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course school pupils will be actively encouraged to join in the community
involvement scheme I have just mentioned.
The publicity work is to form one of the most important parts as it is not merely to publicize the regulations, but also to educate the public. Whilst I cannot be specific as to ideas or dates for fear of spoiling the publicity impact, I am confident that much hard work and imagination are being contributed. The industrial and commercial sectors have already been approached by letter for their sponsorship of ideas and items designed to bring the campaign into the public eye at all levels, and the Campaign Office reports a most heartening response.
I hope that this brief resume is sufficient to show members and the public that this campaign will get off on a sound footing.
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN: -I rise to make some observations on the monthly report on the subject of hawker operations. On 29th June, Members visited the Wan Chai Hawker Liaison Unit and were given an opportunity to observe the problems on the ground which were peculiar to this district. These problems include the high concentration of hawkers in the very narrow streets in the western section of Wan Chai; the intensity of building development which precludes the opportunity of obtaining off-street sites and the high number of Cooked Food Stalls and their effect on vehicular traffic. I am grateful to Council Members who attended the visit for their interest in hawker matters and assure them that these visits are appreciated by the Select Committee and Hawker Liaison staff.
An important event last month was the Select Committee's approval of the proposed hawker legislation which has been in the course of preparation over the last two years. It is hoped that it will, when introduced, assist the Department in implementing more effectively the Council's policy on hawking.
MR. PETER C. K. CHAN:-I rise as the Chairman of the Resettlement Select Committee.
Three months have passed since I assumed the chairmanship of the Resettlement Select Committee. I cannot say that the past three months were entirely uneventful.
Unlike all my predecessors, I have to chair a select committee with terms of reference which now clearly defines our function, but are of course, more limited than the powers which were given to the previous Resettlement Policy and Management Select Committees. Much do I want to please my colleagues by trying to give more informative answers to questions regarding resettlement, some information is just not being supplied by the official sources on grounds that such matters do not fall within our jurisdiction.
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At a later stage of this meeting, I will be answering four questions I regret to say that
some of the questions could be more fully answered had I been supplied with the information that I asked for even if they are outside the terms of reference of the select committee that I chair.
Even with the limited terms of reference, much work has been done by the select committee during the past few months with a number of additional meetings which proved to be an absolute necessity.
For the first time, the select committee managed to secure periodical report from the Resettlement Department at its regular meetings. This enables the committee members to have the up-to-date knowledge of what is being done in the Resettlement Estates and cottage areas.
The select committee, after having gone through the matter very thoroughly has at last settled the modular market policy for implementation as soon as the markets are ready.
The shop tender policy has at last been finalized with the model lease being agreed upon after other departments concerned have also cleared the issues.
On the 18th June, the landslide at Sau Mau Ping Resite Area took over 70 lives which is a great shock to the world. I myself went over there personally on that particular night followed by several subsequent visits, some of them accompanied by my colleagues, both as the chairman of the select committee and as the ward councillor for Kwun Tong.
Several Members of this Council have contacted me to show their concern. I have since then been in close contact with the Commissioner for Resettlement and other senior members of his staff to find out what could be done.
As a matter of fact, I have given notice to convene an emergency meeting for that particular purpose. The meeting was subsequently called off by myself because the Departmental staff concerned have been overworked for many days and nights and also because I have already been assured that every family, whose hut in the resite areas is in a dangerous position will be resettled or rehoused and we just have enough rooms to accommodate them with some deferment of some clearance and decantation programme.
I am proud to report to the Council that a large number of the Resettlement staff were at the scene throughout the whole process of trying to save lives and to offer any assistance that may be required of them.
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course school pupils will be actively encouraged to join in the community
involvement scheme I have just mentioned.
The publicity work is to form one of the most important parts as it is not merely to publicize the regulations, but also to educate the public. Whilst I cannot be specific as to ideas or dates for fear of spoiling the publicity impact, I am confident that much hard work and imagination are being contributed. The industrial and commercial sectors have already been approached by letter for their sponsorship of ideas and items designed to bring the campaign into the public eye at all levels, and the Campaign Office reports a most heartening response.
I hope that this brief resume is sufficient to show members and the public that this campaign will get off on a sound footing.
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN: -I rise to make some observations on the monthly report on the subject of hawker operations. On 29th June, Members visited the Wan Chai Hawker Liaison Unit and were given an opportunity to observe the problems on the ground which were peculiar to this district. These problems include the high concentration of hawkers in the very narrow strects in the western section of Wan Chai; the intensity of building development which precludes the oppor tunity of obtaining off-street sites and the high number of Cooked Food Stalls and their effect on vehicular traffic. I am grateful to Council Members who attended the visit for their interest in hawker matters and assure them that these visits are appreciated by the Select Committee and Hawker Liaison staff.
An important event last month was the Select Committees' approval of the proposed hawker legislation which has been in the course of preparation over the last two years. It is hoped that it will, when introduced, assist the Department in implementing more effectively the Council's policy on hawking.
MR. PETER C. K. CHAN:-I rise as the Chairman of the Resettle- ment Select Committee.
Three months have passed since I assumed the chairmanship of the Resettlement Select Committee. I cannot say that the past three months were entirely uneventful.
Unlike all my predecessors, I have to chair a select committee with terms of reference which now clearly defines our function, but are of course, more limited than the powers which were given to the previous Resettlement Policy and Management Select Committees. Much do I want to please my colleagues by trying to give more informative answers to questions regarding resettlement, some information is just not being supplied by the official sources on grounds that such matters do not fall within our jurisdiction.
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At a later stage of this meeting, I will be answering four questions I regret to say that
some of the questions could be more fully answered had I been supplied put up by four different Members of this Council. with the information that I asked for even if they are outside the terms of reference of the select committee that I chair.
Even with the limited terms of reference, much work has been done by the select committee during the past few months with a number of additional meetings which proved to be an absolute necessity.
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For the first time, the select committee managed to secure periodical report from the Resettlement Department at its regular meetings. This enables the committee members to have the up-to-date knowledge of what is being done in the Resettlement Estates and cottage areas.
The select committee, after having gone through the matter very thoroughly has at last settled the modular market policy for implementa- tion as soon as the markets are ready.
The shop tender policy has at last been finalized with the model lease being agreed upon after other departments concerned have also cleared the issues.
On the 18th June, the landslide at Sau Mau Ping Resite Area took over 70 lives which is a great shock to the world. I myself went over there personally on that particular night followed by several sub- sequent visits, some of them accompanied by my colleagues, both as the chairman of the select committee and as the ward councillor for Kwun Tong.
Several Members of this Council have contacted me to show their concern. I have since then been in close contact with the Commissioner for Resettlement and other senior members of his staff to find out what could be done.
As a matter of fact, I have given notice to convene an emergency meeting for that particular purpose. The meeting was subsequently called off by myself because the Departmental staff concerned have been overworked for many days and nights and also because I have already been assured that every family, whose hut in the resite areas is in a dangerous position will be resettled or rehoused and we just have enough rooms to accommodate them with some deferment of some clearance and decantation programme.
I am proud to report to the Council that a large number of the Resettlement staff were at the scene throughout the whole process of trying to save lives and to offer any assistance that may be required of
them.
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