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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
APPENDIX I (See page 11)
Urban Council Meeting · 4th April, 1967
Note on item 3(4) on the Order Paper
Members may recall that when resite areas were first set up, no provision was made for shops. Subsequently, in order to enable the operators of illegal squatter shops to continue earning their living, as well as to provide shopping facilities for the residents, resite shops measuring 6 ft. by 8 ft. and carrying no eligibility for resettlement were allowed to operate in such areas. Since many of these shops were allowed to open after the resite areas had come into being, it was seldom possible to separate them entirely from domestic structures and group them together into shopping centres.
2. Part VA of the Resettlement Ordinance empowers the Governor to set aside areas of unleased Crown Land as Class I or II Licensed Areas. It also empowers the competent authority, in this case the Commissioner for Resettlement, to grant licences to occupy land in these areas for the purpose of carrying on retail trade. Government's intention is, as far as possible, to use resite areas for this purpose, but not to convert them into licensed areas until the existing occupants of domestic structures have been resettled. So far, 13 resite areas or sections of resite areas have been cleared, but will not be set aside as licensed areas either because they are required for permanent development, or because they are not suitable for this purpose. About 30 more sections of resite areas, or sections of them, are likely to be set aside as Licensed Areas in the next few months. Another eight resite areas have been set aside as Licensed Areas.
3. When resite areas are cleared for development and cease to be used for their former purpose, the authorized domestic occupants are resettled, as are any shopkeepers who are entitled to a resettlement shop, the latter being mainly former pig breeders and cultivators on the waiting list. Shopkeepers who are not entitled to resettlement shops must necessarily go elsewhere and they are offered shop sites in an existing Class I or II Licensed Area. Similarly, when a resite area is to be set aside as a Licensed Area, the same procedure is followed, and shopkeepers who are not entitled to resettlement are given the choice of moving to another Licensed Area that has already been established, or of setting up shop again as soon as the resite area is ready for re-occupation as a Licensed Area. The few complaints that have arisen come from people who are unwilling to move to a different licensed area and whose business is consequently interrupted.
4. There are several reasons why such shopkeepers cannot remain on their old sites during the transitional period between the closure of a resite area and its re-opening as a licensed area:
(1) they are likely to obstruct the repair of existing facilities and the construction of new ones, such as paths, steps, surface drainage, water supplies and so on;
(2) before a licensed area is occupied, the opportunity is taken to introduce a new and improved lay-out, which includes a shopping centre in a location convenient for the residents, but sufficiently far away from domestic huts not to create a fire hazard;
(3) shops in licensed areas will have a minimum size of 120 sq. ft. instead of a maximum of 48 sq. ft. as in resite areas.
In any case, there would be little opportunity for business so long as nobody is living in the area.
5. Officers of the Resettlement Department are very conscious of and regret the inconvenience caused to shopkeepers during this transitional period, and everything possible is done to make it as short as possible. Once they have set up their shops in Class I or II areas, they are unlikely to be disturbed for a considerable time, despite the periodical turnover of the domestic population, but will be able to remain until the area is finally closed.
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
SCHEDULE
LIST OF SELECT COMMITTEES AS FROM 4.4.67
POWERS
TITLE AND MEMBERSHIP
1. Abattoirs and Offensive Trades. Mr. Wilson T. S. WANG (Chairman). The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services. Dr. R. H. S. LEE, O.B.E. Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in. Mr. H. M. G. FORSGATE, Mr. D. J. R. BLAKER. The Assistant Director (Agriculture). 2. Cemeteries, Crematoria and Funeral Parlours. Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in (Chairman). The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services. Mr. B. A. BERNACCHI, O.B.E., Q.C. Mr. Solomon RAFEEK, B.E.M. Mr. R. H. LOBO. Mr. D. J. R. BLAKER. 3. City Hall. Mr. A. de O. SALES, O.B.E. (Chairman). The Chairman, Urban Council. Dr. R. H. S. LEE, O.B.E. Mr. Li Yiu-bor, O.B.E. Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-pui, O.B.E. Mr. R. H. LOBO. 4. Environmental Hygiene. Dr. R. H. S. Lee, O.B.E. (Chairman). The Chairman, Urban Council. The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services. Dr. P. F. Woo, O.B.E. Dr. A. M. S. BELL. Hon. Wilfred S. B. WONG, O.B.E. Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-pui, O.B.E. Mr. Solomon RAFEEK, B.E.M. Mr. H. M. G. FORSGATE. Mr. Peter NG Ping-kin. The Director of Engineering Development.To exercise the powers and functions of the Council (a) under Section 48 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, and under the By-laws relating to Offensive Trades; and (b) in regard to Slaughterhouses, and to advise on the planning, construction and operation of the new abattoirs.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council relating to Cemeteries, Crematoria and Funeral Parlours.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council relating to the management of the City Hall, excluding those appertaining to the Library and Museum and Art Gallery Select Committees.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council under Sections 16 and 18; 19(1); 21(2); 22(4); 30(1); 30(2)(b) (except the power to recover expenses); 32(1); 32(2)(5) (except the power to recover expenses); 86(2) and (3); 89 (except the power to recover expenses); 127(1) and (2); 127(7)(b) (except the power to recover expenses) and 127(9) of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) and By-laws 7(3), 8(2) and (3) of the Conservancy By-laws (Cap. 132 [sub-leg]), By-laws 15(1), 19(1)(b), 19(1)(c), 19(3), 20(1), 20(2), 23, 24(1) and 24(2) of the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances By-laws (Cap. 132 [Sub-leg]),
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
APPENDIX I (See page 11)
Urban Council Meeting · 4th April, 1967
note on item 3(4) on the Order Paper
Members may recall that when resite areas were first set up, no provi- sion was made for shops. Subsequently, in order to enable the operators of illegal squatter shops to continue earning their living, as well as to provide shopping facilities for the residents, resite shops measuring 6 ft. by 8 ft. and carrying no eligibility for resettlement were allowed to operate in such areas. Since many of these shops were allowed to open after the resite areas had come into being, it was seldom possible to separate them entirely from domestic structures and group them together into shopping centres.
