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for pedestrians. However, this suggestion would need quite some time to be realized.
While planning for the construction of the aforesaid facilities, we should also take care of the need of the tourist industry for hotels and shopping malls.
The Kai Tak site could also enhance the development of the aerospace communication industry which would be very important for Hong Kong's future development. The non-intervention policy has been considered a cause for the depression of Hong Kong's industries as the manufacturers have moved all their factories to Mainland China, Thailand or Vietnam, leading to the unemployment problem in Hong Kong. If a high technology industrial area is set up in Kai Tak, the situation may change. China is advanced in aerospace technology, taking a leading position internationally. If we can make use of China's high technology, together with Hong Kong's outstanding ability in the commercial field after the reversion, we will be able to bring a new look to Hong Kong's industries.
In areas of the Kai Tak site near Kowloon City, San Po Kong and Kwun Tong, high density residential buildings, including private flats, Home Ownership Scheme estates, public housing and flat-for-sale scheme estates should be built. Recently we can see that land is desperately needed in Hong Kong. Once a private estate is available for sale, it attracts oversubscriptions by more than a hundred times, thus giving rise to the phenomenon of buying-right speculation. If we use the Kai Tak site to build more housing, it may help to relieve the housing problem.
Mr. Chairman, I hope Councillors can join hands to enrich our city life. We should have less disputes and work together irrespective of our political background. I hope Councillors would support my suggestions. With these remarks, Mr. Chairman, I support your motion.
MR. ERIC WONG Chung-ki (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I should like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and more than 10 Councillors for listening to my speech. Today, I will mainly address three issues, the first being the hawker problem, which was mentioned last year, the second being financial arrangements, and the third being my ‘review of old debts', that is, our loan of works of art to outsiders.
I remember that last year, discussions were heavily focused on the hawker problem, and that there was especially a suggestion for a three-shift system. A year has elapsed since then and it is believed that the local residents feel that we have not resolved anything to that effect. For those who do not believe me, the Working Group on the Control of Illegal Hawking will conduct a poll shortly, after which all the Urban Councillors and staff members of the Urban Services Department will know how the residents assess the Council's endeavours and performance in the handling of the hawker problem. No matter how significant the Council's contributions are towards large-scale capital works,
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for pedestrians. However, this suggestion would need quite some time to be realized.
While planning for the construction of the aforesaid facilities, we should also take care of the need of the tourist industry for hotels and shopping malls.
The Kai Tak site could also enhance the development of the aerospace communication industry which would be very important for Hong Kong's future development. The non-intervention policy has been considered a cause for the depression of Hong Kong's industries as the manufacturers have moved all their factories to Mainland China, Thailand or Vietnam, leading to the unemployment problem in Hong Kong. If a high technology industrial area is set up in Kai Tak, the situation may change. China is advanced in aerospace technology, taking a leading position internationally. If we can make use of China's high technology, together with Hong Kong's outstanding ability in the commercial field after the reversion, we will be able to bring a new look to Hong Kong's industries.
In areas of the Kai Tak site near Kowloon City, San Po Kong and Kwun Tong, high density residential buildings, including private flats, Home Ownership Scheme estates, public housing and flat-for-sale scheme estates should be built. Recently we can see that land is desperately needed in Hong Kong. Once a private estate is available for sale, it attracts oversubscriptions by more than a hundred times, thus giving rise to the phenomenon of buying- right speculation. If we use the Kai Tak site to build more housing, it may help to relieve the housing problem.
Mr. Chairman, I hope Councillors can join hands to enrich our city life. We should have less disputes and work together irrespective of our political background. I hope Councillors would support my suggestions. With these remarks, Mr. Chairman, I support your motion.
MR. ERIC WONg Chung-ki (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I should like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and more than 10 Councillors for listening to my speech. Today, I will mainly address three issues, the first being the hawker problem, which was mentioned last year, the second being financial arrangements, and the third being my ‘review of old debts', that is, our loan of works of art to outsiders.
I remember that last year, discussions were heavily focused on the hawker problem, and that there was especially a suggestion for a three-shift system. A year has elapsed since then and it is believed that the local residents feel that we have not resolved anything to that effect. For those who do not believe me, the Working Group on the Control of Illegal Hawking will conduct a poll shortly, after which all the Urban Councillors and staff members of the Urban Services Department will know how the residents assess the Council's endeavours and performance in the handling of the hawker problem. No matter how significant the Council's contributions are towards large-scale capital works,
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