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our fact there were nearly 16,000 spectators on the Sunday, the second day of seven-a-side tournament, and next year, we expect a great deal more; in fact, there are more games scheduled of an international nature which will have a great deal of appeal to local viewers, I am quite sure. I think it is essential that the national stadium be retained in the situation it was before our honourable Member of the Football Association allowed so many games to be played over the Chinese New Year, which in my humble opinion, was the reason for the decrepit situation when rugby came to be played on it just before Easter.
2. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): What are the long-term plans for the redevelopment of Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point? Why was the suggestion by the Sham Shui Po District Board that the sites for the new Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point and a rest garden at Wing Hong Street be swopped not feasible?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese): This question concerns the Refuse Collection Point at Fuk Wah Street and is in two parts. The first part of the question asks what the long-term plans are for its development. The second part asks why it is not feasible to exchange the sites for the new Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point and a proposed rest garden at Wing Hong Street as suggested by the Sham Shui Po District Board.
In answer to the first part of the question, it is proposed to replace the present temporary Refuse Collection Point in Fuk Wah Street with a new temporary Refuse Collection Point on a site reserved, in the long term, for a multi-purpose building at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street. Members will be interested to note that the multi-purpose building is to be developed by the Government and the Urban Council jointly and will include a market and a cooked food centre. This move will take place in July this year as the site on which the Fuk Wah Street temporary R.C.P. is located is scheduled for sale at that time.
At its present location, the existing temporary R.C.P. has been the subject of complaints and the District Officer (Sham Shui Po) has advised that nearby residents welcome its removal.
In the longer term, it is planned to provide a permanent off-street R.C.P. on a site at the junction of Cheung Wah Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road. This site is unlikely to be available before this portion of Cheung Sha Wan Road is realigned in about mid-1987. The new temporary R.C.P. at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street to which I referred earlier will be cancelled at that time.
To make it more clear, the R.C.P. in Fuk Wah Street will be replaced by the one at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street. When the site is available, the R.C.P. at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street will be discontinued. I apologize for the confusion caused by the three places.
In answer to the second part of the question, I confirm that it was reported in the August 1982 issue of the Sham Shui Po District News Bulletin that a member of the District Board had suggested that the 'Local Open Space' site at Wing Hong Street which is reserved for a rest garden should be used to reprovision the temporary R.C.P., and that the rest garden should be built on the site of the temporary R.C.P. in Fuk Wah Street. The Department considered that the rest garden site is not suitable for a permanent R.C.P. for the following reasons, and so advised the District Officer (Sham Shui Po) in September 1982 that:
(a) the site is a slope with several terraces and construction of an R.C.P. would require substantial expenditure on slope cutting and site formation works;
(b) the existing R.C.P. in King Lam Street will soon be redeveloped. This R.C.P., after its completion, will be better equipped and will cover much of the area to be served by an R.C.P. at the rest garden site; If we have the R.C.P. in the sitting-out area, then there will be a lot of duplication.
(c) the temporary R.C.P. at Fuk Wah Street serves mainly the area to the south of Castle Peak Road. Resiting this R.C.P. at Wing Hong Street, which is to the north of Castle Peak Road, would necessitate moving a substantial volume of refuse by handcarts across a heavily used road daily;
(d) the rest garden project is at an advanced stage of planning and change of location would result in considerable delay and abortive work.
MR. YOUNG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I thank Dr. HUANG for his answer. He has said that the R.C.P. at Fuk Wah Street is the object of much complaint on the part of the public and for permanent use it will be moved to the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Cheung Wah Street. What are the measures that have to be taken so that we don't only remove the nuisance caused to public at Fuk Wah Street but also do not repeat the same problem at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Cheung Wah Street?
DR. HUANG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, whenever an R.C.P. is created, there is surely to be dissatisfaction and all we can do is to reduce that dissatisfaction to a minimum. For instance, if we have one off-street R.C.P., its effect on the traffic and on the nearby residents will be minimized and we also have carbon filters to reduce the smell, and it won't be as unsightly as an on-street R.C.P. I am sure that once a new R.C.P. is built, we will be receiving less complaints. I believe in future, when we move to the new permanent off-street R.C.P., it will be more readily accepted by people.
3. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese): What has been done recently by the Urban Council in regard to the provision of regional cultural centres in the Urban Area? Apart from looking for suitable sites,
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fact there were nearly 16 000 spectators on the Sunday, the second day of seven-a-side tournament, and next year, we expect a great deal more; in fact,
there are more games scheduled of an international nature which will have a great deal of appeal to local viewers, I am quite sure. I think it is essential that
the national stadium be retained in the situation it was before our
honourable
Member of the Football Association allowed so many games to be played over the Chinese New Year, which in my humble opinion, was the reason for the decrepit situation when rugby came to be played on it just before Easter.
2. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English): What are the long term plans for the redevelopment of Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point? Why was the suggestion by the Sham Shui Po District Board that the sites for the new Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point and a rest garden at Wing Hong Street be swopped not feasible?
DR. DENNY M. H. HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-This question concerns the Refuse Collection Point at Fuk Wah Street and is in two parts. The first part of the question asks what the long-term plans are for its development. The second part asks why it is not feasible to exchange the sites for the new Fuk Wah Street Refuse Collection Point and a proposed rest garden at Wing Hong Street as suggested by the Sham Shui Po District Board.
In answer to the first part of the question, it is proposed to replace the present temporary Refuse Collection Point in Fuk Wah Street with a new temporary Refuse Collection Point on a site reserved, in the long term, for a multi-purpose building at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street. Members will be interested to note that the multi-purpose building is to be developed by the Government and the Urban Council jointly and will include a market and a cooked food centre. This move will take place in July this year as the site on which the Fuk Wah Street temporary R.C.P. is located is scheduled for sale at that time.
At its present location, the existing temporary R.C.P. has been the subject of complaints and the District Officer (Sham Shui Po) has advised that nearby residents welcome its removal.
In the longer term, it is planned to provide a permanent off-street R.C.P. on a site at the junction of Cheung Wah Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road. This site is unlikely to be available before this portion of Cheung Sha Wan Road is realigned in about mid-1987. The new temporary R.C.P. at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street to which I referred earlier will be cancelled at that time.
To make it more clear, the R.C.P. in Fuk Wah Street will be replaced by the one at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung Street. When the site is available, the R.C.P. at the corner of Castle Peak Road and Kwong Cheung
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Street will be discontinued. I apologize for the confusion caused by the three
places.
In answer to the second part of the question, I confirm that it was reported in the August 1982 issue of the Sham Shui Po District News Bulletin that a member of the District Board had suggested that the 'Local Open Space' site at Wing Hong Street which is reserved for a rest garden should be used to reprovision the temporary R.C.P., and that the rest garden should be built on the site of the temporary R.C.P. in Fuk Wah Street. The Department considered that the rest garden site is not suitable for a permanent R.C.P. for the following reasons, and so advised the District Officer (Sham Shui Po) in September 1982
that:
(a) the site is a slope with several terraces and construction of an R.C.P. would require substantial expenditure on slope cutting and site formation works; (b) the existing R.C.P. in King Lam Street will soon be redeveloped. This R.C.P., after its completion, will be better equipped and will cover much of the area to be served by an R.C.P. at the rest garden site;
If we have the R.C.P. in the sitting-out area, then there will be a lot of duplication.
(c) the temporary R.C.P. at Fuk Wah Street serves mainly the area to the south of Castle Peak Road. Resiting this R.C.P. at Wing Hong Street, which is to the north of Castle Peak Road, would necessitate moving a substantial volume of refuse by handcarts across a heavily used road daily; (d) the rest garden project is at an advanced stage of planning and change of
location would result in considerable delay and abortive work.
MR. YOUNG (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I thank Dr. HUANG for his answer. He has said that the R.C.P. at Fuk Wah Street is the object of much complaint on the part of the public and for permanent use it will be moved to the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Cheung Wah Street. What are the measures that have to be taken so that we don't only remove the nuisance caused to public at Fuk Wah Street but also do not repeat the same problem at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Cheung Wah Street?
DR. HUANG (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, whenever an R.C.P. is created, there is surely to be dissatisfaction and all we can do is to reduce that dis- satisfaction to a minimum. For instance, if we have one off-street R.C.P., its effect on the traffic and on the nearby residents will be minimized and we also have carbon filters to reduce the smell, and it won't be as unsightly as an on- street R.C.P. I am sure that once a new R.C.P. is built, we will be receiving less complaints. I believe in future, when we move to the new permanent off-street R.C.P., it will be more readily accepted by people.
3. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):- What has been done recently by the Urban Council in regard to the provision of regional cultural centres in the Urban Area? Apart from looking for suitable sites,
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