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do not attend school; they will of course be pleased to give any assistance they can to any body that does undertake such surveys.
This problem is not of course confined to resettlement children and it is felt that any surveys of this kind should be on a Colony-wide basis. This is being further considered by the departments concerned.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: Is it implied in the second paragraph that the Resettlement Department would like to carry out such a survey on a Colony-wide basis, Mr. Chairman.
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: ----Not the Resettlement Department, Sir. This indicates that this matter has gone rather outside my province.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Insofar as Resettlement Estates are concerned then, would the Commissioner for Resettlement please give this matter further consideration?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Yes, Mr. Chairman, I was going to suggest, because of Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's interest in this matter, that I would try to arrange a meeting between him and the Departments concerned to consider further progress in the matter.
MR. BERNACCHI:-Perhaps the Commissioner of Statistics could be consulted.
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Possibly.
(11) MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question:
It has been estimated that about 100,000 Kwun Tong residents cross the harbour from Kwun Tong Pier every day and that there is no public convenience (not even a temporary one) at the pier and that there has been constant complaint about this lack of toilet facilities at that pier. Can this Council be informed:
(a) Whether the Chairman is aware of any plan to erect a temporary or a permanent public convenience at the pier?
(b) If not, would the Chairman approach the appropriate Government department in the near future?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
The position in this connexion is that a new ferry pier is to be built about 100 yards to the south-east of the present public pier which the ferry companies have been permitted to use on a temporary basis. The new pier is included in Category A of the Public Works Programme, and tenders have already been called for its construction. A public latrine, which is in fact already under construction and expected to be completed by the end of October this year, is being provided on the concourse opposite the new pier.
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MR. C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, there is a Chinese saying «A man has three emergencies), but he has to wait until the end of October. Can something temporary be arranged meanwhile?
CHAIRMAN:-I will look into that, Mr. CHAN.
(12) MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question:-
This summer, the public has witnessed a very large scale summer programme for the young people, particularly the under-privileged ones, of Hong Kong. I understand that only $200,000 has been allotted by this Council for this purpose in the urban area this year. May I ask whether this sum is going to be increased for next summer? If so, to what extent?
MR. A. de O. SALES, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
This year's vote for public recreation activities in the urban area is $200,000. At the request of the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee, a recommendation is being made for the vote to be increased to $300,000 in the draft Estimates for 1970-71. It is too early yet to say whether this recommendation will be accepted.
MR. C. K. CHAN:---Mr. Chairman, at the beginning of this meeting, Mr. SALES rightly and correctly congratulated your department for the amount of work done for the youth this summer. I think it was the statistics or calculation of the Social Welfare Department and others concerned that there were 500,000 new participants in this year's activities, and it is planned to double that number next year, that is to say we hope to have one million. Would the Chairman of the Recreation and Amenities Committee consider adopting this line and recommending $400,000 instead of $300,000 so that it will be double instead of one-and-a-half?
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do not attend school; they will of course be pleased to give any assistance they can to any body that does undertake such surveys.
This problem is not of course confined to resettlement children and it is felt that any surveys of this kind should be on a Colony-wide basis. This is being further considered by the departments concerned.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN: Is it implied in the second paragraph that the Resettlement Department would like to carry out such a survey on a Colony-wide basis, Mr. Chairman.
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT: ----Not the Resettlement Department, Sir. This indicates that this matter has gone rather outside my province.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Insofar as Resettlement Estates are con- cerned then, would the Commissioner for Resettlement please give this matter further consideration?
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Yes, Mr. Chairman, I was going to suggest, because of Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's interest in this matter, that I would try to arrange a meeting between him and the Departments concerned to consider further progress in the matter.
MR. BERNACCHI:-Perhaps the Commissioner of Statistics could be consulted.
COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-Possibly.
(11) MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question:
It has been estimated that about 100,000 Kwun Tong residents cross the harbour from Kwun Tong Pier every day and that there is no public convenience (not even a temporary one) at the pier and that there has been constant com- plaint about this lack of toilet facilities at that pier. Can this Council be informed:
(a) Whether the Chairman is aware of any plan to erect a temporary or a permanent public convenience at the pier?
(b) If not, would the Chairman approach the appropriate
Government department in the near future?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
The position in this connexion is that a new ferry pier is to be built about 100 yards to the south-east of the
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present public pier which the ferry companies have been permitted to use on a temporary basis. The new pier is included in Category A of the Public Works Pro- gramme, and tenders have already been called for its construction. A public latrine, which is in fact already under construction and expected to be completed by the end of October this year, is being provided on the con- course opposite the new pier.
MR. C. K. CHAN:-Mr. Chairman, there is a Chinese saying «A” (man has three emergencies), but he has to wait until the end of October. Can something temporary be arranged meanwhile?
CHAIRMAN:-I will look into that, Mr. CHAN.
(12) MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question:-
This summer, the public has witnessed a very large scale summer programme for the young people, particularly the under-privileged ones, of Hong Kong. I understand that only $200,000 has been allotted by this Council for this purpose in the urban area this year. May I ask whether this sum is going to be increased for next summer? If so, to what extent?
MR. A. de O. SALES, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
This year's vote for public recreation activities in the urban area is $200,000. At the request of the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee, a recommendation is being made for the vote to be increased to $300,000 in the draft Estimates for 1970-71. It is too early yet to say whether this recommendation will be accepted.
MR. C. K. CHAN:---Mr. Chairman, at the beginning of this meeting, Mr. SALES rightly and correctly congratulated your department for the amount of work done for the youth this summer. I think it was the statistics or calculation of the Social Welfare Department and others concerned that there were 500,000 new participants in this year's activities, and it is planned to double that number next year, that is to say we hope to have one million. Would the Chairman of the Recreation and Amenities Committee consider adopting this line and recommendating $400,000 instead of $300,000 so that it will be double instead of one-and-a-half?
No comments yet.
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