea to improve Victoria Park. Could I ask you to let us know when these trees will be planted?
CHAIRMAN:-This summer.
MR. HU: When was this present plan for the improvement of Victoria Park formed, was it recently or was it formed quite some time ago?
CHAIRMAN:-I regret, Sir, that I do not know, though I am assured by the Assistant Director that it has been under consideration.
MR. HU:-Mr. Chairman, it is a very good idea to have floodlights and to make the park more agreeable by having concerts and holding art exhibitions, but could you let us know when these ideas will be carried out? In the near future, or will it be quite some time?
CHAIRMAN:-I have no idea Sir. It will depend on the deliberations in the relevant Select Committee.
DR. BELL:-Mr. Chairman, could I ask a supplementary? It more or less arises out of this. You won't forget, will you please, Sir, that Kowloon Tsai Park could do with similar sort of improvements? It is, I know, across the water (Laughter) but a lot of people do use it.
CHAIRMAN:-I think that is a very fair supplementary, Dr. BELL.
(Laughter).
DR. BELL:-No answer?
CHAIRMAN:-I will speak to the Assistant Director of Amenities about it.
(14) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:-
I understand that the Kung Man Village residents are complaining of a mosquito nuisance which appears to be caused primarily by nearby nullahs that are in a state of disrepair thus permitting mosquitoes to breed easily in those parts of the nullahs where water has accumulated. Can the Chairman take action to abate this nuisance?
DR. R. H. S. LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
On 17th March, 1966, a verbal complaint of mosquitoes was received from the Secretary of the Mount Davis Kaifong Association. Mosquito surveys were carried out by the staff of the Urban Services Department and mosquito breeding was found on the old site of the Chung Sing Benevolent Society Swimming Pavilion in Victoria Road. Breeding was also discovered in tins and receptacles in Kung Man Village itself. The breeding places found were destroyed and appropriate action was taken to prevent a recurrence of the nuisance. Mosquito surveys in the area will be continued.
The nullahs referred to in the question are actually hill streams. There are three such streams in the village and all are subject to weekly clearing and oiling by the pest control staff. So far no mosquito breeding has ever been found in the streams.
DR. BELL: Could I ask a supplementary, Mr. Chairman? It does arise out of this again more or less. As a matter of interest, why does it say the nullahs referred to in the question are actually hill streams? Are nullahs not always hill streams?
CHAIRMAN:-I would need a dictionary to be sure, but I think you are right.
DR. BELL: Mr. Chairman, I should be right, is that right? You mean very often the nullahs here are polluted?
CHAIRMAN:-No, Dr. BELL, I do not.
A nullah, I think, is a term which originated in the Near East for a water course, regardless of whether it runs down a hill or on the flat, has water in it or is dry.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS:-Mr. Chairman, a nullah is a man-made thing, and a hill stream is a natural stream.
DR. BELL:-I still think the Chairman is right. (Laughter).
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: Could I put it this way Mr. Chairman? The Public Works Department build many nullahs, but I think only God builds hill streams.
(15) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:-
Does the Urban Services Department have an inspection system whereby trees in thoroughfares in the Urban area are inspected regularly to ensure that they are preserved in proper condition and are not seriously damaged by white ants?
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MR. HU:-Sorry I asked you that question. Mr. Chairman, it is a very good idea to improve Victoria Park. Could I ask you to let us know when these trees will be planted?
CHAIRMAN:-This summer.
MR. HU: When was this present plan for the improvement of Victoria Park formed, was it recently or was it formed quite some time ago?
CHAIRMAN: -I regret, Sir, that I do not know, though I am assured by the Assistant Director that it has been under consideration.
MR. HU:-Mr. Chairman, it is a very good idea to have floodlights and to make the park more agreeable by having concerts and holding art exhibitions, but could you let us know when these ideas will be carried out? In the near future, or will it be quite some time?
CHAIRMAN:-I have no idea Sir. It will depend on the delibera- tions in the relevant Select Committee.
DR. BELL:-Mr. Chairman, could I ask a supplementary? It more or less arises out of this. You won't forget, will you please, Sir, that Kowloon Tsai Park could do with similar sort of improvements? It is, I know, across the water (Laughter) but a lot of people do use it.
CHAIRMAN:-I think that is a very fair supplementary, Dr. BELL.
(Laughter).
DR. BELL:-No answer?
CHAIRMAN:-I will speak to the Assistant Director of Amenities about it.
(14) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:-
I understand that the Kung Man Village residents are com- plaining of a mosquito nuisance which appears to be caused primarily by nearby nullahs that are in a state of disrepair thus permitting mosquitoes to breed easily in those parts of the nullahs where water has accumulated. Can the Chairman take action to abate this nuisance?
DR. R. H. S. LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
On 17th March, 1966, a verbal complaint of mosquitoes was received from the Secretary of the Mount Davis Kaifong Association. Mosquito surveys were carried out by the
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staff of the Urban Services Department and mosquito breeding was found on the old site of the Chung Sing Benevolent Society Swimming Pavilion in Victoria Road. Breeding was also discovered in tins and receptacles in Kung Man Village itself. The breeding places found were destroyed and appropriate action was taken to prevent a recurrence of the nuisance. Mosquito surveys in the area will be continued.
The nullahs referred to in the question are actually hill streams. There are three such streams in the village and all are subject to weekly clearing and oiling by the pest control staff. So far no mosquito breeding has ever been found in the streams.
DR. BELL: Could I ask a supplementary, Mr. Chairman? It does arise out of this again more or less. As a matter of interest, why does it say the nullahs referred to in the question are actually hill streams? Are nullahs not always hill streams?
CHAIRMAN: -I would need a dictionary to be sure, but I think you are right.
DR. BELL: Mr. Chairman, I should be right, is that right? You mean very often the nullahs here are polluted?
CHAIRMAN:-No, Dr. BELL, I do not.
A nullah, I think, is a term which originated in the Near East for a water course, regardless of whether it runs down a hill or on the flat, has water in it or is dry.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: -Mr. Chairman, a nullah is a man- made thing, and a hill stream is a natural stream.
DR. BELL:-I still think the Chairman is right. (Laughter).
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: Could I put it this way Mr. Chairman? The Public Works Department build many nullahs, but I think only God builds hill streams.
(15) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:-
Does the Urban Services Department have an inspection system whereby trees in thoroughfares in the Urban area are inspected regularly to ensure that they are preserved in proper condition and are not seriously damaged by white ants?
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