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Ventilation
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16. (a) To continue periodical checking of ventilation, including air conditioning, in scheduled premises.
(b) To finalize amendments to the principal Ordinance to ensure more efficient control of ventilation systems in scheduled premises.
Health Education
17. (a) With the support of Government departments and voluntary organizations to sponsor health campaigns to promote health education.
(b) To promote health education among school children by organizing health education competitions, contests and other activities in schools with the support of the Education Department and voluntary agencies.
(c) To organize health training courses for members of the general public, particularly among the youth groups.
(d) To organize specialized courses on public health among personnel in the food and catering trades, etc.
(e) To encourage greater public participation in the health education work of the Council.
(f) To provide such information or assistance as may be requested by Government departments and voluntary groups in the carrying out of health education activities.
(g) To maintain a programme of training more health inspectors for professional health education work abroad and to ensure that an adequate number of inspectors qualified in health education will be available to implement the health education policy of the Council.
(h) To render such assistance as may be necessary in the forthcoming "Keep Hong Kong Clean" Campaign.
Food Hygiene
18. (a) To continue to improve the methods of enforcement of the bylaws and regulations relating to food control, maintaining close liaison with other departments to achieve this purpose whenever necessary.
(b) To keep under review the legislation relating to the control of food in the light of developing food technology and of research in food science.
(c) To continue co-operation with other Government Departments concerned with the control of food imports and exports to ensure that Departmental procedures do not conflict and that efficiency is maintained. In addition, to place particular emphasis on the need for proper health standards of foodstuffs destined for export.
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Food Premises
19. To raise the standard of hygiene in all food premises by:
(a) Continuing to enforce compliance with the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132, and Subsidiary Legislation in so far as it relates to food premises including the amendments to the Food Business Bylaws in respect of cold stores.
(b) Processing all applications for licences by a Central Licensing Unit to ensure that licences are granted as rapidly as possible and to review, expedite and improve the licensing procedure; in pursuance of this policy, a Sub-Committee was set up in September 1970.
(c) Continuing to exercise strict control over the use of vending machines for the sale of food and drinks.
(d) Working closely with the Resettlement Department, Housing Authority and/or the Architectural Office, Public Works Department, in improving the design of restaurant premises in the new estates and housing projects.
(e) Intensifying prosecution of unlicensed food premises and physical closure of the premises wherever practicable.
CLEANSING DIVISION
City Cleansing and Refuse Collection
20. (a) To continue to provide Hong Kong with effective street cleansing, refuse collection, public latrine and conservancy services to cope with changing conditions, and to ensure the implementation of the agreed policy on incinerator construction, provision of alternative controlled-tipping sites, construction of more off-street refuse collection points, renovation of existing latrines and building of new latrines and bathhouses.
(b) To continue to improve generally the efficiency of the cleansing organization through—
(i) provision at all levels in departmental grades of an adequate core of officers with experience and specific skills in cleansing;
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...(i) provision at all levels in departmental grades of an adequate core of officers with experience and specific skills in cleansing;
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Ventilation
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
16. (a) To continue periodical checking of ventilation, including
air conditioning, in scheduled premises.
(b) To finalize amendments to the principal Ordinance to ensure more efficient control of ventilation systems in scheduled premises.
Health Education
17. (a) With the support of Government departments and volun- tary organizations to sponsor health campaigns to pro- mote health education.
(b) To promote health education among school children by organizing health education competitions, contests and other activities in schools with the support of the Educa- tion Department and voluntary agencies.
(c) To organize health training courses for members of the general public, particularly among the youth groups. (d) To organize specialized courses on public health among
personnel in the food and catering trades, etc.
(e) To encourage greater public participation in the health
education work of the Council.
(f) To provide such information or assistance as may be requested by Government departments and voluntary groups in the carrying out of health education activities. (g) To maintain a programme of training more health in- spectors for professional health education work abroad and to ensure that an adequate number of inspectors qualified in health education will be available to imple- ment the health education policy of the Council.
(h) To render such assistance as may be necessary in the
forthcoming "Keep Hong Kong Clean" Campaign.
Food Hygiene
18. (a) To continue to improve the methods of enforcement of the bylaws and regulations relating to food control, main- taining close liaison with other departments to achieve this purpose whenever necessary.
(b) To keep under review the legislation relating to the con- trol of food in the light of developing food technology and of research in food science.
(c) To continue co-operation with other Government Depart- ments concerned with the control of food imports and
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exports to ensure that Departmental procedures do not conflict and that efficiency is maintained. In addition, to place particular emphasis on the need for proper health standards of foodstuffs destined for export.
Food Premises
19. To raise the standard of hygiene in all food premises by:
(a) Continuing to enforce compliance with the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, Cap. 132, and Subsidiary Legislation in so far as it relates to food premises in- cluding the amendments to the Food Business Bylaws in respect of cold stores.
(b) Processing all applications for licences by a Central Licensing Unit to ensure that licences are granted as rapidly as possible and to review, expedite and improve the licensing procedure; in pursuance of this policy, a Sub-Committee was set up in September 1970.
(c) Continuing to exercise strict control over the use of vend-
ing machines for the sale of food and drinks. (d) Working closely with the Resettlement Department, Housing Authority and/or the Architectural Office, Public Works Department, in improving the design of restaurant premises in the new estates and housing projects.
(e) Intensifying prosecution of unlicensed food premises and physical closure of the premises wherever practicable.
CLEANSING DIVISION
City Cleansing and Refuse Collection
20. (a) To continue to provide Hong Kong with effective street cleansing, refuse collection, public latrine and conser- vancy services to cope with changing conditions, and to ensure the implementation of the agreed policy on in- cinerator construction, provision of alternative con- trolled-tipping sites, construction of more off-street refuse collection points, renovation of existing latrines and building of new latrines and bathhouses.
(b) To continue to improve generally the efficiency of the
cleansing organization through—
(i) provision at all levels in departmental grades of an adequate core of officers with experience and specific skills in cleansing;
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