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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN,
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CHAIRMAN:-Ladies and gentlemen, before moving to Agenda, I would like to congratulate, most warmly, Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, Mr. LOBO and Mr. Rowe on the honours bestowed upon them by Her Majesty the Queen in the New Year's Honours List. Well done all of you. (Applause). It is particularly gratifying to me to see the good work of Unofficial Members, whether in connection with their work on this Council or outside it, acknowledged in this way. (Applause).
MINUTES.
CHAIRMAN:-The first item on the Agenda is the confirmation of the minutes
MR. SALES:-Sir, before you proceed with that item on the Agenda, in the absence of Mr. BERNACCHI, may I say how pleased we all are also with the very high honour conferred upon you on this occasion, if for nothing else but your very sterling service in this Council. I know also that you have rendered good service in other capacities in the Government in the years that you have been in Hong Kong, and we are very pleased indeed that this mark of appreciation has been publicly shown and made. (Applause).
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, thank you very much indeed for the warm congratulations which you have extended to Mr. LOBO and myself, and also to Mr. Rowe, I have been on this Council for close on 15 years, and it has been extremely rewarding to have been a Member of this Council and to have been given the opportunity to be of service to the Hong Kong community. To have been included in the New Year's Honours List is a most pleasant surprise indeed, and I take it as a challenge to work even harder in the interests of the community, to render praise to Government where praise is due and to continue criticising wherever the situation makes it appropriate, either in open meetings or in private committee meetings.
I should also like to take this opportunity to extend warmest congratulations to you, Mr. Chairman, on the very well-merited honour which you have received and also to George Rowe and to Mr. LOBO as well. They have worked very hard to serve the community, including yourself. All three of you do merit the high honour which has been bestowed on you. (Applause).
CHAIRMAN:-Thank you very much Mr. SALES, Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, ladies and gentlemen. As you probably know, each of you has contributed in one way or another, some more than others, in making this award possible for me, and for that I am truly grateful. (Laughter & Applause).
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
The Minutes of the meeting held on 7th December, 1971, were confirmed.
PAPER.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following paper:-
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of December, 1971.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a few comments concerning an impromptu visit I made to the Tze Wan Shan Resettlement Estate several days ago.
As Members will recall, a sizeable hawker clearance operation took place within this Estate last month. When I visited the Resite area, I was told by several of the hawkers who had been resited that some other hawkers were creating unfair competition by selling their goods far away from the designated resite area.
I have discussed this matter with the Commissioner of Resettlement, and I know that he is doing everything possible, in spite of staff shortages, to make these hawker clearance operations a continued success.
I hope that organizations such as the Kaifong Association and the City District Officer's Organization in Tze Wan Shan Resettlement Estate can assist the Resettlement Department staff in this respect by urging hawkers once they have been resited not to take unfair advantage of their fellow hawkers by doing business away from their designated sites.
It is also the responsibility of the Resettlement Department to take whatever deterrent measures that are necessary to keep the situation under continuous control.
As regards cleanliness of the toilets, better lighting, the disposal of huge piles of junk and rubbish and the indiscriminate throwing of litter on the ground by estate residents, there is much that still has to be done. It is an unsatisfactory condition which should be remedied by the joint efforts of the Urban Council and the Resettlement Department as soon as possible.
MR. SALES:-Mr. Chairman, I would like to focus attention on paragraph 36 of the last report. It is a list of 41 items under the caption "Entertainment and Recreation". It is indeed a very impressive record of what the Council carried out in one month, either on our own or in conjunction with other organizations. A few years ago, when the Council decided on a programme of public entertainment, it
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN,
the
CHAIRMAN:-Ladies and gentlemen, before moving to Agenda, I would like to congratulate, most warmly, Mr. CHEONG-LEEN, Mr. LOBO and Mr. Rowe on the honours bestowed upon them by her Majesty the Queen in the New Year's Honours List. Well done all of you. (Applause). It is particularly gratifying to me to see the good work of Unofficial Members, whether in connection with their work on this Council or outside it, acknowledged in this way. (Applause).
MINUTES.
CHAIRMAN:-The first item on the Agenda is the confirmation of
the minutes
MR. SALES: -Sir, before you proceed with that item on the Agenda, in the absence of Mr. BERNACCHI, may I say how pleased we all are also with the very high honour conferred upon you on this occasion, if for nothing else but your very sterling service in this Council. I know also that you have rendered good service in other capacities in the Government in the years that you have been in Hong Kong, and we are very pleased indeed that this mark of appreciation has been publicly shown and made. (Applause).
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, thank you very much indeed for the warm congratulations which you have extended to Mr. LOBO and myself, and also to Mr. Rowe, I have been on this Council for close on 15 years, and it has been extremely rewarding to have been a Member of this Council and to have been given the opportu- nity to be of service to the Hong Kong community. To have been included in the New Year's honours List is a most pleasant surprise indeed, and I take it as a challenge to work even harder in the interests of the community, to render praise to Government where praise is due and to continue criticising wherever the situation makes it appropriate, either in open meetings or in private committee meetings.
I should also like to take this opportunity to extend warmest congratulations to you, Mr. Chairman, on the very well merited honour which you have received and also to George Rowe and to Mr. LOBO as well. They have worked very hard to serve the community, in- cluding yourself. All three of you do merit the high honour which has been bestowed on you. (Applause).
CHAIRMAN:-Thank you very much Mr. SALES, Mr. CHEONG- LEEN, ladies and gentlemen. As you probably know, each of you has contributed in one way or another, some more than others, in making this award possible for me, and for that I am truly grateful. (Laughter & Applause).
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The Minutes of the meeting held on 7th December, 1971, were confirmed.
PAPER.
THE CHAIRMAN laid upon the table the following paper:-
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of December, 1971.
MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a few comments concerning an impromptu visit I made to the Tze Wan Shan Resettlement Estate several days ago.
As Members will recall, a sizeable hawker clearance operation took place within this Estate last month. When I visited the Resite area, I was told by several of the hawkers who had been resited that some other hawkers were creating unfair competition by selling their goods far away from the designated resite area.
I have discussed this matter with the Commissioner of Resettle- ment, and I know that he is doing everything possible, in spite of staff shortages, to make these hawker clearance operations a continued
success.
I hope that organizations such as the Kaifong Association and the City District Officer's Organization in Tze Wan Shan Resettlement Estate can assist the Resettlement Department staff in this respect by urging hawkers once they have been resited not to take unfair advantage of their fellow hawkers by doing business away from their designated sites.
It is also the responsibility of the Resettlement Department to take whatever deterrent measures that are necessary to keep the situation under continuous control.
As regards cleanliness of the toilets, better lighting, the disposal of huge piles of junk and rubbish and the indiscriminate throwing of litter on the ground by estate residents, there is much that still has to be done. It is an unsatisfactory condition which should be remedied by the joint efforts of the Urban Council and the Resettlement Depart- ment as soon as possible.
MR. SALES-Mr. Chairman, I would like to focus attention on paragraph 36 of the last report. It is a list of 41 items under the caption "Entertainment and Recreation". It is indeed a very impres- sive record of what the Council carried out in one month, either on our own or in conjunction with other organizations. A few years ago, when the Council decided on a programme of public entertainment, it
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