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public from patronizing unlicensed cooked food hawkers and advise them o

good hygiene practice so as to avoid getting food-borne diseases.

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licensing conditions, the nature of the offences, and measures to control licensed

premises.

The major activities of the programme include seminars on food hygiene fo school teachers, area committees, mutual aid committees, students and other display of posters and distribution of leaflets warning the public of the dange of patronizing unlicensed cooked food hawkers and advising them on the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases; and similar appeals through the mass media There is also a 24-hour telephone hotline service providing taped information food factories supplying lunch boxes and fast food to their students. They ar: on food hygiene. School principals are provided with up-dated lists of license also given telephone hotlines of USD district offices to enable them to mak instant reports on the presence of unlicensed food hawkers in the vicinity e

The Police are responsible for checking the adherence to licensing conditions by liquor licensees as they are the only persons authorized to enter premises their school premises. Taped messages on food hygiene will be broadcast a licensed to sell liquor under the Dutiable Commodities (Liquor) Regulations transport termini, MTR stations, school areas and factory areas, etc. I belie Cap. 109. Checking is conducted on a district basis. The frequency of visits

For 1989-90, there were seven prosecutions taken out by the Police against

to information supplied by the Police, the licensing conditions commonly the holders of liquor licences for breaching licensing conditions. According breached were Conditions No. 1 (i.e. permitting disorder on the premises), No. 5 (i.e. abandoning the premises or permitting another person to become virtually the keeper of the premises) and No. 7 (i.e. allowing immoral activities

that this year the Inter-departmental Committee on Public Education on Hygiene is really putting in its effort on this publicity programme.

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on the premises).

varies from district to district, but those premises that are believed to attract undesirable elements or suspected of triad infiltration commands a higher degree of attention. When a breach of a condition is found, the Police will take out prosecution and/or report the matter to the Secretary of the Liquor Licensing Board recommending disciplinary action in the form of suspension or revocation of the liquor licence concerned. The Secretary of the Board will such a case prepare a paper for discussion and decision by the Board. According to the past record, the suspension penalty decided by the Board ranges from one day to two weeks. There were 3 suspensions and no revocation of liquor licences last year. The causes of the suspensions were over-charging, employment of under-aged girls and vice activities on the premises.

(Messrs. Chow Wai-keung, Mox Ying-fan and FUNG Kwong-chung arrived at 2.35 p.m.) MR. LAM CHAK-PIU (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, in fact this is an issue to b taken by different departments as it concerns not only problems on hawkers be in also food hygiene. According to the reasons given in the reply, the figures for first five months totalling 1 503 does not show what has been done during evening. Besides, how effective have the joint operations between our GDTs an the Police been in various districts up to the present moment?

(Mr. Marvin K. T. CHEUNG arrived at 2.37 p.m.)

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MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN (in English):-I believe Members are aware that w have to deploy the staff as widely as we can and that means the departmen has paid special attention to black spots where illegal cooked food hawker are concentrating. As far as I know, the department has given instructions all districts to intensify enforcement actions near cinemas, schools, swimming pools and MTR stations. The problem of illegal cooked food hawkers particularly serious in districts, such as Eastern, Wan Chai, Kowloon City Kwun Tong, Sham Shui Po and Wong Tai Sin. High arrests and prosecution figures have been recorded for these districts.

3. MR. STEPHEN F. C. Ho asked the following question (in Cantonese)- I wish to be informed of the number of holders of liquor licence who have beer prosecuted for breaching the licensing conditions in 1989–90. What are the nature of the irregularities? What action has been taken to achieve an effective control over these licensed premises?

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MISS CECILIA L. Y. YEUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD. replied as follows (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, this question concerns statistics on prosecutions taken against holders of liquor licence for breaching

The level of control to be exercised over these licensed premises at any one time depends very much on the availability of Police resources, but in general it is considered satisfactory as there has been no undue public concern expressed.

4. MISS CHRISTINA Y. C. TING asked the following question (in Cantonese):— Elderly people are often seen going to Urban Council libraries to spend their time in an air-conditioned environment. They also play chess under covered pedestrian walkways. In the light of this observation, will the Council give due consideration

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(a) When planning the construction of a park or playground in future, provide more shady-areas and rest gardens with passive facilities for the elderly. These shady-areas and passive facilities must be segregated from the play areas so as to minimize possible injury to the elderly caused by football and other active games.

(b) Making good and full use of the indoor games halls of the Urban Council by providing small areas with some fitness equipment specifically suitable for the elderly people.

MR. PETER C. K. CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, there are two parts to this question and I will answer each of them separately.

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