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MR. L. H. KWAN (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHOW's supplementary question is in two parts. The first asks whether the abattoir should be categorised as an offensive trade. Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, section 48, it is stipulated that it is an offensive trade. However, as I have said in the third part of my answer, the offensiveness is only slight, and it does not cause any nuisance and it will not constitute a danger to health. As to whether or not it will be removed, I have said in the last paragraph that this will be considered in the context of privatization.

2. MR. CHOW WAI-KEUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):--In view of the serious lack of sitting-out area in Hong Kong West and the announcement by the authorities concerned that the incinerator in Kennedy Town will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92, will the UC strive to have the site developed into a sitting-out area?

MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-The question asks whether the Council will strive to have the Kennedy Town Incinerator site developed into a sitting-out area in view of the serious shortage of such facilities in Hong Kong West and the announcement that the incinerator will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92.

Western is an old and developed district with an acknowledged shortfall of open space. Open space sites are difficult to come by as they are available mainly through resumption of private land or reclamation.

Government supports in principle the phasing out of the Kennedy Town Incinerator when alternative facilities for refuse disposal are developed, i.e. refuse transfer station for bulk haulage of refuse to sanitary landfills in the New Territories. The timing of this, however, depends on the progress of these projects. No doubt the phasing out of the incinerator will provide a good opportunity to make up the deficit of open space provision in the Western District, particularly the Kennedy Town area. The proposal will soon be considered in detail by the Land Use Sub-committee of the Capital Works Select Committee with a view to formulating a recommendation to Government for rezoning and/or reserving the incinerator site for use as public open space.

3. MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question (in English):---we have just opened yet another beautiful Indoor Games Hall, this time on the Wan Chai Reclamation, but it lacks one important amenity for users—a public telephone. Could I be told please whether the Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in our facilities, which of such facilities have such phones, which don't, and what, if anything, is being done to supply public phones to those facilities now lacking them?

MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese): This question asks whether the HK Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in recreational facilities; and where no pay phones are provided, what is being done to provide them.

The Leisure Services Division does request the Telephone Company to install public pay phones in all major recreational facilities, such as indoor games halls and major parks. However, to-date only Victoria Park, Kowloon Tsai Park and Morse Park have been provided with such phones.

The decision as to whether to provide a pay phone at a particular venue rests with the Telephone Company. The Division first identifies whether a facility requires a telephone and whether this is best met through the installation of a pay phone or by allowing members of the public to use telephones installed in management office. Where there is considered to be justification for a pay phone, a request is sent to the Telephone Company. The Company will in turn investigate whether the request is justified and whether it would be financially viable to provide a pay phone at the venue, and whether there are similar phones available within a reasonable distance, since in many instances recreational facilities are located in areas already well served by public telephones. Where justified a pay phone is installed. However in most cases to-date, the Telephone Company has decided that provision of a pay phone is not warranted and has not agreed to the Division's request.

The Division understands that the Telephone Company has recently changed its policy and where the Division can justify a need on the grounds of safety or public interest, it will install a pay phone. In view of this recent development, the Division will now consider which of its recreational facilities might possibly qualify on the basis of these criteria.

For major spectator events, for example the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, temporary pay phones are installed by the Telephone Company at the request of organizers to meet a known demand.

MR. PETER C. K. CHAN (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask Mr. WONG whether the Leisure Service Division has already written to the Telephone Company to request installing coin-operated pay phones in certain venues or is it still in the preparation stage and how much time is needed for preparation?

MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, this new policy of the Telephone Company was promulgated only recently. Actually in the past two months, the Division has been preparing a list to see which venues need the public pay phones. I think one month is needed for the preparation.

4. THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question (in Cantonese):-The department has been reviewing for some time to see the need to provide public library facilities in the New Wong Nei Chung Market; may I ask what progress has been made so far and when can this review be finalized?

