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MR EDMUND W. H. CHOW (in English):- Mr Chairman, may I ask how many sports grounds in Hong Kong are of such an international standard? Is the use of all these sports grounds restricted?
MR LO (in English):- No other one is as good as this one in Hong Kong. There are some good tracks, but I take it that Mr CHOW is referring to athletic tracks. The use of them is restricted. You have to apply for permission to use them. Nobody can just go on there and run about on them.
5 MR HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): What efforts, if any, has this Council made towards the establishment of a science museum in Hong Kong?
MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):- In October last year, a team of five Science Museum experts from the Association of Science-Technology Centers in the USA visited Hong Kong at the Council's invitation to advise on the feasibility of the Science Museum project.
The unanimous conclusion of the consulting team is that a contemporary Museum of Science and Technology utilizing proven techniques of visitor involvement and audience participation should be added to Hong Kong's cultural and educational resources and that the development of such a museum deserves special priority.
A site has been reserved east of Chatham Road for the proposed Science Museum and a request for inclusion of the project in Cat. B of the Public Works Programme has been forwarded to the Government. It has been confirmed that the Government will be responsible for the capital construction cost involved.
MR YOUNG (in English):- Mr Chairman, since the reply indicates that this project will be one which is being financed by the Government, will the slow down in public works mean the establishment of the Science Museum in Hong Kong will be delayed? Do we have any indication of that being shown yet?
MR CHEONG-LEEN (in English):- Mr Chairman, we do not have any indication so far, but there is that possibility. On the other hand, as I mentioned in my reply, a request has been made for the inclusion of the project in Cat. B of the Public Works Programme, and we shall have to wait until Government has indicated where and when this item will be put into Cat. B.
MR PETER C. K. CHAN (in English):- Can I say Cat. B of Public Works Programme? Is it Cat. B of our own Planning and Development Committee, or Cat. B of the Public Works Programme of the Hong Kong Central Government?
MR CHEONG-LEEN (in English):- Mr Chairman, it is Cat. B of the Public Works Programme of the Government.
6 MR HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): Apart from the usual keep beach clean campaigns, will the Council consider any new measures to rectify the shortage of litter wardens at popular beaches on weekends during the coming swimming season?
MRS GRACE HO, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):- This question deals with the deployment of Litter Wardens at popular beaches at weekends during the coming summer.
In the Hong Kong Region, there are altogether 24 Litter Squads of which 5 represent a leave reserve, leaving 19 squads actually on duty at any one time. In the summer, it has been the practice to deploy three Litter Squads at Repulse Bay, two at Deep Water Bay, and two at Shek O at weekends and on public holidays so that a total of seven have been deployed at these popular beaches. Each squad consists of only a Senior Foreman and a Foreman and, clearly, in view of the large number of people using these beaches, Litter Squads can have only a limited value as a deterrent. If the number of squads on beaches is to be increased, it can be only at the expense of other areas. The 12 remaining squads have to cover many other places which are particularly busy at weekends and on public holidays. However, as complaints about littering on beaches increase during the summer, the Urban Services Department will deploy an additional three squads at beaches this summer, leaving only nine to cover the most essential spots on the rest of Hong Kong Island.
Another experiment which will be tried out during the coming summer is the use of Auxiliary Litter Wardens to supplement the regular ones. This proposal has already been considered by the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' Campaign Committee, the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee and the Finance Select Committee and Members have agreed to provide funds for the employment of students from the two Universities and the Polytechnic who may be interested in serving as Auxiliary Litter Wardens during the period June to August. The idea is that, on Sundays and Public Holidays, Auxiliary Litter Wardens should assist regular Litter Wardens patrol popular beaches and, although they will not have any powers of arrest, they will give support to the Litter Wardens in making their presence felt and act as a visible deterrent.
The scheme will cost an estimated $21,000 in the 1979 season.
