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City, I hope Mr. Wu can pass them on to the Department for better monitoring. Washing schedules follow a fixed pattern and a definite number of times is required per month or week. There is no chance of having no one to clean a subway in years. If such a situation does occur, will Mr. Wu supply us with information at once instead of waiting to the time of a monthly meeting? Reflection to the district hygiene Superintendent direct will improve the situation too.
Mr. Wu Chi-wai (in Cantonese):-I think my question is already quite clear. The schedule of the Department points to twice a week to once a month. From what I hear from the Chairman of the Select Committee, it seems the actual situation is very different. I hope the Chairman of the Select Committee can tell us about the actual situation.
About the second follow-up question. I already reflected to the district Superintendent. It is a policy matter. I hope the Chairman of the Select Committee can discuss it in depth at the Committee meetings.
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, we can definitely raise these ideas at the meetings of the Public Health Select Committee.
(2) MR. KAM NAI-WAT on behalf of Mr. CHAN Kwok-leung asked the following question (in Cantonese):-To tie in with the policy of Hong Kong Administrative Region Government relating to segregation of water birds from other poultry', the Council amended the Food Business (Urban Council) Bylaws in March to stipulate that poultry shops issued with the Council's Fresh Provision Shop Licence could not sell live poultry and water birds concurrently; even if slaughtered and dressed water birds are sold concurrently, the layouts of the premises concerned should be improved. But there are still grey areas in the new policy and arrangement. Please reply to the following questions:
(a) As the Agriculture and Fisheries Department cancelled the 'bird licence' issued to poultry retailers in March 1998, can the Council permit Fresh Provision Shops and poultry stalls at markets to possess and sell, apart from live chickens, mixed poultry other than water birds e.g. pigeons, quails and partridges, etc.?
(b) As the Bylaws amended by the Council only prohibit the possessing and selling of live poultry and water birds concurrently, can Fresh Provision shops other than those at the Western Wholesale Food Market sell live water birds only? If yes, is this governed by legislation?
(c) Will the Government's policy of 'segregation of water birds from other poultry' and the Council's relevant amended Bylaws reduce competition in the water birds wholesale market, resulting in a state of negotiated prices and monopoly? Will this cause any loss to the retailers?
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City, I hope Mr. Wu can pass them on to the Department for better monitoring. Washing schedules follow a fixed pattern and a definite number of times is required per month or week. There is no chance of having no one to clean a subway in years. If such a situation does occur, will Mr. Wu supply us with information at once instead of waiting to the time of a monthly meeting? Reflection to the district hygiene Superintendent direct will improve the situation too.
Mr. Wu Chi-wai (in Cantonese):-I think my question is already quite clear. The schedule of the Department points to twice a week to once a month. From what I hear from the Chairman of the Select Committee, it seems the actual situation is very different. I hope the Chairman of the Select Committee can tell ns about the actual situation.
About the second follow-up question. I already reflected to the district Superintendent. It is a policy matter. I hope the Chairman of the Select Committee can discuss it in depth at the Committee meetings.
MR. JOSEPH CHAN YUEK-SUT (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, we can definitely raise these ideas at the meetings of the Public Health Select Committee.
(2) MR. KAM NAI-WAT on behalf of Mr. CHAN KwOK-LEUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):-To tie in with the policy of Hong Kong Administrative Region Government relating to segregation of water birds from other poultry', the Council amended the Food Business ( Urban Council) Bylaws in March to stipulate that poultry shops issued with the Council's Fresh Provision Shop Licence could not sell live poultry and water birds concurrently; even if slaughtered and dressed water birds are sold concurrently, the layouts of the premises concerned should be improved. But there are still grey areas in the new policy and arrangement. Please reply to the following questions:
(a) As the Agriculture and Fisheries Department cancelled the 'bird licence' issued to poultry retailers in March 1998, can the Council permit Fresh Provision Shops and poultry stalls at markets to possess and sell, apart from live chickens, mixed poultry other than water birds e.g. pigeons, quails and partridges, etc.?
(b) As the Bylaws amended by the Council only prohibit the possessing and selling of live poultry and water birds concurrently, can Fresh Provision shops other than those at the Western Wholesale Food Market sell live water birds only? If yes, is this governed by legislation?
(c) Will the Government's policy of 'segregation of water birds from other poultry' and the Council's relevant amended Bylaws reduce competition in the water birds wholesale market, resulting in a state of negotiated prices and monopoly? Will this cause any loss to the retailers?
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