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'The cleanliness of Hong Kong in recent years has worsened. The level of sanitation has dropped, with a lot of places like bus-stops, beaches, markets, streets much dirtier than before. The entire society indeed needs a clean-up.'
This was a very valid remark. Whether the finding that the environmental hygiene of Hong Kong had worsened was based on survey or just some intuition, there is no way for us to confirm, because we don't have a channel of communication with the Chief Executive.
I suggest that the Urban Council hold a question and answer session to which the Chief Executive should be invited, so that he may have a dialogue with us direct instead of through the amplifier. It is only then that the Chief Executive's views could receive our direct response.
About Mr. Tung Chee-hwa's criticism, our approach should be one in which we should redress the mistake if there is really one but if there is no mistake, we should still guard against it. We should work proactively, so as to turn groundless criticisms into something constructive. Accordingly, the Council should re-conduct an overall review of existing street-cleansing operation in the areas of frequency, manpower, equipment and performance appraisal mechanism. In particular, attention should be paid to early replacement of temporary refuse collection points and review of the scheme of contracting out cleansing services to avoid over-acceleration which might result in a drop of the service quality.
Lastly, I hope that the Chief Executive, Central Government as well as the Urban Council and Urban Services Department will work closely towards improving the environmental hygiene of Hong Kong in a responsible manner.
With these remarks, I move the motion.
MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was unanimously carried.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese): There being no other business, the meeting is adjourned. The next meeting will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 March 1998. Thank you all.
Adjournment - 4.58 p.m.
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'The cleanliness of Hong Kong in recent years has worsened. The level of sanitation has dropped, with a lot of places like bus-stops, beaches, markets, streets much dirtier than before. The entire society indeed needs a clean-up.'
This was a very valid remark. Whether the finding that the environmental hygiene of Hong Kong had worsened was based on survey or just some intuition, there is no way for us to confirm, because we don't have a channel of communication with the Chief Executive.
I suggest that the Urban Council hold a question and answer session to which the Chief Executive should be invited, so that he may have a dialogue with us direct instead of through the amplifier. It is only then that the Chief Executive's views could receive our direct response.
About Mr. Tung Chee-hwa's criticism, our approach should be one in which we should redress the mistake if there is really one but if there is no mistake, we should still guard against it. We should work proactively, so as to turn groundless criticisms into something constructive. Accordingly, the Council should re-conduct an overall review of existing street-cleansing operation in the areas of frequency, manpower, equipment and performance appraisal mechanism. In particular, attention should be paid to early replacement of temporary refuse collection points and review of the scheme of contracting out cleansing services to avoid over-acceleration which might result in a drop of the service quality.
Lastly, I hope that the Chief Executive, Central Government as well as the Urban Council and Urban Services Department will work closely towards improving the environmental hygiene of Hong Kong in a responsible manner.
With these remarks, I move the motion.
MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was unanimously carried.
CHAIRMAN (in Cantonese):-There being no other business, the meeting is adjourned. The next meeting will be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 March 1998. Thank you all.
Adjournment-4.58 p.m.
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