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inadequate and wretchedly congested public transport? When is he going to have a small feeling of security in his job and in his chance of promotion? When is he going to have a feeling of security, if he falls sick and cannot go to work, that he will receive some sickness benefit so that his family may continue to eat during his illness? When is he going to be able to get medical attention other than by queuing for long hours at a government clinic, if he cannot afford more? When is he going to receive an old age pension when his working days are done and he has been unable to make any savings because of his present low wages? When are his children going to get free primary education? When is he going to feel that if he has a grievance he can take it to someone who can investigate his grievances and help him to have action taken to put these right? When is he going to have some sense of security as a citizen and some sense of belonging to Hong Kong—this vast city in which he plays so great a part? When is industry going to be able to feel that it can have government backing if needed, because industry is the rice bowl of the man in the street? When is there going to be a proper system of income taxation which can begin to take care of some of the finance needed for answering some of these questions posed?
Where have the actions got to come from in order to get an answer to these questions? From Hong Kong or from London? Surely it is obvious they must come from Hong Kong and I suppose in some instances may have to have endorsement from London.
Who is to initiate the actions to find the answers to these questions and who is going to see that the man in the street gets his just needs and rights? Is it the hundreds of civil servants? The Financial Secretary? The Colonial Secretary? The Governor? The Councillors? Who? But most of all who is going to keep on posing the questions until some actions are taken? On this Council with our present limited scope we have only got the opportunity once a year at our Annual Debate when by tradition we are allowed to talk and pose questions beyond our limited scope and which cannot be ruled out of order.
Mr. Chairman, if you cannot give me an answer to the questions I have raised, then, I request you, to forward them, marked for urgent reply and action, to the Colonial Secretary and to all those who have in the past urged maintenance of the status quo heedless of warnings, sounded from time to time, of the danger of that policy. Now that a "spanner" has been thrown in the works by recent events, the whole machine must be overhauled and renovated to prevent a complete breakdown. There is surely a willingness now for change and reparation, this willingness must be kept alive. Those, who really, truly and sincerely have the interests of the people of Hong Kong at heart, must wake up and ask questions and get answers and solutions and above all urgent actions taken to reward the man in the street for all his work and his unswerving confidence and faith in Hong Kong. (Applause).
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MR. WILSON T. S. WANG:- Mr. Chairman, at the last two debates, my pet subject was to urge Government to provide more playground and recreational facilities and Government to take a more active part in promoting the interest of our youths on sports and other forms of healthy recreation. Although progress has been made in this field, the need to exert an even greater effort is even more pressing than ever before. However, as the subject has just been so eloquently expressed by the youths themselves, in the Youth Regional Conference, I feel confident their outcry is still fresh in everybody's mind and that we can count on many champions to defend this course without my repeating it.
I shall now speak on three sections on the statement of aims and objectives which directly concern the Select Committee or sub-committee of which I am the Chairman. I shall dwell on them in alphabetical order.
Abbatoirs
As Chairman of the Abbatoirs and Offensive Trades Select Committee, I must start off by paying a special tribute to the members of the local meat industry and the staff of the Urban Services Department in the two existing and most outdated slaughterhouses, who have managed to work so well together during the past year and in spite of the most adverse working conditions and many unprecedented difficulties, have been able to keep the slaughterhouses working normally and have never failed to produce the fresh meat required each day by our people.
This year has been the construction of the new abbatoirs at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan nearing completion. When these two abbatoirs come into service—and now at last we can say for sure that in the case of Kennedy Town this will be in the first few months of 1968—the Council will have achieved its long-standing ambition to provide Hong Kong with a hygienic meat supply with adequate facilities for meat inspection and also with decent working conditions for all employed in the abbatoirs and humane handling and slaughtering animals. Out of the long, long wait, we can now find one consolation. The new abbatoirs will be among the most up-to-date in the world and will stand comparison in design and appearance with the best modern industrial premises constructed in Hong Kong.
