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MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the second question is yes. We did close all the barbecue pits in Repulse Bay and it is now replaced by a beautiful children playground and well appreciated by the residents as well as the beach goers. As regards your first question, we will look into the demarcation of that particular area, and certainly we will take steps to clean up those grey areas as well.
MR. TONG KAM-BIU (in Cantonese):—Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I have one question to ask. Many citizens are trying to barbecue illegally at other places. Has the Committee considered the question of providing more barbecue pits in order to meet the demand.
MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in Cantonese):---Thank you, Mr. Chairman, of course, if we are able to locate more suitable sites, we will provide more barbecue pits. For example in the new Lei Yue Mun Park, we may try to provide quite a number of barbecue pits there if feasible.
Distribution of Barbecue Pits in Urban Council Facilities
Beaches:- No. of barbecue pits Deep Water Bay 49 (demolished since 19 Oct. 87) Annex I 5 Repulse Bay 18 Middle Bay 19 South Bay 40 Chung Hom Kok 15 St. Stephen's 8 Stanley Main 24 Hair Pin 25 Turtle Cove 40 Shek O 24 Rocky Bay 4 Sub-total 271 Big Wave Bay Others:- Shek O Headland 43 Chung Hom Kok Picnic Area 10 Waterfall Bay Park 5 Big Wave Bay Picnic Area 8 Lion Rock Park 7 Sub-total 27 (misprinted as ∞t) Total: 298HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
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6. MRS. CHOW CHEUNG WAI-PING asked the following question (in Cantonese): With the joint effort of the Urban Council and the Central Government, the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign has been very successful and effective. An achievement in such a densely populated city like ours is by no means small or inferior to any other big city in the world. However, there have been complaints received that certain spots in the Central District such as those in the vicinity of the Edinburgh Place, the Statue Square and the footbridges nearby are seriously polluted by street-sleepers and some irresponsible non-local workers. I should like to know what measures this Council is taking to make this part of the city cleaner?
DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-This question concerns complaints against pollution by (a) street sleepers and (b) non-local workers in Central District in the vicinity of Edinburgh Place, the Statue Square and the footbridges nearby. It asks what measures the Council is taking to make this part of the city cleaner.
Like other big cities elsewhere in the world to-day, Hong Kong has street sleepers. These people often soil the place where they take shelter. Those in Central are no exception. It is however not within the jurisdiction of the Urban Council to remove street sleepers. Departmental staff can only refer street sleeper cases to the Social Welfare Department to take action as the latter may deem fit. Nonetheless the Council is empowered under Sect. 22 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132, to remove, for the purpose of cleaning up the place, street sleepers' belongings which pose obstruction to such cleansing operations, after giving due notice. Such cleansing operations have been regularly carried out jointly with the Police, the Social Welfare Department and the District Offices. In the last two years, no less than 30 major cleansing operations have taken place targeting on street sleepers. Unfortunately, street sleepers return soon after the cleansing operations, and the place once again presents an unkempt appearance. Until the problem of street sleepers is solved by the Social Services Policy Group of the Central Government, I am afraid the Council can only undertake constant cleansing operations to keep the places in question clean.
About pollution caused by some irresponsible visitors to Statue Square, the Council has done a lot to health-educate the people who gather there in large multitudes particularly on Sundays and public holidays. Measures taken include the use of mobile broadcasting vans to spread the keep clean message in both English and Tagalog, the distribution of 'keep clean' T-shirts among the crowd, litter-picking on the spot by our Council Members to arouse the awareness of the visitors to the need to keep the place clean, the use of loud hailers to disseminate the keep clean message and enlisting the assistance of the Domestic Helpers Association and other employment agencies, as well as Catholic priests who would urge their congregations to remember the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message during their sermons. Posters urging people to
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MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, the second question is yes. We did close all the barbecue pits in Repulse Bay and it is now replaced by a beautiful children playground and well appreciated by the residents as well as the beach goers. As regards your first question, we will look into the demar- cation of that particular area, and certainly we will take steps to clean up those grey area as well.
MR. TONG KAM-BIU (in Cantonese):—Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I have one question to ask. Many citizens are trying to barbecue illegally at other places. Has the Committee considered the question of providing more barbecue pits in order to meet the demand.
MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in Cantonese):---Thank you, Mr. Chairman, of course, if we are able to locate more suitable sites, we will provide more barbecue pits. For example in the new Lei Yue Mun Park, we may try to provide quite a number of barbecue pits there if feasible.
Distribution of Barbecue Pits in Urban Council Facilities
Beaches:-
Deep Water Bay
No. of barbecue pits
Annex I
49 (demolished since 19 Oct. 87)
5
Repulse Bay
Middle Bay
18
South Bay
19
Chung Hom Kok
40
St. Stephen's
15
Stanley Main
8
Hair Pin
24
Turtle Cove
25
Shek O
40
Rocky Bay
4
24
Sub-total
271
Big Wave Bay
Others:-
Shek O Headland
Chung Hom Kok Picnic Area Waterfall Bay Park
Big Wave Bay Picnic Area
Lion Rock Park
43 i 0∞t
5
8
7
Sub-total
27
Total:
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6. MRS. CHOW CHEUNG WAI-PING asked the following question (in Can- tonese): With the joint effort of the Urban Council and the Central Government, the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign has been very successful and effective. An achievement in such a densely populated city like ours is by no means small or inferior to any other big city in the world. However, there have been complaints received that certain sports in the Central District such as those in the vicinity of the Edinburgh Place, the Statue Square and the footbridges nearby are seriously polluted by street-sleepers and some irresponsible non-local workers. I should like to know what measures this Council is taking to make this part of the city cleaner?
DR. RONALD D. B. LEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-This question concerns complaints against pollution by (a) street sleepers and (b) non-local workers in Central District in the vicinity of Edinburgh Place, the Statue Square and the footbridges nearby. It asks what measures the Council is taking to make this part of the city cleaner.
Like other big cities elsewhere in the world to-day, Hong Kong has street sleepers. These people often soil the place where they take shelter. Those in Central are no exception. It is however not within the jurisdiction of the Urban Council to remove street sleepers. Departmental staff can only refer street sleeper cases to the Social Welfare Department to take action as the latter may deem fit. Nonetheless the Council is empowered under Sect. 22 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132, to remove, for the purpose of cleaning up the place, street sleepers' belongings which pose obstruction to such cleansing operations, after giving due notice. Such cleansing operations have been regularly carried out jointly with the Police, the Social Welfare Department and the District Offices. In the last two years, no less than 30 major cleansing operations have taken place targetting on street sleepers. Unfortun- ately, street sleepers return soon after the cleansing operations, and the place once again presents an unkempt appearance. Until the problem of street sleepers is solved by the Social Services Policy Group of the Central Govern- ment, I am afraid the Council can only undertake constant cleansing operations to keep the places in question clean.
About pollution caused by some irresponsible visitors to Statue Square, the Council has done a lot to health-educate the people who gather there in large multitudes particularly on Sundays and public holidays. Measures taken include the use of mobile broadcasting vans to spread the keep clean message in both English and Tagalog, the distribution of 'keep clean' T-shirts among the crowd, litter-picking on the sport by our Council Members to arouse the awareness of the visitors to the need to keep the place clean, the use of loud hailers to disseminate the keep clean message and enlisting the assistance of the Domestic Helpers Association and other employment agencies, as well as Catholic priests who would urge their congregations to remember the 'Keep Hong Kong Clean' message during their sermons. Posters urging people to
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