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I hope my speech will not be connected to something extreme. This is the main point I want to clarify.
MR. STEVEN HUNG CHUNG-FUN (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I have put up my hand. I support Mr. SZETO Wah's motion. I am not interested in getting involved in any disputes. I only want to draw a couple of questions to the attention of the Department and Members of the Council so that they may review how much effort we Members have made in monitoring the Department's operation. In connection with this motion, I hope self-management can be stepped up and the scope of services of the Council can be enlarged. It is on this principle that I support Mr. SZETO Wah's motion.
I will focus on some minor issues. Firstly, I wish to cite the example of the water dispensers in some of the Council's recreational facilities. Take those I have used for instance. Most of them are not working. The water dispensers in our facilities are provided for members of the public and users of our facilities such as the indoor games halls or public stadiums. Why are our water dispensers out of order? When the case was followed up, it was found that most of them were constantly not working and were not being repaired. What has gone wrong?
The Victoria Park is labelled the central park of Hong Kong and is spacious in area, but I want to point out that there is the problem of mismanagement. The standard of cleanliness is very poor with mosquitoes bred abundantly. And then from dusk to midnight, many dogs are walked. I personally saw one man taking a walk with three dogs in the Victoria Park and no one interfered. What is the problem?
As far as I know, cleansing services of our parks are contracted out to cleansing contractors. To the best of my knowledge, the standard of cleanliness of places such as the Kwun Tong Park is very poor. I believe that Mr. Lau Wing-lin shares my view because he has produced a photo collection (on the cleanliness of parks). Members might have read about the press coverage a week ago. These parks are the Council's facilities. They are our venues within our jurisdictions. How come the standard of cleanliness is so poor and supervision is constantly absent?
I wish to highlight that the standard of cleanliness of some of the small parks less frequented is alarming. I thought they were public toilets. Take the small park on Fan Wing Street in Cha Kwo Ling for instance. I wonder whether you have been there. Of course, I reported to the Department after I found this, but how come such a situation is constantly allowed?
There are many other problems too. For example, the Chairman, Dr. Ronald LEUNG, in this year's annual debate released a masterpiece announcing the completion of a certain market, that is, the temporary market on Hip Wo Street. The present situation is that nine out of ten of the stalls are not occupied. We spent some $4m in building a provisional market but the rate of
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I hope my speech will not be connected to something extreme. This is the main point I want to clarify.
MR. STEVEN HUNG CHUNG-FUN (in Cantonese):- Mr. Chairman, I have put up my hand. I support Mr. SZETO Wah's motion. I am not interested in getting involved in any disputes. I only want to draw a couple of questions to the
1 attention of the Department and Members of the Council so that they may review how much effort we Members have made in monitoring the Department's operation. In connection with this motion, I hope self- management can be stepped up and the scope of services of the Council can be enlarged. It is on this principle that I support Mr. SZETO Wah's motion.
I will focus on some minor issues. Firstly, I wish to cite the example of the water dispensers in some of the Council's recreational facilities. Take those I have used for instance. Most of them are not working. The water dispensers in our facilities are provided for members of the public and users of our facilities such as the indoor games halls or public stadiums. Why are our water dispensers out of order? When the case was followed up, it was found that most of them were constantly not working and were not being repaired. What has gone wrong?
The Victoria Park is labelled the central park of Hong Kong and is spacious in area, but I want to point out that there is the problem of mismanagement. The standard of cleanliness is very poor with mosquitoes bred abundantly. And then from dusk to midnight, many dogs are walked. I personally saw one man taking a walk with three dogs in the Victoria Park and no one interfered. What is the problem?
As far as I know, cleansing services of our parks are contracted out to cleansing contractors. To the best of my knowledge, the standard of cleanliness of places such as the Kwun Tong Park is very poor. I believe that Mr. Lat Wing-lin shares my view because he has produced a photo collection (on the cleanliness of parks). Members might have read about the press coverage a week ago. These parks are the Council's facilities. They are our venues within our jurisdictions. How come the standard of cleanliness is so poor and supervision is constantly absent?
I wish to highlight that the standard of cleanliness of some of the small parks less frequented is alarming. I thought they were public toilets. Take the small park on Fan Wing Street in Cha Kwo Ling for instance. 1 wonder whether you have been there. Of course, I reported to the Department after i found this, but how come such a situation is constantly allowed?
There are many other problems 100. For example, the Chairman, Dr. Ronald LEUNG, in this year's annual debate released a masterpiece announcing the completion of a certain market, that is, the temporary market on Hip Wo Street. The present situation is that nine out of ten of the stalls are not occupied. We spent some $4m in building a provisional market but the rate of
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