Museum & Art Gallery
The Select Committee would have indeed a very easy task to perform because it has the benefit of a well-prepared report outlining
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inadequate and wretchedly congested public transport? When is he going to have a small feeling of security in his job and in his chance of promotion? When is he going to have a feeling of security, if he falls sick and cannot go to work, that he will receive some sickness benefit so that his family may continue to eat during his illness? When is he going to be able to get medical attention other than by queuing for long hours at a government clinic, if he cannot afford more? When is he going to receive an old age pension when his working days are done and he has been unable to make any savings because of his present low wages? When are his children going to get free primary educa- tion? When is he going to feel that if he has a grievance he can take it to someone who can investigate his grievances and help him to have action taken to put these right? When is he going to have some sense of security as a citizen and some sense of belonging to Hong Kong-this vast city in which he plays so great a part? When is industry going to be able to feel that it can have government backing if needed, because industry is the rice bowl of the man in the street? When is there going to be a proper system of income taxation which can begin to take care of some of the finance needed for answering some of these questions posed?
Where have the actions got to come from in order to get an answer to these questions? From Hong Kong or from London? Surely it is obvious they must come from Hong Kong and I suppose in some in- stances may have to have endorsement from London.
Who is to initiate the actions to find the answers to these questions and who is going to see that the man in the street gets his just needs and rights? Is it the hundreds of civil servants? The Financial Secretary? The Colonial Secretary? The Governor? The Council- lors? Who? But most of all who is going to keep on posing the questions until some actions are taken? On this Council with our present limited scope we have only got the opportunity once a year at our Annual Debate when by tradition we are allowed to talk and pose questions beyond our limited scope and which cannot be ruled out of order.
Mr. Chairman, if you cannot give me an answer to the questions I have raised, then, I request you, to forward them, marked for urgent reply and action, to the Colonial Secretary and to all those who have in the past urged maintenance of the status quo heedless of warnings, sounded from time to time, of the danger of that policy. Now that a "spanner" has been thrown in the works by recent events, the whole machine must be overhauled and renovated to prevent a complete breakdown. There is surely a willingness now for change and repara- tion, this willingness must be kept alive. Those, who really, truly and sincerely have the interests of the pepole of Hong Kong at heart, must
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wake up and ask questions and get answers and solutions and above all urgent actions taken to reward the man in the street for all his work and his unswerving confidence and faith in Hong Kong. (Applause).
MR. WILSON T. S. WANG:-Mr. Chairman, at the last two debates, my pet subject was to urge Government to provide more playground and recreational facilities and Government to take a more active part in promoting the interest of our youths on sports and other forms of healthy recreation. Although progress has been made in this field, the need to exert an even greater effort is even more pressing than ever before. However, as the subject has just been so eloquently expressed by the youths themselves, in the Youth Regional Conference, I feel confident their outcry is still fresh in everybody's mind and that we can count on many champions to defend this course without my repeating it.
I shall now speak on three sections on the statement of aims and objectives which directly concern the Select Committee or sub-committee of which I am the Chairman. I shall dwell on them in alphabetical order.
Abbatoirs
As Chairman of the Abbatoirs and Offensive Trades Select Com- mittee, I must start off by paying a special tribute to the members of the local meat industry and the staff of the Urban Services Department in the two existing and most outdated slaughterhouses, who have managed to work so well together during the past year and in spite of the most adverse working conditions and many unprecedented difficulties, have been able to keep the slaughterhouses working normally and have never failed to produce the fresh meat required each day by our people.
This year has been the construction of the new abbatoirs at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan nearing completion. When these two abbatoirs come into service--and now at last we can say for sure that in the case of Kennedy Town this will be in the first few months of 1968-the Council will have achieved its long-standing ambition to provide Hong Kong with a hygienic meat supply with adequate facilities for meat inspection and also with decent working conditions for all employed in the abbatoirs and humane handling and slaughtering animals. Out of the long, long wait, we can now find one consolation. The new abbatoirs will be among the most up-to-date in the world and will stand comparison in design and appearance with the best modern industrial premises constructed in Hong Kong.
Museum & Art Gallery
The Select Committee would have indeed a very easy task to perform because it has the benefit of a well prepared report outlining
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