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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN

CHAIRMAN (in English):-It is just past 4 o'clock and I would like to welcome you to the meeting and call it to order. First, we are very happy to see Miss Ko Siu-wah back with us and we also welcome Mr. LOBO, Mr. Hu from their absence abroad.

(Mr. C. K. CHAN arrived at this point.)

HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

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we must call for progress reports on all our projects; assess the effec- tiveness of our programmes; determine our manpower requirements; consider the financial implications of all we do; examine new courses of action and review our policies in keeping with changing circums- tances. Then, when we have made up our minds on the direction to take, let us close ranks and go forward with determination.

MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting held on 12th March, 1974, were confirmed.

STATEMENT

CHAIRMAN (in English):-A year has passed since the Council was re-constituted and given separate identity with direct responsibility over finance and management.

In this period of time, through 13 Select Committees and some 30 boards, panels and sub-committees, the Council has made a concerted effort to discharge its obligations in a serious and effective manner and to perform other functions of benefit to the community.

Now, our second year has begun. The Select Committees have come to grips with the realities of their respective situations. As they continue to probe deeper, more opportunities for meaningful activities will be found. Also, the need for remedial action in some directions has become apparent and is being taken as far as it lies in our power to do so. While progress may seem slow in some ways, and we may be impatient, it is nevertheless being made all along the line. If the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, what is the price we must pay for progress in the service of the community? Should it not be vision in planning, boldness in execution, determination in pursuit of each goal as it is set, but dedication to the cause of a better life for the people, above all else?

(Dr. Denny M. H. HUANG arrived at this point.)

Indeed, to serve the community is our aim. But, to do so, we must ever be in search of opportunities and have the courage to act decisively. Let us then take stock in each select committee. For sure,

PAPER

The following paper was laid on the table:

Reports to the Urban Council by the Director of Urban Services and Secretary, Urban Council, for the month of March 1974.

QUESTIONS

(1) MR. PETER P. F. CHAN asked the following question (in English):

What do our abattoir shops sell other than pigs' and cattle blood? Is the manpower allocated there justified?

MR. R. H. LOBO, CHAIRMAN OF THE MARKETS AND ABATTOIRS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-

Mr. Chairman, the question concerns the abattoir shops and

the staff employed in them.

The abattoir shops do not sell any product other than edible

pig and cattle blood.

Staff employed for the sale of blood at each abattoir are:

1 Tally Clerk,

1 Butcher Class I/II or

1 Assistant Butcher, and

1 Slaughterhouse Labourer.

During business hours from 7.30 a.m. till 10.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. at the Kennedy Town Abattoir, and from 7.30 a.m. till noon and 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. at the Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir, the Tally Clerk of each shop collects payment for the sale of this by-product, and issues receipts to purchasers. After business hours, he checks each duplicate receipt against the amount of cash collected, he enters in the records the amount of