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OFFICIAL REPORT of PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 2Nd December 1970 the Council Met at Half Past Two O'clock [MR PRESIDENT in the Chair] HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL―2nd December 1970. 209 OFFICIAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 2nd December 1970 The Council met at half past Two o'clock [MR PRESIDENT in the Chair] PRESENT HIS EXCELLENCY THE ACTING GOVERNOR (PRESIDENT) SIR HUGH SELBY NORMAN-WALKER, KCMG, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (Acting) MR DAVID RONALD HOLMES, CMG, CBE, MC, ED, JP THE HONOURABLE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Acting) MR GRAHAM RUPERT SNEATH, QC, JP THE HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (Acting) MR DENIS CAMPBELL BRAY, JP THE HONOURABLE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SIR JOHN JAMES COWPERTHWAITE, KBE, CMG, JP THE HONOURABLE ROBERT MARSHALL HETHERINGTON, DFC, JP COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR THE HONOURABLE DAVID RICHARD WATSON ALEXANDER, MBE, JP DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES THE HONOURABLE DONALD COLLIN CUMYN LUDDINGTON, JP DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, NEW TERRITORIES THE HONOURABLE JOHN CANNING, JP DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION DR THE HONOURABLE GERALD HUGH CHOA, JP DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES THE HONOURABLE PAUL TSUI KA-CHEUNG, OBE, JP COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT THE HONOURABLE RICHARD CHARLES CLARKE, ISO, JP DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS (Acting) THE HONOURABLE ERNEST IRFON LEE, JP DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Acting) THE HONOURABLE KAN YUET-KEUNG, CBE, JP THE HONOURABLE WOO PAK-CHUEN, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE SZETO WAI, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE WILFRED WONG SIEN-BING, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE ELLEN LI SHU-PUI, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE WILSON WANG TZE-SAM, JP THE HONOURABLE HERBERT JOHN CHARLES BROWNE, JP DR THE HONOURABLE CHUNG SZE-YUEN, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE LEE QUO-WEI, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE OSWALD VICTOR CHEUNG, QC, JP THE HONOURABLE GERALD MORDAUNT BROOME SALMON, JP THE HONOURABLE ANN TSE-KAI, OBE, JP THE HONOURABLE LO KWEE-SEONG, JP IN ATTENDANCE THE CLERK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MR RODERICK JOHN FRAMPTON 210 HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL―2nd December 1970. Oath MR ERNEST IRFON LEE took the Oath of Allegiance and assumed his seat as a Member of the Council. HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT:―We welcome Mr LEE for the first time to our Council. Announcement by the President HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT:―Under Standing Order No 11(b) I have an announcement to make. The Honourable the Attorney General, Mr ROBERTS, was admitted to hospital this morning. As a consequence, I must apologize to honourable Members for a last minute change in the announced timetable for the Prevention of Bribery Bill. The committee stage of this bill was down for today's sitting and, as Members are aware, notice of a considerable number of amendments at the committee stage had been the subject of notice during the second reading debate, some to be moved by honourable Unofficial Members and some by the Attorney General. This bill and these amendments have been the subject of consultations with the Attorney General personally, who has been the member in charge of the bill. In the circumstances, it has been decided in fairness to all those Members who have been concerned with discussion with Mr ROBERTS, both Officials and Unofficials over a period extending to some 18 months, to postpone the Committee stage of the bill until the next sitting of this Council in fourteen days time. I am sure that honourable Members will wish to join with me in wishing Mr ROBERTS a speedy recovery and a comfortable convalescence. Papers The following papers were laid pursuant to Standing Order No 14(2):― Subject LN No Subsidiary Legislation:― Rating Ordinance. Rating (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 ..................................... 166 Banking Ordinance. Specification of Specified Liquid Assets.................................................... 169 Medical Registration Ordinance. Medical Practitioners (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1970........................................................ 171 HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL―2nd December 1970. 211 Subject LN No Resettlement Ordinance. Resettlement (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 1970 ............................... 172 Urban Council Ordinance. Urban Council Elections (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 1970... 173 Urban Council Ordinance. Urban Council Elections (Registration of Electors) (Amendment) Regulations 1970................................................................................... 174 Boilers and Pressure Receivers Ordinance. Boilers and Pressure Receivers (Exemption) Order 1970 .......................... 175 Revised Edition of the Laws Ordinance 1965. Revised Edition of the Laws (Correction of Error) (No 3) Order 1970..... 