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(b) Why is the rubbish in the vacant rooms (bathrooms

unfit for use) allowed to collect and remain there?

(c) Is it true that only one bathroom in this area is fit for

use?

(d) Is the officer in charge authorized to say that no repairs will be done? If not, when will repairs be carried out?

THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:-

Sir, in 1957 a number of bath-sheds were built in Chuk Yuen and Tai Wo Hau Cottage Areas as an experiment. They were not successful, in that they were little used, and it was decided in 1963 that they should be demolished. By an oversight four of these bath-sheds still remain at Chuk Yuen and I regret that it is true that they are now used for the dumping of rubbish.

I can only trace one complaint, which was anonymous, that these bath-sheds were in disrepair. One of the four is in better condition than the others but my information is that it is seldom if ever used.

It is proposed to demolish all these sheds.

MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, can the Commissioner prove that these bath-sheds are not being used because they are not wanted or because they are in such bad repair they cannot be used?

COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-1 do not know if I can answer that, Mr. Chairman. All I can say is that they have been in existence for a long time and I have not had any evidence that they are used extensively. If, in fact, there is evidence that they are, the position can possibly be reconsidered.

MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Commissioner would it be possible for Officers to go around and ask the people if they would like them restored, because I was told there was a queue at certain times for the one bathroom in existence?

COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT:-I can certainly do that, Mr. Chairman. As I say, I have had no evidence that there are any queues, but I will certainly make further enquiries.

(3) MRS. E. ELLIOTT asked the following question:

How many pigbreeders/cultivators shops have been allocated

since July, 1969?

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:-

Sir, since July 1969, 37 ex-pigbreeders and ex-cultivators on the waiting list have been allocated shops in estates.

MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, that is all I wanted to know, thank you very much.

(4) MR. WILSON T. S. WANG asked the following question:

What is the present and proposed scale of charges on the use of flood-lighting in the Hong Kong Stadium and how do they compare with those charged in other stadia?

MR. A. de O. SALES, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:

Mr. Chairman, the present scale of charges is $700 for any period not exceeding 3 hours and $240 for each hour or part of an hour exceeding 3 hours. At Mr. WANG'S request, Sir, a proposal has been put to Government to reduce the scale of charges to $350 for a period not exceeding 3 hours, and $100 per hour or part of an hour exceeding 3 hours. I am told that the charges at the Hong Kong Football Club Stadium and the South China Athletic Association Stadium are each $250 for the entire period of use.

(5) MR. PETER P. F. CHAN asked the following question:-

I consider that the Marble Road hawker clean-up operation was a success. May I ask whether the actual number of hawkers in North Point was reduced after such opera- tion and whether the actual hawking area was reduced?

MR. R. H. LOBO, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKER MANAGEMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:

The answer to the first part of the question is: The actual number of illegal hawkers in North Point streets has been reduced.

The answer to the second part of this question is:-Yes, large areas of the streets in North Point which were fully occupied by illegal hawkers have since been cleared and are now under good ground control. In addition to this,

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