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that the Urban Council's hawker policy will be understood and supported by the public and by government departments, and particularly by hawkers themselves, and that such policy will be carried out with maximum efficacy.
Urban Council Health Education
I now turn to the subject of health education matters for which the Urban Council is responsible.
Having been chairman of the Health Education Select Committee for a year-and-a-half, I have come to appreciate how vital a role the Urban Council is playing to improve the living environment of Hong Kong residents through the Council's health education programmes. I have also come to realize how much more can and must be done.
At the last meeting of the Urban Council's Health Education Select Committee, the aims for 1971 were reviewed and it was decided that with the support of voluntary organizations and Government departments, the Urban Council will sponsor throughout 1971 a major "Improve Your Environment Campaign".
This "Improve Your Environment Campaign" will aim at motivating Hong Kong residents to take steps themselves to improve their living environment within the home, at or near where they work or play, and within the district in which they live.
For example, within the district, much can be done to improve the living environment if residents can organize themselves to take steps to stop their children from urinating or defecating in the streets; to stop indiscriminate spitting which is a nauseating and anti-social habit; to stop dogs from fouling the streets; to stop patronizing illegal food hawkers who could be a source of cholera and other infectious diseases.
The Health Education Select Committee has been working closely with the Medical and Health Department, the Education Department, the City District Offices, the Government Information Services and other Government Departments in carrying out the Urban Council's health education programmes.
During 1971, apart from co-operating with the Medical and Health Department in the anti-cholera and other campaigns, the Urban Council will participate in the Fisheries Exhibition, the Kaifong Health Education Exhibition, the Chinese Manufacturers Association Exhibition, as well as the health education projects of the Hong Kong Junior Chamber.
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I would also mention that the Health Education Select Committee will seek as much as possible to co-ordinate its efforts with those of other Government Departments in their work to improve the living environment of Hong Kong residents.
Within the Urban Council itself, the Health Education Select Committee will work closely with the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee in its anti-litter campaign, as part of the overall effort required to improve our living environment.
I have heard it said by a number of Hong Kong residents that they see no harm in throwing rubbish in the streets because as tax and ratepayers, they are paying for the salaries of street-sweepers to sweep the streets and it is their job to do so. Well, it will be the combined job of the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee and the Health Education Select Committee to change the attitude of such Hong Kong residents to one of self-discipline and community responsibility and to realize that it is an anti-social habit to throw rubbish into the streets.
I would also expect that the Urban Services Department will as soon as practicable ensure that all hawkers who are selling vegetables, fruit, etc. will have a broom, a rubbish bin or at least a cardboard box next to their stall to collect rubbish instead of throwing it indiscriminately into the streets.
A continuing effort will have to be made by the City District Offices to help organize multi-storey management associations so that the living environment in multi-storey buildings can progressively improve. Many such buildings are used as factories and workshops, and are places where workers spend about one-half of the time when they are awake. Group effort on the part of those who live or work in multi-storey buildings can do much to improve the living environment by reducing bad ventilation, poor lighting, filthy corridors, and to make life generally more pleasant for all.
During the 1971 Improve Your Environment Campaign, the Health Education Select Committee will direct its efforts towards working closely with interested Government departments in stimulating voluntary effort at the district level, particularly among young people, to feel the urge and to take the necessary steps to improve their living environment. This spirit of self-help and community responsibility is a valuable factor in giving people a sense of community identity and close attachment to the district in which they live.
A major effort will have to be made by the Resettlement Department to motivate resettlement estate residents not to throw rubbish in the passages, stair wells and courtyards of estate blocks. If the Resettlement Department, with the help of the City District Office,
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that the Urban Council's hawker policy will be understood and support- ed by the public and by government departments, and particularly by hawkers themselves, and that such policy will be carried out with maximum efficacy.
Urban Council Health Education
I now turn to the subject of health education matters for which the Urban Council is responsible.
Having been chairman of the Health Education Select Committee for a year-and-a-half, I have come to appreciate how vital a role the Urban Council is playing to improve the living environment of Hong Kong residents through the Council's health education programmes. I have also come to realize how much more can and must be done.
At the last meeting of the Urban Council's Health Education Select Committee, the aims for 1971 were reviewed and it was decided that with the support of voluntary organizations and Government depart- ments, the Urban Council will sponsor throughout 1971 a major "Improve Your Environment Campaign".
This "Improve Your Environment Campaign" will aim at motivat- ing Hong Kong residents to take steps themselves to improve their living environment within the home, at or near where they work or play, and within the district in which way they live.
For example, within the district, much can be done to improve the living environment if residents can organize themselves to take steps to stop their children from urinating or defecating in the streets; to stop indiscriminate spitting which is a nauseating and anti-social habit; to stop dogs from fouling the streets; to stop patronizing illegal food hawkers who could be a source of cholera and other infectious diseases.
The Health Education Select Committee has been working closely with the Medical and Health Department, the Education Department, the City District Offices, the Government Information Services and other Government Departments in carrying out the Urban Council's health education programmes.
During 1971, apart from co-operating with the Medical and Health Department in the anti-cholera and other campaigns, the Urban Council will participate in the Fisheries Exhibition, the Kaifong Health Education Exhibition, the Chinese Manufacturers Association Exhibition, as well as the health education projects of the Hong Kong Junior Chamber.
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I would also mention that the Health Education Select Committee will seek as much as possible to co-ordinate its efforts with those of other Government Departments in their work to improve the living environ- ment of Hong Kong residents.
Within the Urban Council itself, the Health Education Select Committee will work closely with the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee in its anti-litter campaign, as part of the overall effort required to improve our living environment.
I have heard it said by a number of Hong Kong residents that they see no harm in throwing rubbish in the streets because as tax and ratepayers, they are paying for the salaries of street-sweepers to sweep the streets and it is their job to do so. Well, it will be the combined job of the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee and the Health Education Select Committee to change the attitude of such Hong Kong residents to one of self-discipline and community responsibility and to realize that it is an anti-social habit to throw rubbish into the streets.
I would also expect that the Urban Services Department will as soon as practicable ensure that all hawkers who are selling vegetables, fruit, etc. will have a broom, a rubbish bin or at least a cardboard box next to their stall to collect rubbish instead of throwing it indis- criminately into the streets.
A continuing effort will have to be made by the City District Offices to help organize multi-storey management associations so that the living environment in multi-storey buildings can progressively improve. Many such buildings are used as factories and workshops, and are places where workers spend about one-half of the time when they are awake. Group effort on the part of those who live or work in multi-storey buildings can do much to improve the living environment by reducing bad ventilation, poor lighting, filthy corridors, and to make life generally more pleasant for all.
During the 1971 Improve Your Environment Campaign, the Health Education Select Committee will direct its efforts towards working closely with interested Government departments in stimulating voluntary effort at the district level, particularly among young people, to feel the urge and to take the necessary steps to improve their living environment. This spirit of self-help and community responsibility is a valuable factor in giving people a sense of community identity and close attachment to the district in which they live.
A major effort will have to be made by the Resettlement Depart- ment to motivate resettlement estate residents not to throw rubbish in the passages, stair wells and courtyards of estate blocks. If the Resettlement Department, with the help of the City District Office,
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