Page 329 of 654
HONG KONG PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL
325
I can explain to him after the meeting, but I can assure Mr. Wu that the area is not a Hawker Permitted Place.
About the second question, if any hawker is found to have placed their goods or equipment outside the 'yellow boxes' but no action is taken by the hawker control staff, Mr. Wu could jot down the incident and refer the case to the district superintendent for follow-up. However, I wish to stress that as stated in the written reply, we would handle the case in accordance with the seriousness of the offence. If their extension beyond the 'yellow boxes' was too serious, we would take prosecution action, but if the extension was only a minor one, only verbal warning would be given. In some special hawker permitted areas, the 'yellow boxes' requirement is also implemented.
(3) MR. LI Wah-ming (in Cantonese):—
'(a) When new public housing estates were at the design stage, had the Urban Services Department assigned staff to participate in the planning process or reflect its opinions to the Housing Authority so that in designing Refuse Collection Points (RCPs), the latter might consider adopting the enclosed design and reserving sufficient passage to give access to refuse collection vehicles?
(b) At present, the RCPs in certain old public housing estates are still of the open design type. Has the Urban Services Department received complaints about the environmental hygiene of these RCPs and prosecuted the Housing Authority accordingly? If yes, how many complaints were received and prosecutions taken out in the past year? Besides, has the Urban Services Department reflected opinions to the Housing Authority on the design of open RCPs?
(c) At present, the Housing Authority will install water collection pipes for air-conditioners in newly built public housing estates. Yet, some of the pipes are designed to channel water dripping from air-conditioners of individual flats to the podium, resulting in the existence of stagnant water and the infestation of mosquitoes and insects on the podium. Residents on lower floors are particularly adversely affected. Has the Urban Services Department received complaints against such environmental hygiene conditions and prosecuted the Housing Authority accordingly? If yes, how many complaints were received and prosecutions taken out in the past year? Besides, will the Department consider giving advice to the Housing Authority or participating in the planning process when public housing estates are at the design stage, so that water collection pipes may be connected to sewers to avoid the above-mentioned situation?'
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT, Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, replied (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, the first part of Mr. Li's question concerns the design of Refuse Collection Points (RCPs) in Public Housing Estates (PHEs). During the design stage of new PHE projects, the
Page 329 of 654
Page 329 of 654
Page 329 of 654
Page 329 of 654
HONG KONG PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL
325
I can explain to him after the meeting, but I can assure Mr. Wu that the arca is not a Hawker Permitted Place.
About the second question, if any hawker is found to have placed their goods or equipment outside the 'yellow boxes' but no action is taken by the hawker control staff, Mr. Wu could jot down the incident and refer the case to the district superintendent for follow-up. However, I wish to stress that as stated in the written reply, we would handle the case in accordance with the seriousness of the offence. If their extension beyond the 'yellow boxes' was too serious, we would take prosecution action, but if the extension was only a minor one, only verbal warning would be given. In some special hawker permitted areas, the 'yellow boxes' requirement is also implemented.
(3) MR. LI Wah-ming (in Cantonese):—
'(a) When new public housing estates were at the design stage, had the Urban Services Department assigned staff to participate in the planning process or reflect its opinions to the Housing Authority so that in designing Refuse Collection Points (RCPs), the latter might consider adopting the enclosed design and reserving sufficient passage to give access to refuse collection vehicles?
(b) At present, the RCPs in certain old public housing estates are still of the open design type. Has the Urban Services Department received complaints about the environmental hygiene of these RCPs and prosecuted the Housing Authority accordingly? If yes, how many complaints were received and prosecutions taken out in the past year? Besides, has the Urban Services Department reflected opinious to the Housing Authority on the design of open RCPs?
(c) At present, the Housing Authority will install water collection pipes for air-conditioners in newly built public housing estates. Yet, some of the pipes are designed to channel water dripping from air-conditioners of individual flats to the podium, resulting in the existence of stagnant water and the infestation of mosquitoes and insects on the podium. Residents on lower floors are particularly adversely affected. Has the Urban Services Department received complaints against such environmental hygiene conditions and prosecuted the Housing Authority accordingly? If yes, how many complaints were received and prosecutions taken out in the past year? Besides, will the Department consider giving advice to the Housing Authority or participating in the planning process when public housing estates are at the design stage, so that water collection pipes may be connected to sewers to avoid the above-mentioned situation?"
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT, Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, replied (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, the first part of Mr. Li's question concerns the design of Refuse Collection Points (RCPs) in Public Housing Estates (PHEs). During the design stage of new PHE projects, the
Page 329 of 654
Page 329 of 654
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.