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hum in your own sector. I am sure too that if all parts of our government work together Hong Kong can achieve the better life we all want, and achieve it within this decade.
I assure you of my interest and support, and I am sure that in wishing you all success I am speaking for the entire community which you serve.
It is with this thought that I have much pleasure in handing you this gavel, which, I understand, has been presented to you for use in this Council so appropriately by the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong. (Laughter and Applause).
CHAIRMAN (In English):-Sir, I thank you for your kind words about this Council and with your permission I would now recess this meeting until 4 p.m.
The Meeting was adjourned for a short recess.
(His Excellency the Governor and the Director of Urban Services left the meeting during the recess.)
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (In English):-It is just 4 o'clock and I would ask the Council to come to order again. Before proceeding with the business of today's meeting, I would like to welcome our new Urban Councillors, both elected and appointed. I welcome Mr. TSIN Sai-nin, Mr. Edmund W. H. CHOW, Mr. Ambrose K. C. CHOI, Mr. F. K. Hu, Mr. Alex S. C. Wu, Mr. WONG Shiu-cheuck and Dr. WONG Pun-cheuk. I hope you will find your work in this Council gratifying and interesting. I also hope that you will have a very long and pleasant association with the Council.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 13th March, 1973 were confirmed.
PAPERS
The following papers were laid on the table:
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of March, 1973.
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(2) Statement of Progress for 1972-73.
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(3) Urban Council Budget for 1973-74.
CHAIRMAN (In English):-I would like to draw particular attention to the budget. The budget has been considered by the Finance and General Purposes Select Committee and approved by the Standing Committee of the Whole Council. This is the first time that such a budget has been drawn up and presented, so not enough time has been given to the Select Committees to scrutinize their various allocations and it is my request that all Select Committees do so from now onwards. The budget has been adopted by the Standing Committee on this understanding that the provisions are flexible so that after the Select Committees have been able to study the allocations they can report back to the Finance Committee. The budget will then be up for consideration again by the Standing Committee of the Whole Council.
QUESTIONS
(1) MR. CHARLES C. C. SIN asked the following question (In English):— Whilst it is the declared policy of this Council and of the Government to remove hawkers off street, it appears that no satisfactory progress has been made to implement this policy except that a very small number of hawkers are likely to be resited to off street bazaars under planning, does this mean that the policy above referred to is unworkable? If not, what plans have been made to implement the policy in a realistic manner?
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKERS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (In English):—
This policy is not unworkable provided sufficient off-street hawker bazaars and markets are built. Regrettably, not too many off-street sites have as yet been made available, and every opportunity must be taken to obtain more of such sites from Government; also, the market building programme has to be accelerated.
As much obstruction on the streets results from cooked food stall operations, priority will have to be given to securing sites for such stalls.
A lot of effort has been put, within present limited resources, into implementing the Council's hawker policy, but the
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hum in your own sector. I am sure too that if all parts of our government work together Hong Kong can achieve the better life we all want, and achieve it within this decade.
I assure you of my interest and support, and I am sure that in wishing you all success I am speaking for the entire community which
you serve.
It is with this thought that I have much pleasure in handing you this gavel, which, I understand, has been presented to you for use in this Council so appropriately by the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong. (Laughter and Applause).
CHAIRMAN (In English):-Sir, I thank you for your kind words about this Council and with your permission I would now recess this meeting until 4 p.m.
The Meeting was adjourned for a short recess.
(His Excellency the Governor and the Director of Urban Services left the meeting during the recess.)
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (In English):-It is just 4 o'clock and I would ask the Council to come to order again. Before proceeding with the business of today's meeting, I would like to welcome our new Urban Councillors, both elected and appointed. I welcome Mr. TSIN Sai-nin, Mr. Edmund W. H. CHOW, Mr. Ambrose K. C. CHOI, Mr. F. K. Hu, Mr. Alex S. C. Wu, Mr. WONG Shiu-cheuck and Dr. WONG Pun-cheuk. I hope you will find your work in this Council gratifying and interesting. I also hope that you will have a very long and pleasant association with the Council.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 13th March, 1973 were confirmed.
PAPERS
The following papers were laid on the table:
(1) Report on the work of the Urban Council and Urban Services Department for the month of March, 1973.
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(2) Statement of Progress for 1972-73.
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(3) Urban Council Budget for 1973-74.
CHAIRMAN (In English):-I would like to draw particular attention to the budget. The budget has been considered by the Finance and General Purposes Select Committee and approved by the Standing Committee of the Whole Council. This is the first time that such a budget has been drawn up and presented, so not enough time has been given to the Select Committees to scrutinize their various allocations and it is my request that all Select Committees do so from now onwards. The budget has been adopted by the Standing Committee on this under- standing that the provisions are flexible so that after the Select Com- mittees have been able to study the allocations they can report back to the Finance Committee. The budget will then be up for considera- tion again by the Standing Committee of the Whole Council,
QUESTIONS
(1) MR. CHARLES C. C. SIN asked the following question (In English):— Whilst it is the declared policy of this Council and of the Government to remove hawkers off street, it appears that no satisfactory progress has been made to implement this policy except that a very small number of hawkers are likely to be resited to off street bazaars under planning, does this mean that the policy above referred to is un- workable? If not, what plans have been made to im- plement the policy in a realistic manner?
MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKERS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (In English):—
This policy is not unworkable provided sufficient off-street hawker bazaars and markets are built. Regrettably, not too many off-street sites have as yet been made available, and every opportunity must be taken to obtain more of such sites from Government; also, the market building programme has to be accelerated.
As much obstruction on the streets results from cooked food stall operations, priority will have to be given to securing sites for such stalls.
A lot of effort has been put, within present limited resources, into implementing the Council's hawker policy, but the
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