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Page 27 of 185 46 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL MR. L. H. KWAN (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHOW's supplementary question is in two parts. The first asks whether the abattoir should be categorised as an offensive trade. Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, section 48, it is stipulated that it is an offensive trade. However, as I have said in the third part of my answer, the offensiveness is only slight, and it does not cause any nuisance and it will not constitute a danger to health. As to whether or not it will be removed, I have said in the last paragraph that this will be considered in the context of privatization. 2. MR. CHOW WAI-KEUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):--In view of the serious lack of sitting-out area in Hong Kong West and the announcement by the authorities concerned that the incinerator in Kennedy Town will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92, will the UC strive to have the site developed into a sitting-out area? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-The question asks whether the Council will strive to have the Kennedy Town Incinerator site developed into a sitting-out area in view of the serious shortage of such facilities in Hong Kong West and the announcement that the incinerator will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92. Western is an old and developed district with an acknowledged shortfall of open space. Open space sites are difficult to come by as they are available mainly through resumption of private land or reclamation. Government supports in principle the phasing out of the Kennedy Town Incinerator when alternative facilities for refuse disposal are developed, i.e. refuse transfer station for bulk haulage of refuse to sanitary landfills in the New Territories. The timing of this, however, depends on the progress of these projects. No doubt the phasing out of the incinerator will provide a good opportunity to make up the deficit of open space provision in the Western District, particularly the Kennedy Town area. The proposal will soon be considered in detail by the Land Use Sub-committee of the Capital Works Select Committee with a view to formulating a recommendation to Government for rezoning and/or reserving the incinerator site for use as public open space. 3. MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question (in English):---we have just opened yet another beautiful Indoor Games Hall, this time on the Wan Chai Reclamation, but it lacks one important amenity for users—a public telephone. Could I be told please whether the Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in our facilities, which of such facilities have such phones, which don't, and what, if anything, is being done to supply public phones to those facilities now lacking them? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese): This question asks whether the HK Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in recreational facilities; and where no pay phones are provided, what is being done to provide them. The Leisure Services Division does request the Telephone Company to install public pay phones in all major recreational facilities, such as indoor games halls and major parks. However, to-date only Victoria Park, Kowloon Tsai Park and Morse Park have been provided with such phones. The decision as to whether to provide a pay phone at a particular venue rests with the Telephone Company. The Division first identifies whether a facility requires a telephone and whether this is best met through the installation of a pay phone or by allowing members of the public to use telephones installed in management office. Where there is considered to be justification for a pay phone, a request is sent to the Telephone Company. The Company will in turn investigate whether the request is justified and whether it would be financially viable to provide a pay phone at the venue, and whether there are similar phones available within a reasonable distance, since in many instances recreational facilities are located in areas already well served by public telephones. Where justified a pay phone is installed. However in most cases to-date, the Telephone Company has decided that provision of a pay phone is not warranted and has not agreed to the Division's request. The Division understands that the Telephone Company has recently changed its policy and where the Division can justify a need on the grounds of safety or public interest, it will install a pay phone. In view of this recent development, the Division will now consider which of its recreational facilities might possibly qualify on the basis of these criteria. For major spectator events, for example the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, temporary pay phones are installed by the Telephone Company at the request of organizers to meet a known demand. MR. PETER C. K. CHAN (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask Mr. WONG whether the Leisure Service Division has already written to the Telephone Company to request installing coin-operated pay phones in certain venues or is it still in the preparation stage and how much time is needed for preparation? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, this new policy of the Telephone Company was promulgated only recently. Actually in the past two months, the Division has been preparing a list to see which venues need the public pay phones. I think one month is needed for the preparation. 4. THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question (in Cantonese):-The department has been reviewing for some time to see the need to provide public library facilities in the New Wong Nei Chung Market; may I ask what progress has been made so far and when can this review be finalized? Page 27 of 185 47 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

