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MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-I suggest, Mr. Chairman, that you discuss this with the person who asked this question and take what steps you think are desirable. Certainly, it seems to be more a matter for the Police after eleven o'clock.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, in the term "temporary buildings", does Mr. WONG include all the crates that litter the road and stop the traffic?
MR. WONG:-I was only answering the question about the temporary buildings. The baskets are really holding up the roads at the moment, and that is why the plan is to move them to the wholesale market where a much larger area is reserved for them, and the access roads to the market are much broader. We expect to have the baskets within these premises rather than lying on the road.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, I am speaking from memory. I think I asked this question about a year ago and got the answer that it all would be removed this year. Has the date been changed?
CHAIRMAN:-I cannot answer the second part of that question, Mrs. ELLIOTT, because I was not present and I do not know what was said to you, but I think what you are remembering is that about a year ago there was some suggestion that the congestion could be relieved in the neighbourhood by using a piece of land which was not too far away, and which could be made available. This plan was certainly looked into, but nothing came of it, partly because the wholesalers concerned were unwilling to co-operate if I remember correctly.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, do we always do what the wholesalers say?
CHAIRMAN:-No, Mrs. ELLIOTT; but we are seeking a long-term, permanent solution.
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situated within an 11 acre park. Facilities for swimming will include a 50-metre pool, suitable for competition and exhibition purposes, with a spectator stand to seat 800 people; a diving pool; a second, but shallower, 50-metre pool, which will also be suitable for competitive swimming; a children's water play area; and paddling pools. The surrounding park will include a soccer pitch, two mini-soccer pitches, three basketball courts, two volleyball courts, and a roller-skating rink.
This major project is in Category A of the Public Works Programme, and is now being planned in detail.
The Programme also includes, in Category C, an item to provide a large playground, covering 3 acres of land, in Yuet Wah Street. Detailed plans have not yet been agreed, but this area will probably include a mini-soccer pitch, basketball courts, a children's play area and a rest garden.
The Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee has recently approved the release of funds to provide a basketball court in a playground to be opened in Mut Wah Street, and a public garden containing a fountain in Yue Man Square.
I should perhaps add that there are already in Kwun Tong 14 recreation areas covering nearly 13 acres of land. These provide 9 basketball courts, 3 volleyball courts, a mini-soccer pitch, 7 children's playgrounds and 7 public gardens.
MR. RAFEEK:-Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for a very detailed answer. I am sure the Kaifong and the people will be very happy to hear it.
(6) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:
In view of the expanding industry in Kwun Tong and the growing population in that district, can the Chairman of the Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee please advise what parks, playgrounds and other amenities are being planned for that district?
THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL replied as follows:-
The most ambitious scheme among those which are being planned to provide recreational facilities for the residents of Kwun Tong is a swimming complex, which will be situated within an 11 acre park...
(7) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:-
It has been reported in the press that Government intends to build a flyover over the Canal Road Market in Happy Valley at the end of this year. Can the Chairman inquire from Government if this is correct and, if so, what steps will be taken to provide alternative sites for the many hundreds of hawkers in that area? Can the Chairman give an assurance that early steps will be taken in this direction so that the livelihood of the hawkers concerned will not be affected?
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MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-I suggest, Mr. Chairman, that you discuss this with the person who asked this question and take what steps you think are desirable. Certainly, it seems to be more a matter for the Police after eleven o'clock.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, in the term "temporary buildings", does Mr. WONG include all the crates that litter the road and stop the traffic?
MR. WONG:-I was only answering the question about the tem- porary buildings. The baskets are really holding up the roads at the moment, and that is why the plan is to move them to the wholesale market where a much larger area is reserved for them, and the access roads to the market are much broader. We expect to have the baskets within these premises rather than lying on the road.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, I am speaking from memory. I think I asked this question about a year ago and got the answer that it all would be removed this year. Has the date been changed?
CHAIRMAN:-I cannot answer the second part of that question Mrs. ELLIOTT, because I was not present and I do not know what was said to you, but I think what you are remembering is that about a year ago there was some suggestion that the congestion could be relieved in the neighbourhood by using a piece of land which was not too far away, and which could be made available. This plan was certainly looked into, but nothing came of it, partly because the wholesalers concerned were unwilling to co-operate if I remember correctly.
MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, do we always do what the whole- salers say?
CHAIRMAN:-No, Mrs. ELLIOTT; but we are seeking a long-term, permanent solution.
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situated within an 11 acre park. Facilities for swimming will include a 50-metre pool, suitable for competition and exhibition purposes, with a spectator stand to seat 800 people; a diving pool; a second, but shallower, 50-metre pool, which will also be suitable for competitive swim- ming; a children's water play area; and paddling pools. The surrounding park will include a soccer pitch, two mini-soccer pitches, three basketball courts, two volley- ball courts, and a roller-skating rink.
This major project is in Category A of the Public Works
Programme, and is now being planned in detail.
The Programme also includes, in Category C, an item to provide a large playground, covering 3 acres of land, in Yuet Wah Street. Detailed plans have not yet been agreed, but this area will probably include a mini-soccer pitch, basketball courts, a children's play area and a rest garden.
The Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee has recently approved the release of funds to provide a basketball court in a playground to be opened in Mut Wah Street, and a public garden containing a fountain in Yue Man Square.
I should perhaps add that there are already in Kwun Tong 14 recreation areas covering nearly 13 acres of land. These provide 9 basketball courts, 3 volleyball courts, a mini-soccer pitch, 7 children's playgrounds and 7 public gardens.
MR. RAFEEK:-Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for a very detailed I am sure the Kaifong and the people will be very happy
answer.
to hear it.
(6) MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK asked the following question:
In view of the expanding industry in Kwun Tong and the growing population in that district, can the Chairman of the Parks, Recreation and Amenities Select Committee please advise what parks, playgrounds and other ameni- ties are being planned for that district?
THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL replied as follows:-
The most ambitious scheme among those which are being planned to provide recreational facilities for the residents of Kwun Tong is a swimming complex, which will be
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(7) MR. SOLOMON REFEEK asked the following question:-
It has been reported in the press that Government intends to build a flyover over the Canal Road Market in Happy Valley at the end of this year. Can the Chairman inquire from Government if this is correct and, if so, what steps will be taken to provide alternative sites for the many hundreds of hawkers in that area? Can the Chairman give an assurance that early steps will be taken in this direction so that the livelihood of the hawkers concerned will not be affected?
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