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in this respect every year. If Mr. Kam is concerned about resources spent for Central District, perhaps after the meeting I shall request the Department to provide him with the information.
MR. CHAN CHOI-HI (in Cantonese):—I have two follow-up questions. First, a question for Mr. Wong. Do you have time to go on a site visit to the locations with us on Sunday to see whether signs prohibiting illegal hawking, which were mentioned in the reply, are adequate. According to my observation, the wordings on the notices are very small, and you would have to read it with magnifying lenses. So I hope Mr. WONG can go with us on site visits.
Secondly, with regard to joint operations and joint actions. I wonder whether our Department will consider holding regular meetings with other Departments, not only for joint operations. I would like to see our Department cooperating closely with other government departments. Say, we can hold meetings with other government departments once every two or three months so that we can collect views from various parties.
Mr. Wong KwoK-HING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, the two suggestions of Mr. CHAN'S are most constructive. For the first one, I accept his invitation. I don't have my diary with me, so I can't fix a day now. But if we cannot do it next week, we can postpone it to the following week. Anyway, I have obligation to accept his invitation, and I welcome other Members who are interested to go with us, and take a close look at the core of the problems on the spot.
Secondly, regarding holding regular meetings with other government departments, we will ask for a reply from the Department. As far as I know, various divisions of the Department do have liaison with other departments, and there has been cooperation with Immigration Department and the Police. With regard to regular meetings with other government departments, I will ask the Department to consider this point.
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MR. RONNIE Wong Man-chiu asked the following question (in Cantonese):—In view of the severity of the situation arising from the widespread availability of publications depicting sex and violence, what punitive action will the Department take against newspaper hawkers who are found to be engaged in illegal sale of such publications?
What restrictions has the Department imposed on the categories of publications sold by newspaper hawkers when issuing newspaper hawker licences? If there are no restrictions, can the Department consider specifying certain areas (such as places near the residential areas or within housing estates) where newspaper hawkers are forbidden to sell Class III obscene publications?
MR. IP Kwok-chung, Chairman of the MARKETS AND THE STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE replied as follows (in Cantonese):—Mr. WONG'S question is about publications on sex and violence. The Urban Council is not the authority
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in this respect every year. If Mr. Kam is concerned about resources spent for Central District, perhaps after the meeting I shall request the Department to provide him with the information.
MR. CHAN CHOI-HI (in Cantonese);—I have two follow-up questions. First, a question for Mr. Wong. Do you have time to go on a site visit to the locations with us on Sunday to see whether signs prohibiting illegal hawking, which were mentioned in the reply, are adequate. According to my observation, the wordings on the notices are very small, and you would have to read it with magnifying lenses. So I hope Mr. WONG can go with us on site visits.
Secondly, with regard to joint operations and joint actions. I wonder whether our Department will consider holding regular meetings with other Departments, not only for joint operations. I would like to see our Department cooperating closely with other government departments. Say, we can hold meetings with other government departments once every two or three months so that we can collect views from various parties.
Mr. Wong KwoK-HING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, the two suggestions of Mr. CHAN'S are most constructive. For the first one, I accept his invitation. I don't have my diary with me, so I can't fix a day now. But if we cannot do it next week, we can postpone it to the following week. Anyway, I have obligation to accept his invitation, and I welcome other Members who are interested to go with us, and take a close look at the core of the problems on the spot.
Secondly, regarding holding regular meetings with other government departments, we will ask for a reply from the Department. As far as I know, various divisions of the Department do have liaison with other departments, and there has been cooperation with Immigration Department and the Police. With regard to regular meetings with other government departments, I will ask the Department to consider this point.
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MR. RONNIE Wong Man-chiu asked the following question (in Cantonese):- In view of the severity of the situation arising from the widespread availability of publications depicting sex and violence, what punitive action will the Department take against newspaper hawkers who are found to be engaged in illegal sale of such publications?
What restrictions has the Department imposed on the categories of publications sold by newspaper hawkers when issuing newspaper hawker licences? If there are no restrictions, can the Department consider specifying certain areas (such as places near the residential areas or within housing estates) where newspaper hawkers are forbidden to sell Class III obscene publications?
MR. IP Kwok-chung, Chairman of the MARKETS AND THE STREET TraderS SELECT COMMITTEE replied as follows (in Cantonese):-Mr. WONG'S question is about publications on sex and violence. The Urban Council is not the authority
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