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notice of that question; would it not be more in keeping with Standing Orders for you to do that, Mr. Chairman, rather than to rule it out of order?
CHAIRMAN: Not at all, Mr. SALES: it is out of order.
MR. SALES: It is not, Sir. It is not out of order. I would like you to refer this particular matter to the Standing Orders and Procedure Select Committee to decide whether you are, in point of fact, correct in the decision you have taken, rather than to force the issue.
CHAIRMAN: Certainly, Mr. SALES.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, with your permission, I would like to ask the next question on behalf of Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN. I believe I have been given some sort of proxy across the table in the presence of the official members, and I am exercising that proxy now with your permission.
MR. BLAKER: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Sales bobbed up so quickly I thought he was asking more supplementaries on the last question. If I may, I would like to ask whether you are able to elaborate on the word "soon"? Are you able to define what is meant by the word "soon"?
CHAIRMAN: As far as I am concerned, "within a matter of weeks".
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, that prompts me to go back to this question No. 3 with your permission. Has this matter to your knowledge not been discussed before with the Secretariat when the first report was issued nearly five years ago.
CHAIRMAN: Sorry, I wasn't here then, Mr. SALES.
MR. SALES: Your predecessor; when I say "you", I mean the "Chairman of the Urban Council".
CHAIRMAN: I am sorry, I don't know.
(4) In the absence of MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
Can the Commissioner for Resettlement advise approximately how long it will take for the relief of overcrowding programme to be completed whereby tenants in all the Resettlement Estates will have a minimum of 27 sq. ft. per person, so that the Urban Council can then consider a further phase of providing for all residents in the older estates a minimum of 35 sq. ft. per person?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows:
The pace of decantation of families from overcrowded resettlement rooms depends on a number of factors, including the availability of rooms in estates to which families are willing to move, and the movement of families away from the estates to other forms of accommodation. Since April 1969, 19,571 persons moved from overcrowded rooms to new rooms in other estates and 27,284 persons were given extra space in their own estates, making a total of 46,855 persons decanted so far this year. These figures were of course offset by the increase in population brought about by the additions of relatives to tenants' families, by natural increase and by children reaching the age of ten and qualifying for adult space.
It is expected that some improvement will result from the recently approved policy of advertising vacant rooms in estates; and a more positive approach will be adopted to persuade more affluent families to move to better accommodation. Further measures are under consideration and will shortly be put to the Select Committee. It is impossible however, at this stage, to assess in detail the results of these proposals, and it is therefore not possible to forecast when all families can be brought up to the standard of 27 sq. ft. for each adult.
(5) In the absence of MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
Since the Colonial Secretariat is now considering a recommendation from the Council to construct a 7-storey building at the north-western corner of the City Hall Complex to be used as a Museum and Art Gallery building, to what extent are plans afoot to recruit and train staff for Museum and Art Gallery services over the next 5 years?
MR. WILSON T. S. WANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
This question seeks information on the recruitment and training of Museum and Art Gallery staff.
The recommendation from the Urban Council that a 7-storey building be built at the north-western corner of the City Hall to be used as a Museum building is still under consideration by the Secretariat and it is therefore still
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notice of that question; would it not be more in keeping with Standing Orders for you to do that, Mr. Chairman, rather than to rule it out of order?
CHAIRMAN:-Not at all, Mr. SALES: it is out of order.
MR. SALES: It is not, Sir. It is not out of order. I would like you to refer this particular matter to the Standing Orders and Procedure Select Committee to decide whether you are, in point of fact, correct in the decision you have taken, rather than to force the issue.
CHAIRMAN: ---Certainly, Mr. SALES.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, with your permission, I would like to ask the next question on behalf of Mr. Hilton CHEONG-LEEN. I believe I have been given some sort of proxy across the table in the presence of the official members, and I am exercising that proxy now with your permission.
MR. BLAKER: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Sales bobbed up so quickly I thought he was asking more supplementaries on the last question. If I may, I would like to ask whether you are able to elaborate on the word "soon"? Are you able to define what is meant by the word "soon"?
CHAIRMAN:-As far as I am concerned, "within a matter of weeks”.
MR. SALES: Mr. Chairman, that prompts me to go back to this question No. 3 with your permission. Has this matter to your knowl- edge not been discussed before with the Secretariat when the first report was issued nearly five years ago.
CHAIRMAN: Sorry, I wasn't here then, Mr. SALES.
MR. SALES: --Your predecessor; when I say "you”, I don't mean "Mr. ALEXANDER", I mean the "Chairman of the Urban Council".
CHAIRMAN: -I am sorry, I don't know.
(4) In the absence of MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
Can the Commissioner for Resettlement advise approximately how long it will take for the relief of overcrowding pro- gramme to be completed whereby tenants in all the Resettlement Estates will have a minimum of 27 sq. ft. per person, so that the Urban Council can then consider a further phase of providing for all residents in the older estates a minimum of 35 sq. ft. per person?
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT replied as follows : —
The pace of decantation of families from overcrowded resettle- ment rooms depends on a number of factors, including the availability of rooms in estates to which families are willing to move, and the movement of families away from the estates to other forms of accommodation. Since April 1969, 19,571 persons moved from overcrowded rooms to new rooms in other estates and 27,284 persons were given extra space in their own estates, making a total of 46,855 persons decanted so far this year. These figures were of course offset by the increase in population brought about by the additions of relatives to tenants' families, by natural increase and by children reaching the age of ten and qualifying for adult space.
It is expected that some improvement will result from the recently approved policy of advertising vacant rooms in estates; and a more positive approach will be adopted to persuade more affluent families to move to better accom- modation. Further measures are under consideration and will shortly be out to the Select Committee. It is impos- sible however, at this stage, to assess in detail the results of these proposals, and it is therefore not possible to forecast when all families can be brought up to the standard of 27 sq. ft. for each adult.
(5) In the absence of MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. A. de O. SALES asked the following question:
Since the Colonial Secretariat is now considering a recom- mendation from the Council to construct a 7-storey building at the north-western corner of the City Hall Complex to be used as a Museum and Art Gallery building, to what extent are plans afoot to recruit and train staff for Museum and Art Gallery services over the next 5 years?
MR. WILSON T. S. WANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY SELECT Committee, replied as follows:-
This question seeks information on the recruitment and
training of Museum and Art Gallery staff.
The recommendation from the Urban Council that a 7-storey building be built at the north-western corner of the City Hall to be used as a Museum building is still under consideration by the Secretariat and it is therefore still
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