176 Sessional Papers 1970-71:― No 27―Annual Report by the Director of Information Services for the year 1969-70 (published on 2.12.70). No 28―Annual Report by the Director, Royal Observatory for the year 1969-70 (published on 2.12.70). No 29―Hong Kong Narcotics Progress Report for the year 1969-70 (published on 2.12.70). Oral answers to questions Yaumatei Typhoon Shelter fire 1. MR K. S. LO asked:― Will Government reveal whether any investigation has been instituted at the Yaumatei Typhoon Shelter fire last month involving a cargo junk which was set adrift causing devastating fire and panic to other fishing junks anchored inside the Shelter, and what measures does Government propose to take to prevent a repetition of similar occurance? THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (ACTING) (MR D. R. HOLMES):―Sir, the Marine Department has carried out a full investigation into the cause of the fire which occurred in the Yaumatei Typhoon Shelter last month. 212 HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL―2nd December 1970. [THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (ACTING)] Oral Answers It appears that the fire started in a motor cargo junk which was temporarily not manned and was loaded with plastic goods and textiles for export. The fire soon spread and affected twelve craft of various kinds. This fire is thought to have been due to a leak or spillage from the liquid gas container used to provide fuel for cooking; this fuel ignited for some reason which has not been discovered. Fortunately there were no casualties. I think I should add here, Sir, a word of clarification, or of factual correction, in relation to the wording of the question, in which it is indicated that this vessel was adrift or was set adrift, in the words of the question. The official report does not confirm this. It appears that this junk, prior to the fire, was secured alongside the sea wall inside the Typhoon Shelter adjacent to Cherry Street; in the course of the fire fighting operations, the moorings were cast off and the vessel was taken in tow by a Marine Department launch, which towed it away from adjacent craft and eventually towed it to the fire station in the Government camber nearby, where the fire could be more adequately dealt with. This incident has highlighted, as my honourable Friend's question implies, the necessity to keep free the fairways and fire lanes in the typhoon shelters. The Marine Department does ensure that these are maintained during normal weather and working conditions but during typhoons and other adverse weather periods Members will be well aware that the typhoon shelters become extremely congested and the situation becomes difficult to control. At the present time the Marine Department, in consultation with other departments, is undertaking a review of the current situation in the typhoon shelters. Safety of craft in the shelters will be one of the subjects covered by the report, which is expected to be completed shortly. After the consideration of this report by the two committees which deal with matters affecting the port, the report will be sent to the Government with recommendations. The Government is conscious, Sir, of the importance of continually bringing to the attention of operators of small craft, the need to exercise the greatest caution in their operation. In this connexion, the Marine Department has recently published a local engineers' handbook for small craft operators, which is produced both in English and in Chinese, and which has a section on fire fighting and on safety of life. MR LO:―In view of my honourable Friend's reply to my question, am I correct to assume that the provision of typhoon shelters is not quite adequate at this moment? HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL―2nd December 1970. 213 THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (ACTING) (MR HOLMES):―No, Sir, I think I am not in a position to confirm that assumption. It is true that shelters become crowded and others, I believe, in due course will be constructed, but I could not assent with this proposition on the information before me. I will, if Mr LO wishes, ask the Director of Marine for an assessment of this aspect of the situation and let the Member have it, Sir. Evening institutes in the New Territories 2. MR WILSON T. S. WANG asked:― Has Government any plan to provide evening institutes in the New Territories and is Government aware that in the Sheung Shui rural district it has been claimed that there are large numbers of young workers eager to improve themselves by evening studies but who as yet have no evening institute to attend? MR J. CANNING:―Sir, Government provides further education in the evenings in the Sheung Shui area, and indeed in the New Territories as a whole, on a considerable scale. In Sheung Shui, by kind permission of the school authorities, Fung Kai Public Middle School accommodates 19 classes of various types, for which some 620 persons have enrolled. There are a few vacancies in these classes. In the New Territories as a whole, 154 classes operate in 26 centres, with a total enrolment of 5,113. I am advised that the number of applicants for courses in the Sheung Shui area does not exceed to a significant extent the number of places available. MR Y. K . K AN:―Sir, may I ask a supplementary question? The answer given relates to the number of places but I think the question, does it not, deals with evening classes. Does my honourable Friend know whether in fact evening classes are provided for? MR CANNING:―I am sorry I may not have made myself clear.
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