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An adequate number of litter containers is also provided in the parks. In the case of the Statue Square, especially during weekends and public holidays, additional litter containers are provided to cope with the demand and they are emptied regularly throughout the day.

Moreover, publicity is not neglected and notices in various languages are displayed in the area to remind the public to keep their parks clean. In addition, a broadcasting van visits the Statue Square on every alternate Sunday to disseminate the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message. And anyone ignoring these advice and found littering is liable to prosecution.

Parks are developed for the enjoyment of the public and I think the Council can derive some satisfaction from the intense popular use which these parks like the Statue Square Gardens get during weekends and holidays. Naturally, these visitors generate a considerable amount of refuse and waste. However, satisfactory arrangements will continue to be made, and are regularly reviewed, to collect this waste and they are also designed to ensure that satisfactory hygiene standards are maintained.

MR. FREDERICK K. K. FUNG (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I agree that it is best for everybody that we have more facilities in the parks, but I wonder whether Dr. LEUNG has the statistics concerning the number of prosecutions against those people who littered around the Statue Square and the vicinity. Thank you.

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- Indeed, there is always a team of anti-litter patrols working in that area, and I remember roughly about 45 prosecutions were made in the past six months.

MR. JOSEPH Y. S. CHAN (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Filipino maids who make use of the parks in Central during holidays as a gathering place have a genuine need. They have already made full use of the parks in Central. Besides having littered the parks, some of the Filipino maids hawked there. Apart from causing an unhygienic environment, it also created traffic congestion in our parks. Is the Urban Council aware of these problems and do we have any plans to improve the situation? Mr. Chairman, I do not know whether this question should be answered by Dr. LEUNG?

CHAIRMAN (in English):- I don't think it should. I think you would anticipate the next question and if you take the information from the wrong Chairman of the wrong Select Committee, you might be misled. So, can you hang on to that supplementary until after the next question when all will be reviewed.

MR. STEPHEN M. L. LAU (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I would like to know how many additional staff are deployed to clean the Statue Square and its surroundings and the volume of rubbish collected during Sundays and Public Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day?

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Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day?

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- Mr. Chairman, the Department is deploying, on every holiday, 7 workers to work, four in the morning shift and three in the afternoon shift for the period from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening, and as I pointed out in my reply that round about 8 o'clock, a special team of 10 will be deployed to collect all the refuse left in the area. As regards the amount of refuse collected, roughly, about 110 bags weighing about 6,000 kg of refuse are collected on every holiday and litter containers are emptied every hour if the need arises, but sometimes I noticed the refuse containers are not large enough to hold the refuse and so some of the refuse will spill over to the neighbouring areas. Thank you.

THE HONOURABLE HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):- Mr. Chairman, before I ask a supplementary by way of background, I might say I visited Statue Square last Sunday and there were thousands of Filipino maids there; it was their day-off. Now if Members feel, Mr. Chairman, that the staff are not doing enough and provided the Chairman was willing on one Sunday next month to spend half an hour to assist the staff, I volunteer to go along with him and help out. Would he be prepared, may I ask through you?

CHAIRMAN (in English):- You don't have to answer that, Ronald.

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- It's a comment, Mr. Chairman. The actual fact, I visited the place last night on my way to attend a dinner for an external seminar for the Royal College of Physicians, I did agree with Mr. CHEONG-LEEN that the whole place was crowded and I couldn't really find my way through and the hygienic condition was only satisfactory because I still noticed some refuse here and there and not in the dust bins. As regards Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's volunteer work, I will support him, if he has time.

MR. WALTER M. SULKE (in English):- Mr. Chairman, could I add as my capacity as the Chairman of Keep Hong Kong Clean Committee, I would be very happy to help along as long as Mr. HILTON-LEEN also buys us a dinner afterwards.

CHAIRMAN (in English):- Is that meant we may get a day off?

MR. FAN KAM-PING (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Dr. LEUNG has mentioned that we have additional litter containers during holidays. I would like to know how many do we have on weekdays and how many additional litter containers on holidays?

