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INDEX

INDEX

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P-Contd.

Questions---Contd.

Public open space, reservation of land in the projected Western reclamation

for development by the Council-question

446

Responsibility for keeping streets clean in Hong Kong

98

Public parks and playgrounds in the Western District at sea level-question 446 Public Swimming Pools (Amendment) By-laws 1972-motion Purchase of a portable stage and accoustics shell-question

Increase in the number of birds and mammals at the Botanic Gardens

and the provision of a zoo in Hong Kong

420

454

Resettlement shops allocated on compassionate grounds Squatter huts within resettlements estates

99 100

103

Q

Provision of a new Council Chamber, or the alteration of the existing Chamber for simultaneous translation, enlargement of the visitors' gallery and recruitment of interpreters

106

Questions-

Multi-coloured sweets exported to America

108

Number of persons housed by the Resettlement Department in each financial year since the resettlement programme began, and the number expected to be accommodated in 1971/72 and in each successive year until 1975/76

Hawkers in Shing On Street, Shau Kei Wan Advertisement signs

112

114

6

Squatter huts and illegal hawker stalls in the Ngau Tau Kok Resettle-

ment Estate

118

Estimated number of squatters, and the number of people in other

categories eligible for resettlement still awaiting accommodation Measures taken to prevent new squatting and the extent to which new

squatting took place last year

10

16

Allocation of accommodation in the Pak Tin Resettlement Estates to overcrowded families of the Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate and other estates

122

Plans for organizing holiday camp activities for children

18

Provision of staff, land and equipment to implement the hawker policy Emission of smoke from the Kowloon incinerator

19

Removal of hawker stalls in D'Aguilar Street and the resettlement of

residents rendered homeless by a fire in the street Lavatories in resettlement estates

125

126

21

Reading rooms in resettlement estates

22

Measures taken to protect Resettlement Department staff when carrying

out their duties

134

Steps taken to hasten the procedure for allocating compassionate resettle-

ment rooms

23

Empty blocks of flats in Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Estate

26

Step taken to support Urban Services Department staff when imple- menting the Council's policy towards both licensed and unlicensed hawkers

137

Insanitary and dangerous conditions of Licensed Areas, the action taken to improve conditions in such areas and the possibility of resettling squatters living in these areas

27

Alleged negligence of beach cleaning duties by U.S.D. staff at Big Wave

Bay, and the adequacy of staff for keeping beaches clean Prosecution of beach litter-bugs

140

142

Hawker problem in resettlement estates

30

Enlargement of the franchise for future elections of the Council

33

Cleanliness of Yue Kwong Road in Shek Pai Wan, Aberdeen

34

Decantation of overcrowded families in resettlement estates

54

Action taken on the allocation of hawker sites to eight hawkers cleared

from San Po Kong

57

Provision of staff and other resources to implement the Council's hawker

policy

Steps taken to prevent hawkers selling diseased meat

61

Facilities provided at the Hung Hom Cemetery Depot

New Museum and Art Gallery building

Building of an oceanarium

Seating capacity of the Ho Man Tin football stadium Indoor stadium at Hung Hom

Construction of new swimming pool complexes and the provision of

heated pools

Strength of the Hawker Control Force

Mechanical road sweepers

Rat infestation

Policy of additions to families living in Class II licensed area and

resettlement estates

Licensing of restaurants or cafes in which topless ladies served in bars

adjacent thereto

Effect of increased water charges on tenants in resettlement estates

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Allocation of open areas underneath elevated roadways and flyovers for

recreational and amenity purposes

143

Compassionate resettlement cases

144

60

62

64

Improvement of living conditions in Class II licensed areas, and the

provision of water and electricity supplies in the areas Allocation of resettlement shops to pig-breeders and cultivators Amount of public money spent on recreational and cultural projects in

1970/71 and the amount allocated in 1971/72 Financial assistance to non-government organizations engaged in public

recreation and entertainment through departmental votes Progress in setting up a Physical Recreation Section in the Urban

Services Department

147

150

152

154

155

65

Separate premises for the Council

156

70

72

76

Estatablishment of Beach Attendants, measures taken to reduce injuries

from stones, shells, etc. and the provision of litter bins at beaches Present staff situation at public swimming pools in Kowloon, and the

building of additional entrances at these pools Litter and refuse at bathing beaches

157

160

163

77

Clubs with restaurant or other catering facilities

165

"Red tide"

166

93

94

96

Number of children below the age of 6 in resettlement estates and the

number of these children attending nursery schools or creches Development of a site on Stubbs Road next to the old Victoria Heights 169 Possibility of changing conditions of tenancy of resettlement tenants to

the Housing Authority type of tenancy agreement

167

169