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# HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
## ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN: ---Ladies and gentlemen, before moving to today's agenda, I would like to welcome back Mr. ROBERTSON who is taking Mr. ROBSON's place pro tem, and also Mr. WALDEN who is replacing Mr. LIGHTBODY, the Commissioner for Resettlement, in order to release the latter for his onerous task of re-organizing public housing.
## MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting held on 10th October, 1972, were confirmed.
## PAPERS
The Chairman laid upon the table the following papers:---
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of October 1972.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st July, 1972 to 30th September, 1972.
## QUESTIONS
(1) MR. HENRY H. L. Hu asked the following question:
Would the Chairman please inform the Council what periodical checks are made with regard to air cleanness in restaurants and cinemas which are normally air-conditioned?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:-
This question concerns checks on air-conditioning in restaurants and cinemas.
Air-conditioning plants in restaurants are checked once a fortnight, and those in cinemas once a month by Health Staff. In the majority of cases, the checks prove satisfactory, but it is evident that tighter control is necessary. There is, for example, no legal obligation at present for a proprietor to clean his air filters. It is also known that some establishments shut down their air-conditioning plants before the close of business to the discomfort of their patrons.
Amending legislation to ensure tighter control has already been agreed by this Council, and is about to be submitted to the Governor-in-Council. This will require regular cleansing of filters and the installation of meters which can be checked to see that proprietors do not shut down their plants before the close of business. It will also control other nuisances, such as water dripping from any plant onto people in the streets.
(Miss Cecilia L. Y. YEUNG arrived at this point.)
(2) MR. RAYMOND Y. K. KAN asked the following question:
(a) How many commercial funeral parlours have been licensed to operate in Hong Kong and Kowloon? Is the Council empowered under regulations to control or regulate the fees charged by these commercial concerns?
(b) I understand a site in Hung Hom has been earmarked for development as a funeral parlour to be controlled and managed by the Urban Council. May I ask:
(i) Have preliminary plans been finalized?
(ii) Has a target date been set for the commencement of building works at the site?
(iii) When is it expected to be in operation?
(c) Has any piece of land been similarly reserved for a funeral parlour to be operated by the Urban Council on Hong Kong Island? If so, can the Chairman inform this Council of the present position of this project? If not, can this Council be advised of the reasons?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows: ---
This question concerns funeral parlour services.
There are three commercial funeral parlours which are licensed by the Council-2 in Hong Kong and 1 in Kowloon. They are the Hong Kong Funeral Home, the International Funeral Parlour and the Kowloon Funeral Parlour. The Council is not empowered in any way to regulate or control the fees charged for services provided by these funeral parlours.
As for the expansion of the Council's existing facilities for holding funeral services, the project for the reprovisioning of Hung Hom Funeral Depot with additional facilities for holding ceremonial services, dressing and/or embalming of bodies, and their reposing at night in exclusive rooms
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN: ---Ladies and gentlemen, before moving to today's agenda, I would like to welcome back Mr. ROBERTSON who is taking Mr. ROBSON's place pro tem, and also Mr. WALDEN who is replacing Mr. LIGHTBODY, the Commissioner for Resettlement, in order to release the latter for his onerous task of re-organizing public housing.
MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting held on 10th October, 1972, were confirmed.
PAPERS
The Chairman laid upon the table the following papers:---
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban
Services Department for the month of October 1972.
(2) Urban Council and Urban Services Department Statistical Report for the period 1st July, 1972 to 30th September, 1972.
QUESTIONS
(1) MR. HENRY H. L. Hu asked the following question:
Would the Chairman please inform the Council what periodi- cal checks are made with regard to air cleanness in restau- rants and cinemas which are normally air-conditioned?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT Committee, replied as follows:-
This question concerns checks on air-conditioning in restau-
rants and cinemas.
Air-conditioning plants in restaurants are checked once a fortnight, and those in cinemas once a month by Health Staff. In the majority of cases, the checks prove satis- factory, but it is evident that tighter control is necessary. There is, for example, no legal obligation at present for a proprietor to clean his air filters. It is also known that some establishments shut down their air-conditioning plants before the close of business to the discomfort of their patrons.
Amending legislation to ensure tighter control has already been agreed by this Council, and is about to be sub-
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mitted to the Governor-in-Council. This will require regular cleansing of filters and the installation of meters which can be checked to see that proprietors do not shut down their plants before the close of business. It will also control other nuisances, such as water dripping from any plant onto people in the streets.
(Miss Cecilia L. Y. YEUNG arrived at this point.)
(2) MR. RAYMOND Y. K. KAN asked the following question:
(a) How many commercial funeral parlours have been licensed to operate in Hong Kong and Kowloon? Is the Council empowered under regulations to control or regulate the fees charged by these commercial concerns? (b) I understand a site in Hung Hom has been earmarked for development as a funeral parlour to be controlled and managed by the Urban Council. May I ask:
(i) Have preliminary plans been finalized?
(ii) Has a target date been set for the commencement of
building works at the site?
(iii) When is it expected to be in operation?
(c) Has any piece of land been similarly reserved for a funeral parlour to be operated by the Urban Council on Hong Kong Island? If so, can the Chairman inform this Council of the present position of this project? If not, can this Council be advised of the reasons?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows: ---
This question concerns funeral parlour services.
There are three commercial funeral parlours which are licensed by the Council-2 in Hong Kong and 1 in Kowloon. They are the Hong Kong Funeral Home, the International Funeral Parlour and the Kowloon Funeral Parlour. The Council is not empowered in any way to regulate or control the fees charged for services provided by these funeral parlours.
As for the expansion of the Council's existing facilities for holding funeral services, the project for the reprovisioning of Hung Hom Funeral Depot with additional facilities for holding ceremonial services, dressing and/or embalming of bodies, and their reposing at night in exclusive rooms
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