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Page 89 of 201 136 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL An adequate number of litter containers is also provided in the parks. In the case of the Statue Square, especially during weekends and public holidays, additional litter containers are provided to cope with the demand and they are emptied regularly throughout the day. Moreover, publicity is not neglected and notices in various languages are displayed in the area to remind the public to keep their parks clean. In addition, a broadcasting van visits the Statue Square on every alternate Sunday to disseminate the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message. And anyone ignoring these advice and found littering is liable to prosecution. Parks are developed for the enjoyment of the public and I think the Council can derive some satisfaction from the intense popular use which these parks like the Statue Square Gardens get during weekends and holidays. Naturally, these visitors generate a considerable amount of refuse and waste. However, satisfactory arrangements will continue to be made, and are regularly reviewed, to collect this waste and they are also designed to ensure that satisfactory hygiene standards are maintained. MR. FREDERICK K. K. FUNG (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I agree that it is best for everybody that we have more facilities in the parks, but I wonder whether Dr. LEUNG has the statistics concerning the number of prosecutions against those people who littered around the Statue Square and the vicinity. Thank you. DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- Indeed, there is always a team of anti-litter patrols working in that area, and I remember roughly about 45 prosecutions were made in the past six months. MR. JOSEPH Y. S. CHAN (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Filipino maids who make use of the parks in Central during holidays as a gathering place have a genuine need. They have already made full use of the parks in Central. Besides having littered the parks, some of the Filipino maids hawked there. Apart from causing an unhygienic environment, it also created traffic congestion in our parks. Is the Urban Council aware of these problems and do we have any plans to improve the situation? Mr. Chairman, I do not know whether this question should be answered by Dr. LEUNG? CHAIRMAN (in English):- I don't think it should. I think you would anticipate the next question and if you take the information from the wrong Chairman of the wrong Select Committee, you might be misled. So, can you hang on to that supplementary until after the next question when all will be reviewed. MR. STEPHEN M. L. LAU (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I would like to know how many additional staff are deployed to clean the Statue Square and its surroundings and the volume of rubbish collected during Sundays and Public Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day? HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Page 89 of 201 137 Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day? DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- Mr. Chairman, the Department is deploying, on every holiday, 7 workers to work, four in the morning shift and three in the afternoon shift for the period from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening, and as I pointed out in my reply that round about 8 o'clock, a special team of 10 will be deployed to collect all the refuse left in the area. As regards the amount of refuse collected, roughly, about 110 bags weighing about 6,000 kg of refuse are collected on every holiday and litter containers are emptied every hour if the need arises, but sometimes I noticed the refuse containers are not large enough to hold the refuse and so some of the refuse will spill over to the neighbouring areas. Thank you. THE HONOURABLE HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):- Mr. Chairman, before I ask a supplementary by way of background, I might say I visited Statue Square last Sunday and there were thousands of Filipino maids there; it was their day-off. Now if Members feel, Mr. Chairman, that the staff are not doing enough and provided the Chairman was willing on one Sunday next month to spend half an hour to assist the staff, I volunteer to go along with him and help out. Would he be prepared, may I ask through you? CHAIRMAN (in English):- You don't have to answer that, Ronald. DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):- It's a comment, Mr. Chairman. The actual fact, I visited the place last night on my way to attend a dinner for an external seminar for the Royal College of Physicians, I did agree with Mr. CHEONG-LEEN that the whole place was crowded and I couldn't really find my way through and the hygienic condition was only satisfactory because I still noticed some refuse here and there and not in the dust bins. As regards Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's volunteer work, I will support him, if he has time. MR. WALTER M. SULKE (in English):- Mr. Chairman, could I add as my capacity as the Chairman of Keep Hong Kong Clean Committee, I would be very happy to help along as long as Mr. HILTON-LEEN also buys us a dinner afterwards. CHAIRMAN (in English):- Is that meant we may get a day off? MR. FAN KAM-PING (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, Dr. LEUNG has mentioned that we have additional litter containers during holidays. I would like to know how many do we have on weekdays and how many additional litter containers on holidays? Page 89 of 201

