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purpose until March 1976, which is nine months later than the date originally scheduled. However, the Hong Kong Cricket Club has declined the offer of an extension of its tenure and will move to its new ground at Wong Nei Chung Gap in July 1975 as planned.
At its meeting on 21st March 1975, the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee indicated the Council's willingness to act as caretaker of the ground for the interim period of nine months. Any turf removed by the Club to its new grounds would be replaced immediately by the Urban Services Department and the grounds thrown open for public use. The existing pavilion will eventually be demolished to make way for construction of the Chater Road Garden, but its changing rooms and spectator facilities will continue to be available for the time being and part of the ground will probably be laid out as a temporary football pitch.
Within the last few days, the Mass Transit Land Acquisition Committee has officially requested the Council to act as caretaker of the ground until it is required as a works area and the request will be put to the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee at its meeting on 18th April 1975 for formal endorsement.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI (in English):-Mr. Chairman, are we not going round in circles? Surely it was this Council that originally proposed this caretaker arrangement which has now been accepted by the Mass Transit Land Acquisition Board. So now is it that the contract has been concluded and the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee can consider what best use to put it?
MR. Lo (in English):-That is roughly the position. That's why I said for formal endorsement at the next meeting.
MR. H. M. G. FORSGATE (in English):-Mr. Chairman, in the middle of the second paragraph, it says "Any turf removed by the Club to its new ground would be replaced immediately by the Urban Services Department". Would the task not be easier by not removing the turf in the first instance to the Club's new ground and make some arrangement with the Cricket Club to pay for the turf which is being laid? It makes sense to me that, with new turf, it will take a long time to take root on the present Cricket Club ground. It would be more immediately usable if left.
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MR. Lo (in English):-Mr. Chairman, as Members are aware, the new ground of Cricket Club at Wong Nei Chung Gap is considerably smaller than the one in Chater Road. In any case, there is a fair amount of turf there already so that any turf they remove would still leave a fair amount behind on the Chater Road Ground. I don't think we need to re-turf the whole thing immediately and perhaps quite a small part needs to be done.
CHAIRMAN (in English):-But not any turf would serve the purpose for a cricket pitch. (Laughter)
MR. Lo (in English):-That's very correct, Mr. Chairman. (Laughter).
STATEMENT BY MR. HENRY H. L. HU, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKERS SELECT COMMITTEE
He said (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the motion to have been moved by me as Chairman of the Hawkers Select Committee concerning By-law 4(1) of the Hawker By-laws has been withdrawn because the only real change it incorporated was an increase of four hours for the operation of the Hawker-Permitted Area experiment in Kam Wing Street, San Po Kong, where the Department had advised that the hours of operation be changed to 8 a.m. to midnight, instead of noon to midnight.
Therefore the motion has been withdrawn for the present so that the Hawkers Select Committee can give further close study of the hours of operation of the HPA experiment, thereby taking into full account the latest developments found by the Department since the experiment began on March 14, and the views given to the Hawkers Select Committee by representatives of shop-owners, factory operators, trade bodies and hawker organizations.
The Hawkers Select Committee has discussed at length the HPA experiment at its meetings since the experiment began, the most recent of these being on the third of April.
At this latest meeting it considered the progress of the HPA experiment, the Department's report on that progress, and the representations made to the Council by various organizations affected by the experiment.
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purpose until March 1976, which is nine months later than the date originally scheduled. However, the Hong Kong Cricket Club has declined the offer of an extension of its tenure and will move to its new ground at Wong Nei Chung Gap in July 1975 as planned.
At its meeting on 21st March 1975, the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee indicated the Council's willingness to act as caretaker of the ground for the interim period of nine months. Any turf removed by the Club to its new grounds would be replaced immediately by the Urban Services Department and the grounds thrown open for public use. The existing pavilion will eventually be demolished to make way for construction of the Chater Road Garden, but its changing rooms and spectator facilities will continue to be available for the time being and part of the ground will probably be laid out as a temporary football pitch.
Within the last few days, the Mass Transit Land Acquisition Committee has officially requested the Council to act as caretaker of the ground until it is required as a works area and the request will be put to the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee at its meeting on 18th April 1975 for formal endorsement.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI (in English):-Mr. Chairman, are we not going round in circles: Surely it was this Council that originally proposed this caretaker arrangement which has now been accepted by the Mass Transit Land Acquisition Board. So now is it that the contract has been concluded and the Recreation and Amenities Select Committee can consider what best use to put it?
MR. Lo (in English):-That is roughly the position. That's why I said for formal endorsement at the next meeting.
MR. H. M. G. FORSGATE (in English):-Mr. Chairman, in the middle of the second paragraph, it says "Any turf removed by the Club to its new ground would be replaced immediately by the Urban Services Department". Would the task not be easier by not removing the turf in the first in tance to the Club's new ground and make some arrange- ment with the Cricket Club to pay for the turf which is being laid? It makes sense to me that, with new turf, it will take a long time to take root on the present Cricket Club ground. It would be more immediately usable if left.
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MR. Lo (in English):-Mr. Chairman, as Members are aware, the new ground of Cricket Club at Wong Nei Chung Gap is considerably smaller than the one in Chater Road. In any case, there is a fair amount of turf there already so that any turf they remove would still leave a fair amount behind on the Chater Road Ground. I don't think we need to re-turf the whole thing immediately and perhaps quite a small part needs to be done.
CHAIRMAN (in English): -But not any turf would serve the purpose for a cricket pitch. (Laughter)
MR. Lo (in English):-That's very correct, Mr. Chairman. (Laughter).
STATEMENT BY MR. HENRY H. L. HU, CHAIRMAN OF THE HAWKERS SELECT COMMITTEE
He said (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the motion to have been moved by me as Chairman of the Hawkers Select Committee concerning By-law 4(1) of the Hawker By-laws has been withdrawn because the only real change it incorporated was an increase of four hours for the operation of the Hawker-Permitted Area experiment in Kam Wing Street, San Po Kong, where the Department had advised that the hours of operation be changed to 8 a.m. to midnight, instead of noon to midnight.
Therefore the motion has been withdrawn for the present so that the Hawkers Select Committee can give further close study of the hours of operation of the HPA experiment, thereby taking into full account the latest developments found by the Department since the experiment began on March 14, and the views given to the Hawkers Select Com- mittee by representatives of shop-owners, factory operators, trade bodies and hawker organizations.
The Hawkers Select Committee has discussed at length the HPA experiment at its meetings since the experiment began, the most recent of these being on the third of April.
At this latest meeting it considered the progress of the HPA experiment, the Department's report on that progress, and the repre- sentations made to the Council by various organizations affected by the experiment.
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