2. Part VA of the Resettlement Ordinance empowers the Governor to set aside areas of unleased Crown Land as Class I or II Licensed Areas. It also empowers the competent authority, in this case the Commissioner for Resettle- ment, to grant licences to occupy land in these areas for the purpose of carrying on retail trade. Government's intention is, as far as possible, to use resite areas for this purpose, but not to convert them into licensed areas until the existing occupants of domestic structures have been resettled. So far, 13 resite areas or sections of resite arcas have been cleared, but will not be set aside as licensed areas either because they are required for permanent development, or Another eight resite areas, or because they are not suitable for this purpose.
About 30 more sections of resite areas, have been set aside as Licensed Areas. resite areas or sections of them are likely to be set aside in the next few months.
3. When resite areas are cleared for development and cease to be used for their former purpose, the authorized domestic occupants are resettled, as are any shopkeepers who are entitled to a resettlement shop, the latter being mainly former pigbreeders and cultivators on the waiting list. Shopkeepers who are not entitled to resettlement shops must necessarily go elsewhere and they are offered shop sites in an existing Class I or II Licensed Area. Similarly, when a resite area is to be set aside as a Licensed Area, the same procedure is followed, and shopkeepers who are not entitled to resettlement are given the choice of moving to another Licensed Area that has already been established, or of setting up shop again as soon as the resite area is ready for re-occupation as a Licensed Area. The few complaints that have arisen come from people who are unwilling to move to a different licensed area and whose business is consequently interrupted.
4. There are several reasons why such shopkeepers cannot remain on their old sites during the transitional period between the closure of a resite area and its re-opening as a licensed area:
(1) they are likely to obstruct the repair of existing facilities and the construction of new ones, such as paths, steps, surface drainage, water supplies and so on;
(2) before a licensed area is occupied, the opportunity is taken to introduce a new and improved lay-out, which includes a shopping centre in a location convenient for the residents, but sufficiently far away from domestic huts not to create a fire hazard;
(3) shops in licensed areas will have a minimum size of 120 sq. ft. instead
of a maximum of 48 sq. ft. as in resite areas.
In any case, there would be little opportunity for business so long as nobody is living in the area.
5. Officers of the Resettlement Department are very conscious of and regret the inconvenience caused to shopkeepers during this transitional period, and everything possible is done to make it as short as possible. Once they have set up their shops in Class I or II areas, they are unlikely to be distrubed for a considerable time, despite the periodical turnover of the domestic population, but will be able to remain until the area is finally closed.
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
SCHEDULE
LIST OF SELECT COMMITTEES AS FROM 4.4.67
POWERS
TITLE AND MEMBERSHIP
1. Abattoirs and Offensive Trades.
Mr. Wilson T. S. WANG
(Chairman).
The Deputy Director of Medical
and Health Services.
Dr. R. H. S. LEE, O.B.E.
Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in.
Mr. H. M. G. FORSGATE,
Mr. D. J. R. BLAKER. The Assistant Director
(Agriculture).
2. Cemeteries, Crematoria and Funeral
Parlours.
Mr. CHEUNG Wing-in (Chairman). The Deputy Director of Medical
and Health Services.
Mr. B. A. BERNACCHI, O.B.E., Q.C. Mr. Solomon RAFEEK, B.E.M. Mr. R. H. LOBO.
Mr. D. J. R. BLAKER.
3. City Hall.
Mr. A. de O. SALES, O.B.E.
(Chairman).
The Chairman, Urban Council. Dr. R. H. S. LEE, O.B.E. Mr. Li Yiu-bor, O.B.E.
Hon. Mrs. Ellen Lr Shu-pui, O.B.E. Mr. R. H. LOBO.
4. Environmental Hygiene.
Dr. R. H. S. Lee, O.B.E.
(Chairman).
The Chairman, Urban Council. The Deputy Director of Medical
and Health Services.
Dr. P. F. Woo, O.B.E.
Dr. A. M. S. BELL.
Hon. Wilfred S. B. WONG, O.B.E. Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-pui, O.B.E. Mr. Solomon RAFEEK, B.E.M. Mr. H. M. G. FORSGATE. Mr. Peter NG Ping-kin. The Director of Engineering
Development.
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To exercise the powers and functions of the Council (a) under Section 48 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, and under the By-laws relating to Offensive Trades; and (b) in regard to Slaughterhouses, and to advise on the planning, construction and operation of the new abattoirs.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council relating to Ceme- teries, Crematoria and Funeral Parlours.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council relating to the management of the City Hall, excluding those appertaining to the Library and Museum and Art Gallery Select Committees.
To exercise the powers and functions of the Council under Sections 16 and 18; 19(1); 21(2); 22(4); 30(1); 30(2)(b) (except the power to recover expenses); 32(1); 32(2)(5) (except the power to recover expenses); 86(2) and (3); 89 (except the power to recover expenses); 127(1) and (2); 127(7)(b) (except the power to recover expenses) and 127(9) of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) and
By-laws 7(3), 8(2) and (3) of the Conservancy By-laws (Cap. 132 [sub-leg]), By-laws 15(1), 19(1)(b), 19(1)(c), 19(3), 20(1), 20(2), 23, 24(1) and 24(2) of the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances By-laws (Cap. 132 [Sub-leg]),
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