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Page 89 of 201 136 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL An adequate number of litter containers is also provided in the parks. In the case of the Statue Square, especially during weekends and public holidays, additional litter containers are provided to cope with the demand and they are emptied regularly throughout the day. Moreover, publicity is not neglected and notices in various languages are displayed in the area to remind the public to keep their parks clean. In addition a broadcasting van visits the Statue Square on every alternate Sundays to disseminate the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message. And anyone ignoring these advice and found littering is liable to prosecution. Parks are developed for the enjoyment of the public and I think the Council can derive some satisfaction from the intense popular use which these parks like the Statue Square Gardens get during weekends and holidays. Naturally these visitors generate a considerable amount of refuse and waste. However, satisfactory arrangements will continue to make, and are regularly reviewed, to collect this waste and they are also designed to ensure that satisfactory hygiene standards are maintained. MR. FREDERICK K. K. FUNG (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I agree that it is best for everybody that we have more facilities to the parks but I wonder whether Dr. LEUNG has the statistics concerning the number of prosecution against those people who littered around the Statue Square and the vicinity. Thank you. DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-Indeed, there is always a team of anti- litter patrols working in that area, and I remember roughly about 45 prosecu- tions were made in the past six months. MR. JOSEPH Y. S. CHAN (in Cantonese):--Mr. Chairman, Filipino maids who make use of the parks in central during holidays as a gathering place have a genuine need. They have already made full use of the parks in Central. Besides having littered the parks, some of the Filipino maids hawked there. Apart from causing unhygienic environment, it also created traffic congestion in our parks. Is the Urban Council aware of these problems and do we have any plans to improve the situation? Mr. Chairman, I do not know whether this question should be answered by Dr. LEUNG? CHAIRMAN (in English):--I don't think it should. I think you would anticipate the next question and if you take the information from the wrong Chairman of the wrong Select Committee, you might be misled. So, can you hang on to that supplementary until after the next question when all will be reviewed. MR. STEPHEN M. L. LAU (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to know how many additional staff are deployed to clean the Statue Square and its surroundings and the volume of rubbish collected during Sundays and Public HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Page 89 of 201 137 Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day? DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the Department is deploying, on every holiday, 7 workers to work, four in the morning shift and three in the afternoon shift for the period from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening and as I pointed out in my reply that round about 8 o'clock, a special team of 10 will be deployed to collect all the refuse left in the area. As regards the amount of refuse collected, roughly, about 110 bags weighing about 6 000 kg. of refuse are collected on every holiday and litter containers are emptied every hour if the need arises but sometimes I noticed the refuse containers are not large enough to hold the refuse and so some of the refuse will spill over to the neighbouring areas. Thank you. THE HONOURABLE HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):—Mr. Chairman, before I ask a supplementary by way of background, I might say I visited Statue Square last Sunday and there were thousands of Filipino maids there; it was their day-off. Now if Members feel, Mr. Chairman, that the staff are not doing enough and provided the Chairman was willing on one Sunday next month to spend half an hour to assist the staff. I volunteer to go along with him and help out. Would he be prepared, may I ask through you? CHAIRMAN (in English):--You don't have to answer that, Ronald. DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-It's a comment, Mr. Chairman. The actual fact, I visited the place last night on my way to attend a dinner to an external seminar for the Royal College of Physician, I did agree with Mr. CHEONG-LEEN that the whole place was crowded and I couldn't really find my way through and the hygienic condition was only satisfactory because I still noticed some refuse here and there and not in the dust bins. As regards Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's volunteer work, I will support him, if he has time. MR. WALTER M. SULKE (in English):—Mr. Chairman, could I add as my capacity as the Chairman of Keep Hong Kong Clean Committee, I would be very happy to help along as long as Mr. HILTON-LEEN also buys us a dinner afterwards. CHAIRMAN (in English):-Is that meant we may get a day off? MR. FAN KAM-PING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Dr. LEUNG has mentioned that we have additional litter containers during holidays. I would like to know how many do we have on weekdays and how many additional litter containers on holidays?