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Page 27 of 185 46 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL MR. L. H. KWAN (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHOW's supplementary question is in two parts. The first asks whether the abattoir should be categoried as an offensive trade. Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, section 48, it is stipulated that it is an offensive trade. However, as I have said in the third part of my answer, the offensiveness is only slight, and it does not cause any nuisance and it will not constitute a danger to health. As to whether or not it will be removed, I have said in the last paragraph that this will be considered in the context of privatization. 2. MR. CHOW WAI-KEUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):--In view of the serious lack of sitting-out area in Hong Kong West and the announcement by the authorities concerned that the incinerator in Kennedy Town will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92, will the UC strive to have the site developed into a sitting-out area? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-The question asks whether the Council will strive to have the Kennedy Town Incinerator site developed into a sitting-out area in view of the serious shortage of such facilities in Hong Kong West and the announcement that the incinerator will be, if all goes well, dismantled in 1991-92. Western is an old and developed district with an acknowledged shortfall of open space. Open space sites are difficult to come by as they are available mainly through resumption of private land or reclamation. Government supports in principle the phasing out of the Kennedy Town Incinerator when alternative facilities for refuse disposal are developed, i.e. refuse transfer station for bulk haulage of refuse to sanitary landfills in the New Territories. The timing of this, however, depends on the progress of these projects. No doubt the phasing out of the incinerator will provide a good opportunity to make up the deficit of open space provision in the Western District, particularly the Kennedy Town area. The proposal will soon be considered in detail by the Land Use Sub-committee of the Capital Works Select Committee with a view to formulating a recommendation to Government for rezoning and/or reserving the incinerator site for use as public open space. 3. MR. PETER C. K. CHAN asked the following question (in English):---we have just opened yet another beautiful Indoor Games Hall, this time on the Wan Chai Reclamation, but it lacks one important amenity for users—a public telephone. Could I be told please whether the Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in our facilities, which of such facilities have such phones, which don't, and what, if anything, is being done to supply public phones to those facilities now lacking them? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese): This question asks whether the HK HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL Page 27 of 185 47 Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in recreational facilities; and where no pay phones are provided, what is being done to provide them. The Leisure Services Division does request the Telephone Company to install public pay phones in all major recreational facilities, such as indoor games halls and major parks. However, to-date only Victoria Park, Kowloon Tsai Park and Morse Park have been provided with such phones. The decision as to whether to provide a pay phone at a particular venue rests with the Telephone Company. The Division first identifies whether a facility requires a telephone and whether this is best met through the installation of a pay phone or by allowing members of the public to use telephones installed in management office. Where there is considered to be justification for a pay phone, a request is sent to the Telephone Company. The Company will in turn investigate whether the request is justified and whether it would be financially viable to provide a pay phone at the venue, and whether there are similar phones available within a reasonable distance, since in many instances recreational facilities are located in areas already well served by public telephones. Where justified a pay phone is installed. However in most cases to- date, the Telephone Company has decided that provision of a pay phone is not warranted and has not agreed to the Division's request. The Division understands that the Telephone Company has recently changed its policy and where the Division can justify a need on the grounds of safety or public interest, it will install a pay phone. In view of this recent development, the Division will now consider which of its recreational facilities might possibly qualify on the basis of these criteria. For major spectator events, for example the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, temporary pay phones are installed by the Telephone Company at the request of organizers to meet a known demand. MR. PETER C. K. CHAN (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask Mr. WONG whether the Leisure Service Division has already written to the Telephone Company to request installing coin-operated pay phones in certain venues or is it still in the preparation stage and how much time is needed for preparation? MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, this new policy of the Telephone Company was promulgated only recently. Actually in the past two months, the Division has been preparing a list to see which venues need the public pay phones. I think one month is needed for the preparation. 4. THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN asked the following question (in Cantonese):-The department has been reviewing for some time to see the need to provide public library facilities in the New Wong Nei Chung Market; may I ask what progress has been made so far and when can this review be finalized?

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MR. L. H. KWAN (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, Mr. CHOW's supplementary question is in two parts. The first asks whether the abattoir should be categoried as an offensive trade. Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, section 48, it is stipulated that it is an offensive trade. However, as I have said in the third part of my answer, the offensiveness is only slight, and it does not cause any nuisance and it will not constitute a danger to health. As to whether or not it will be removed, I have said in the last paragraph that this will be considered in the context of privatization.

MR. SAMUEL P. W. WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese): This question asks whether the HK

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Telephone Company is invited to place public pay phones in recreational facilities; and where no pay phones are provided, what is being done to provide

them.

The decision as to whether to provide a pay phone at a particular venue rests with the Telephone Company. The Division first identifies whether a facility requires a telephone and whether this is best met through the installation of a pay phone or by allowing members of the public to use telephones installed in management office. Where there is considered to be justification for a pay phone, a request is sent to the Telephone Company. The Company will in turn investigate whether the request is justified and whether it would be financially viable to provide a pay phone at the venue, and whether there are similar phones available within a reasonable distance, since in many instances recreational facilities are located in areas already well served by public telephones. Where justified a pay phone is installed. However in most cases to- date, the Telephone Company has decided that provision of a pay phone is not warranted and has not agreed to the Division's request.

For major spectator events, for example the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, temporary pay phones are installed by the Telephone Company at the request of organizers to meet a known demand.

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