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MR EDMUND W. H. CHOW (in English):-Mr Chairman, may I ask how many" sports grounds in Hong Kong are of such an international standard? Is the use of all these sports grounds restricted?
MR LO (in English):-No other one is as good as this one in Hong Kong. There are some good tracks, but I take it that Mr CHOW is referring to athletic tracks. The use of them is restricted. You have to apply for permission use them. Nobody can just go on there and run about on them.
5 MR HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): What efforts, if any, has this Council made towards the establishment of science museum in Hong Kong?
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MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-In October last year, a team of five Science Museum experts from the Association of Science-Technology Centers in the USA visited Hong Kong at the Council's invitation to advise on the feasibility of the Science Museum project.
The unanimous conclusion of the consulting team is that a contemporary Museum of Science and Technology utilizing proven techniques of visitor involvement and audience participation should be added to Hong Kong's cultural and educational resources and that the development of such a museum deserves special priority.
A site has been reserved east of Chatham Road for the proposed Science. Museum and a request for inclusion of the project in Cat. B of the Public Works Programme has been forwarded to the Government. It has been confirmed that the Government will be responsible for the capital construction cost involved.
MR YOUNG (in English):--Mr Chairman, since the reply indicates that this project will be one which is being financed by the Government, will the slow down in public works mean the establishment of the Science Museum in Hong Kong will be delayed? Do we have any indication of that being shown yet?
MR CHEONG-LEEN (in English):—Mr Chairman, we do not have any indica tion so far, but there is that possibility. On the other hand, as I mentioned in my reply, a request has been made for the inclusion of the project in Cat. B of the Public Works Programme, and we shall have to wait until Government has indicated where and when this item will be put into Cat. B.
MR PETER C. K. CHAN (in English):-Can I say Cat. B of Public Works Programme? Is it Cat. B of our own Planning and Development Committee,
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or Cat. B of the Public Works Programme of the Hong Kong Central
Government?
MR CHEONG-LEEN (in English):-Mr Chairman, it is Cat. B of the Public Works Programme of the Government.
6 MR HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): Apart from the usual keep beach clean campaigns, will the Council consider any new measures to rectify the shortage of litter wardens at popular beaches on weekends during the coming swimming season?
MRS GRACE HO, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COM- MITTEE, replied as follows (in English):--This question deals with the deploy- ment of Litter Wardens at popular beaches at weekends during the coming
summer.
In the Hong Kong Region, there are altogether 24 Litter Squads of which 5 represent a leave reserve, leaving 19 squads actually on duty at any one time. In the summer, it has been the practice to deploy three Litter Squads at Repulse Bay, two at Deep Water Bay, and two at Shek O at weekends and on public holidays so that a total of seven have been deployed at these popular beaches. Each squad consists of only a Senior Foreman and a Foreman and, clearly, in view of the large number of people using these beaches, Litter Squads can have only a limited value as a deterrent. If the number of squads on beaches is to be increased, it can be only at the expense of other areas. The 12 remaining squads have to cover many other places which are particularly busy at weekends and on public holidays. However, as complaints about littering on beaches increase during the summer, the Urban Services Department will deploy an additional three squads at beaches this summer, leaving only nine to cover the most essential spots on the rest of Hong Kong Island.
Another experiment which will be tried out during the coming summer is the use of Auxiliary Litter Wardens to supplement the regular ones. This proposal has already been considered by the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' Cam- paign Committee, the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee and the Finance Select Committee and Members have agreed to provide funds for the employment of students from the two Universities and the Polytechnic who may be interested in serving as Auxiliary Litter Wardens during the period June to August. The idea is that, on Sundays and Public Holidays, Auxiliary Litter Wardens should assist regular Litter Wardens patrol popular beaches and, although they will not have any powers of arrest, they will give support to the Litter Wardens in making their presence felt and act as a visible deterrent.
The scheme will cost an estimated $21 000 in the 1979 season.
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