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Moreover, publicity is not neglected and notices in various languages are displayed in the area to remind the public to keep their parks clean. In addition a broadcasting van visits the Statue Square on every alternate Sundays to disseminate the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message. And anyone ignoring these advice and found littering is liable to prosecution.

Parks are developed for the enjoyment of the public and I think the Council can derive some satisfaction from the intense popular use which these parks like the Statue Square Gardens get during weekends and holidays. Naturally these visitors generate a considerable amount of refuse and waste. However, satisfactory arrangements will continue to make, and are regularly reviewed, to collect this waste and they are also designed to ensure that satisfactory hygiene standards are maintained.

MR. FREDERICK K. K. FUNG (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I agree that it is best for everybody that we have more facilities to the parks but I wonder whether Dr. LEUNG has the statistics concerning the number of prosecution against those people who littered around the Statue Square and the vicinity. Thank you.

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-Indeed, there is always a team of anti- litter patrols working in that area, and I remember roughly about 45 prosecu- tions were made in the past six months.

MR. JOSEPH Y. S. CHAN (in Cantonese):--Mr. Chairman, Filipino maids who make use of the parks in central during holidays as a gathering place have a genuine need. They have already made full use of the parks in Central. Besides having littered the parks, some of the Filipino maids hawked there. Apart from causing unhygienic environment, it also created traffic congestion in our parks. Is the Urban Council aware of these problems and do we have any plans to improve the situation? Mr. Chairman, I do not know whether this question should be answered by Dr. LEUNG?

CHAIRMAN (in English):--I don't think it should. I think you would anticipate the next question and if you take the information from the wrong Chairman of the wrong Select Committee, you might be misled. So, can you hang on to that supplementary until after the next question when all will be reviewed.

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Holidays? Since Dr. LEUNG told us that there are regular emptying of these litter bins and I would like to know exactly how many times are they emptied during the day?

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the Department is deploying, on every holiday, 7 workers to work, four in the morning shift and three in the afternoon shift for the period from 7 in the morning to 10 in the evening and as I pointed out in my reply that round about 8 o'clock, a special team of 10 will be deployed to collect all the refuse left in the area. As regards the amount of refuse collected, roughly, about 110 bags weighing about 6 000 kg. of refuse are collected on every holiday and litter containers are emptied every hour if the need arises but sometimes I noticed the refuse containers are not large enough to hold the refuse and so some of the refuse will spill over to the neighbouring areas. Thank you.

THE HONOURABLE HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):—Mr. Chairman, before I ask a supplementary by way of background, I might say I visited Statue Square last Sunday and there were thousands of Filipino maids there; it was their day-off. Now if Members feel, Mr. Chairman, that the staff are not doing enough and provided the Chairman was willing on one Sunday next month to spend half an hour to assist the staff. I volunteer to go along with him and help out. Would he be prepared, may I ask through you?

CHAIRMAN (in English):--You don't have to answer that, Ronald.

DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG (in English):-It's a comment, Mr. Chairman. The actual fact, I visited the place last night on my way to attend a dinner to an external seminar for the Royal College of Physician, I did agree with Mr. CHEONG-LEEN that the whole place was crowded and I couldn't really find my way through and the hygienic condition was only satisfactory because I still noticed some refuse here and there and not in the dust bins. As regards Mr. CHEONG-LEEN's volunteer work, I will support him, if he has time.

MR. WALTER M. SULKE (in English):—Mr. Chairman, could I add as my capacity as the Chairman of Keep Hong Kong Clean Committee, I would be very happy to help along as long as Mr. HILTON-LEEN also buys us a dinner afterwards.

CHAIRMAN (in English):-Is that meant we may get a day off?

MR. FAN KAM-PING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Dr. LEUNG has mentioned that we have additional litter containers during holidays. I would like to know how many do we have on weekdays and how many additional litter containers on holidays?

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