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to introduce a licensing system, so that the Council will be responsible for the licensing of all karaoke establishments in the Provisional Urban Council Area. Moreover, given the complicated licensing procedures for places of public entertainment and drawing on its experience from the licensing of food premises, the Council last year approved the extension of the provisional licensing system to cover places of public entertainment, such as cinemas. The Council also introduced amendments to the relevant legislation to further rectify the situation which allowed such establishments to operate without licence.
Market and Street Traders
In addition to the continued improvements of the existing market facilities, the new Tai Shing Street Market was commissioned for use last year to meet the needs of the Wong Tai Sin population.
The implementation of the Itinerant Hawker Licence (IHL) Compulsory Deletion Policy was re-affirmed in April 1997, and the Working Group on IHL was also set up to make recommendations on the issue of resiting the remaining IHL-holders. The Working Group has now completed its report and a briefing will be made to this Council after making consultations with the Provisional District Boards concerned. The Council will consider the views of the Provisional District Boards carefully before making a decision.
Recreation
1 July 1997 marks the return of Hong Kong to China. With the handover of sovereignty, Hong Kong has entered a new era and turned over a new page in its history. To mark this memorable occasion, a major City Beautification Scheme was launched to provide some landscape features in strategic UC facilities in Central, Wanchai, Tsimshatsui and Kowloon City as well as to provide landscaped areas along the roadside, in order to depict a prosperous Hong Kong in a more vivid way. This not only impressed overseas visitors but also gave the general public the opportunity to appreciate these landscape and decorations. After the reunification celebrations, the new landscape features were retained as far as possible to give a facelift to the urban areas.
In view of the potential danger posed to public safety and the damage caused to the facilities through 'wax-burning' at public pleasure grounds, the Council decided, after a review of the Bylaws, to add a new bylaw to the Pleasure Grounds (Urban Council) Bylaws, Cap. 132, stipulating that no person shall melt wax in a dangerous way, add liquid onto hot wax or burn hot wax at public pleasure grounds.
The Council is deeply concerned about the water safety of users of public swimming pools. Hence, boomlines are provided at the leisure pools at Kowloon Park, Hammer Hill Road and Jordan Valley to remind swimmers of the change in water depth, and CCTV are installed to strengthen the
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HONG KONG PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL
to introduce a licensing system, so that the Council will be responsible for the licensing of all karaoke establishments in the Provisiona! Urban Council Area. Moreover, given the complicated licensing procedures for places of public entertainment and drawing on its experience from the licensing of food premises, the Council last year approved the extension of the provisional licensing system to cover places of public entertainment, such as cinemas. The Council also introduced amendments to the relevant legislation to further rectify the situation which allowed such establishments to operate without licence.
Market and Street Traders
In addition to the continued improvements of the existing market facilities, the new Tai Shing Street Market was commissioned for use last year to meet the needs of the Wong Tai Sin population.
The implementation of the Itinerant Hawker Licence (IHL) Compulsory Deletion Policy was re-affirmed in April 1997, and the Working Group on IHL was also set up to make recommendations on the issue of resiting the remaining IHL-holders. The Working Group has now completed its report and a briefing will be made to this Council after making consultations with the Provisional District Boards concerned. The Council will consider the views of the Provisional District Boards carefully before making a decision.
Recreation
I July 1997 marks the return of Hong Kong to China. With the handover of sovereignty, Hong Kong has entered a new era and turned over a new page in its history. To mark this memorable occasion, a major City Beautification Scheme was launched to provide some landscape features in strategic UC facilities in Central, Wanchai, Tsimshatsui and Kowloon City as well as to provide landscaped areas along the roadside, in order to depict a prosperous Hong Kong in a more vivid way. This not only impressed overseas visitors but also gave the general public the opportunity to appreciate these landscape and decorations. After the reunification celebrations, the new landscape features were retained as far as possible to give a facelift to the urban areas.
In view of the potential danger posed to public safety and the damage caused to the facilities through 'wax-burning' at public pleasure grounds, the Council decided, after a review of the Bylaws, to add a new bylaw to the Pleasure Grounds (Urban Council) Bylaws, Cap. 132, stipulating that no person shall melt wax in a dangerous way, add liquid onto hot wax or burn hot wax at public pleasure grounds.
The Council is deeply concerned about the water safety of users of public swimming pools. Hence, boomlines are provided at the leisure pools at Kowloon Park, Hammer Hill Road and Jordan Valley to remind swimmers of the change in water depth, and CCTV are installed to strengthen the
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