HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
(i) To maintain and further strengthen the existing bookstock for public use by:
(a) acquiring about 21,000 volumes for the Libraries at City Hall, Waterloo Road and Aberdeen/Pok Fu Lam; (b) continuing the building up of basic stock for the Ping Shek Branch Library and completing the basic stock for the Yau Ma Tei Branch Library.
(ii) To open the gramophone record listening service at the City Hall Library.
(iii) To continue planning on the setting up of more district libraries.
(iv) To prepare for the opening of the Chai Wan branch library and an additional students' study room.
(v) To stimulate greater and better use of library facilities particularly by young readers through book exhibitions, story hours, organized school visits to libraries, publication of book lists, etc.
Markets and Abattoirs
(a) Markets
(i) To continue with the reprovisioning of existing markets wherever this is necessary and the construction of new markets with modern facilities including those for hawkers in accordance with the changing needs of the urban areas.
(ii) To secure maximum efficiency in the management of markets by strengthening the Public Market By-laws and the tenancy agreement, reviewing the level of rents and introducing a staffing structure specifically geared to its management role.
(iii) To improve the standard of cleanliness and hygiene in all markets.
(iv) To continue discussions with the Secretary for Housing with a view to working out an agreed policy concerning the provision and management of markets in existing and new housing estates.
(v) To continue the planned research programme into the retail marketing needs of the urban areas, examining in particular the changing pattern of consumer demand, the trend towards bulk delivery and distribution of market commodities and the facilities provided by food hawkers and fresh provision shops, in order to obtain a basis for the efficient planning and design of market facilities.
(vi) To continue to foster understanding and co-operation with dealers in the market business and with Government departments in the planning and improvement of marketing facilities.
(b) Abattoirs:
(i) To continue to ensure the abattoirs at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan are run in accordance with the highest standards of hygiene and efficiency.
(ii) To continue to carry out the further mechanization and expansion programmes of the existing abattoirs and by-products plant as recommended by the Abattoirs Working Party with a view to minimizing labour costs and maximizing overall efficiency and productivity.
(iii) To keep under continual review the possibilities of promoting the use of refrigeration in the local meat industry so that, at a later stage, the need for an increase in storage space for artificially cooled meat in the abattoirs may be considered.
(iv) To continue in-service training to ensure a constant supply of skilled butchers.
(v) To push ahead with the local training of Health Inspectors in Meat and other Foods Inspection which includes the engaging of a veterinary officer to meet the shortage of qualified Food/Meat Inspectors.
(vi) To expedite forward planning of a new abattoir to meet the requirements of the expanding population.
(vii) To review the limited meat delivery service run by the Kennedy Town abattoir with a view to reducing it if necessary.
10. Museum and Art Gallery
(a) To prepare detailed plans for the new museum and art gallery at Tsim Sha Tsui so that building work will begin as soon as the site is vacated in 1975.
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Libraries
HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
(i) To maintain and further strengthen the existing bookstock
for public use by:
(a) acquiring about 21,000 volumes for the Libraries at City
Hall, Waterloo Road and Aberdeen/Pok Fu Lam; (b) continuing the building up of basic stock for the Ping Shek Branch Library and completing the basic stock for the Yau Ma Tei Branch Library.
(ii) To open the gramophone record listening service at the City
Hall Library.
(iii) To continue planning on the setting up of more district
libraries.
(iv) To prepare for the opening of the Chai Wan branch library
and an additional students' study room.
(v) To stimulate greater and better use of library facilities partic
ularly by young readers through book exhibitions, story hours, organized school visits to libraries, publication of book lists, etc.
Markets and Abattoirs
(a) Markets
(i) To continue with the reprovisioning of existing markets wherever this is necessary and the construction of new markets with modern facilities including those for haw- kers in accordance with the changing needs of the urban
areas.
(ii) To secure maximum efficiency in the management of markets by strengthening the Public Market By-laws and the tenancy agreement, reviewing the level of rents and introducing a staffing structure specifically geared to its management role.
(iii) To improve the standard of cleanliness and hygiene in
all markets.
(iv) To continue discussions with the Secretary for Housing with a view to working out an agreed policy concerning the provision and management of markets in existing and new housing estates.
(v) To continue the planned research programme into the retail marketing needs of the urban areas, examining in
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particular the changing pattern of consumer demand, the trend towards bulk delivery and distribution of market commodities and the facilities provided by food hawkers and fresh provision shops, in order to obtain a basis for the efficient planning and design of market facilities. (vi) To continue to foster understanding and co-operation with dealers in the market business and with Govern- ment departments in the planning and improvement of marketing facilities.
(b) Abattoirs:
(i) To continue to ensure the abattoirs at Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan are run in accordance with the highest standards of hygiene and efficiency.
(ii) To continue to carry out the further mechanization and expansion programmes of the existing abattoirs and by-products plant as recommended by the Abattoirs Working Party with a view to minimizing labour costs and maximizing overall efficiency and productivity.
(iii) To keep under continual review the possibilities of pro- moting the use of refrigeration in the local meat industry so that, at a later stage, the need for an increase in storage space for artificially cooled meat in the abattoirs may be considered.
ensure
a constant
(iv) To continue in-service training to
supply of skilled butchers. (v) To push ahead with the local training of Health Inspec- tors in Meat and other Foods Inspection which includes the engaging of a veterinary officer to meet the shortage of qualified Food/Meat Inspectors.
(vi) To expedite forward planning of a new abattoir to meet
the requirements of the expanding population.
(vii) To review the limited meat delivery service run by the Kennedy Town abattoir with a view to reducing it if necessary.
10. Museum and Art Gallery
(a) To prepare detailed plans for the new museum and art gallery at Tsim Sha Tsui so that building work will begin as soon as the site is vacated in 1975.
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