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bidding for more financial provision, our cultural and recreational services as well as our capital projects would be affected. This is hardly the spirit of my motion. Hence I do not support the amended motions of Mr. Wong Chung-ki and Mr. TAM Kwok-kiu.
As for the reason why Ms. Jennifer Chow, who originally seconded my motion, proposed amendments to my motion. I wish to point out that my motion was put up last month but within these two to three weeks, the economic situation has changed a lot. Having regard to the needs of the public, the Liberal Party considers that apart from freezing increases in charges, we should further examine the reduction of the charges and rentals of our various venues. I consider that Ms. CHOW's amended motion is in line with the spirit of the original motion and accordingly, I support it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese): Good. All the Members who wish to speak have spoken. We shall now vote on Ms. Jennifer CHOW's amended motion. Would the Secretary please proceed with open ballot?
Ms. Jennifer CHOW's amended motion was put to the vote.
The amended motion was carried with 25 for, 14 against and 2 abstentions. (The record of voting on Ms. Jennifer CHOW's amended motion is at Annex II)
(2) MR. LEE KWOK-KEUNG moved:—
'In view of the devastation of avian flu, RESOLVED that the Council should study the installation of sterilizer in the air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems in markets and step up cleansing of ventilation systems at the Council's facilities concurrently so as to reduce the spread of the disease.'
He said (in Cantonese): My motion today is about the air-conditioning systems in markets. As time is limited, I will briefly describe the motion.
The incident of avian flu has exposed many problems of our markets. I consider that deep concern is now being shown for the cleanliness of the markets. In particular, the Director of Urban Services has paid a number of visits to the markets and instructed that they be cleaned, so that poultry stalls as well as all other stalls are thoroughly cleaned. But my motion is related to sterilization of the air-conditioning systems.
There are now 61 markets being managed by the Urban Council. The majority of them is markets of the old type, where there are no ventilation systems but only fans. Current ventilation systems are mostly mechanically operated. In newly constructed markets, air-conditioning systems are installed. Mechanical ventilation systems are cleaned once every two months, or more in certain months such as summer months. We consider that sterilization for the
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bidding for more financial provision, our cultural and recreational services as well as our capital projects would be affected. This is hardly the spirit of my motion. Hence I do not support the amended motions of Mr. Wong Chung-ki and Mr. TAM Kwok-kiu.
As for the reason why Ms. Jennifer Chow, who originally seconded my motion, proposed amendments to my motion. I wish to point out that my motion was put up last month but within these two to three weeks, the economic situation has changed a lot. Having regard to the needs of the public, the Liberal Party considers that apart from freezing increases in charges, we should further examine the reduction of the charges and rentals of our various venues. I consider that Ms. CHOW's amended motion is in line with the spirit of the original motion and accordingly, I support it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):-Good. All the Members who wish to speak have spoken. We shall now vote on Ms. Jennifer CHOw's amended motion. Would the Secretary please proceed with open ballot?
Ms. Jennifer CHOW's amended motion was put to the vote.
The amended motion was carried with 25 for, 14 against and 2 abstentions. (The record of voting on Ms. Jennifer CHow's amended motion is at Annex II)
(2) MR. LEE KWOK-KEUNG moved:—
'In view of the devastation of avian flu, RESOLVED that the Council should study the installation of sterilizer in the air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems in markets and step up cleansing of ventilation systems at the Council's facilities concurrently so as to reduce the spread of the disease.'
He said (in Cantonese):-My motion today is about the air-conditioning systems in markets. As time is limited, I will briefly describe the motion.
The incident of avian flu has exposed many problems of our markets. I consider that deep concern is now being shown for the cleanliness of the markets. In particular, the Director of Urban Services has paid a number of visits to the markets and instructed that they be cleaned, so that poultry stalls as well as all other stails are thoroughly cleaned. But my motion is related to sterilization of the air-conditioning systems.
There are now 61 markets being managed by the Urban Council. The majority of them is markets of the old type, where there are no ventilation systems but only fans. Current ventilation systems are mostly mechanically operated. In newly constructed markets, air-conditioning systems are installed. Mechanical ventilation systems are cleaned once every two months, or more in certain months such as summer months. We consider that sterilization for the
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