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make use of the beaches to organise some entertainment and recreational activities, such as hi-fi concerts, beauty contests or beach ball games, etc.? The third question concerns the usage rate of public swimming pools. The information given as the 30th of June cannot reflect the true situation as examinations are in full swing at that time. I am sure when summer vacation commences, the usage rate will be different. Are we going to adopt some special measures, say, reducing the admission fees for students or are they allowed to enter the swimming pools free of charge on a specified date in a week as a compensation for their inability to go swimming in the beaches in Hong Kong? My fourth question is: can we consider issuing inexpensive pre-printed tickets for families in order to let more people utilize Council's facilities? Finally, if more people are going to the public swimming pools, are the number of lifeguards adequate enough to cope with the situation? If the answer is negative, what measures will be available or will the lifeguards working in beaches which are currently closed be redeployed to the swimming pools to strengthen the safety means?
CHAIRMAN (in English):--I think you have raised five points but only one relates to the extension of opening hours of swimming pool which is the main question you ask. All the supplementaries are suggestions and opinions for the Select Committee to discuss. Would you take it that Mr. RONNIE WONG's Select Committee will take on your suggestions for discussion at the Recreation Select Committee meeting?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, if Mr. RONNIE WONG would like to answer my question, please let him do so. If he is not willing to answer, then my suggestions can be referred to the Select Committee.
MR. FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE (in Cantonese):—Under the Standing Order, any supplementary questions must be related to the original question, otherwise Members can ask endless supplementary questions that are not related to the original question. May I stop Mr. WONG from answering any supplementary questions that are not related to the original question?
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Would it be agreeable to you, Joseph, that this is out of order?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, they are not unrelated as such. All supplementary questions are related to the appearance of sharks in our beaches.
CHAIRMAN (in English):-OK. All your points will be taken by the Recreation Select Committee.
MOTIONS
1. MR. PAO PING-WING, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:
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'RESOLVED that the Abattoirs (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-laws 1991 be made under section 77 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in English):—Mr. Chairman, As Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, I rise to move the motion standing in my name:
'RESOLVED that the Abattoirs (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-laws 1991 be made under section 77 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose of these bylaws is to amend the Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws to bring them in line with the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) By-laws, which were made by the Council in October last year to provide for the licensing and control of abattoirs other than public abattoirs in anticipation of the privatization of the Kennedy Town Abattoir in November. The Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir remains under the purview of the Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws, which were enacted in 1968 to provide for the control of slaughtering operations in public abattoirs.
The proposed amendments are essentially drawn from the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) By-laws. The penalties will also be identical to those under the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) By-laws.
Sir, I beg to move.
MR. MA LEE-WO, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, seconded the motion (in English):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
2. MR. RONNIE Wong Man-CHIU, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:
'RESOLVED that the Public Health and Municipal Services (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No. 5) Order 1991 be made under section 106 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in English):-Mr. Chairman, As Chairman of the Recreation Select Committee, I rise on the motion standing in my name:
'RESOLVED that the Public Health and Municipal Services (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No. 5) Order 1991 be made under section 106 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose is to amend the Fourth Schedule of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132 to include three new venues, delete three existing public pleasure grounds and rename one.
Sir, I so move.
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make use of the beaches to organise some entertainment and recreational activities, such as hi-fi concerts, beauty contests or beach ball games, etc.? The third question concerns the usage rate of public swimming pools. The information given as the 30th of June cannot reflect the true situation as examinations are in full swing at that time. I am sure when summer vacation commences, the usage rate will be different. Are we going to adopt some special measures, say, reducing the admission fees for students or are they allowed to enter the swimming pools free of charge on a specified date in a week as a compensation for their inability to go swimming in the beaches in Hong Kong? My fourth question is: can we consider issuing inexpensive pre-printed trickets for families in order to let more people utilize Council's facilities? Finally, if more people are going to the public swimming pools, are the number of lifeguards adequate enough to cope with the situation? If the answer is negative, what measures will be available or will the lifeguards working in beaches which are currently closed be redeployed to the swimming pools to strengthen the safety means?
CHAIRMAN (in English):--I think you have raised five points but only one relates to the extension of opening hours of swimming pool which is the main question you ask. All the supplementaries are suggestions and opinions for the Select Committee to discuss. Would you take it that Mr. RONNIE WONG's Select Committee will take on your suggestions for discussion at the Recreation Select Committee meeting?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, if Mr. RONNIE WONG would like to answer my question, please let him do so. If he is not willing to answer, then my suggestions can be referred to the Select Committee.
MR. FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE (in Cantonese):—Under the Standing Order, any supplementary questions must be related to the original question, otherwise Members can ask endless supplementary questions that are not related to the original question. May I stop Mr. WONG from answering any supplementary questions that are not related to the original question?
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Would it be agreeable to you, Joseph, that this is out of order?
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, they are not unrelated as such. All supplementary questions are related to the appearance of sharks in our beaches.
CHAIRMAN (in English):-OK. All your points will be taken by the Recreation Select Committee.
MOTIONS
1. MR. PAO PING-WING, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:
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'RESOLVED that the Abattoirs (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-laws 1991 be made under section 77 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in English):—Mr. Chairman, As Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, I rise to move the motion standing in my name:
'RESOLVED that the Abattoirs (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-laws 1991 be made under section 77 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose of these bylaws is to amend the Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws to bring them in line with the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) By-laws, which were made by the Council in October last year to provide for the licensing and control of abattoirs other than public abattoirs in anticipation of the privatization of the Kennedy Town Abattoir in November. The Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir remains under the purview of the Abattoirs (Urban Council) Bylaws, which were enacted in 1968 to provide for the control of slaughtering operations in public abattoirs.
The proposed amendments are essentially drawn from the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) Bylaws. The penalties will also be identical to those under the Slaughterhouses (Urban Council) Bylaws.
Sir, I beg to move.
MR. MA LEE-WO, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, seconded the motion (in English):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
2. MR. RONNIE Wong Man-CHIU, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:
'RESOLVED that the Public Health and Municipal Services (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No. 5) Order 1991 be made under section 106 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
He said (in English):-Mr. Chairman, As Chairman of the Recreation Select Committee, I rise on the motion standing in my name:
'RESOLVED that the Public Health and Municipal Services (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No. 5) Order 1991 be made under section 106 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
The purpose is to amend the Fourth Schedule of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132 to include three new venues, delete three existing public pleasure grounds and rename one.
Sir, I so move.
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