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1 HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -- 17 July 1991 HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -- 17 July 1991 1 OFFICIAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 17 July 1991 The Council met at half-past Two o'clock PRESENT HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (PRESIDENT) SIR DAVID CLIVE WILSON, G.C.M.G. THE CHIEF SECRETARY THE HONOURABLE SIR DAVID ROBERT FORD, K.B.E., L.V.O., J.P. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY THE HONOURABLE SIR PIERS JACOBS, K.B.E., J.P. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE HONOURABLE JEREMY FELL MATHEWS, C.M.G., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI, C.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE STEPHEN CHEONG KAM-CHUEN, C.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS SELINA CHOW LIANG SHUK-YEE, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MARIA TAM WAI-CHU, C.B.E., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE HENRIETTA IP MAN-HING, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN YING-LUN, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS RITA FAN HSU LAI-TAI, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE PETER POON WING-CHEUNG, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHENG HON-KWAN, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHUNG PUI-LAM, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE HO SAI-CHU, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MARTIN LEE CHU-MING, Q.C., J.P. THE HONOURABLE DAVID LI KWOK-PO, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE NGAI SHIU-KIT, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE PANG CHUN-HOI, M.B.E. THE HONOURABLE POON CHI-FAI, J.P. PROF. THE HONOURABLE POON CHUNG-KWONG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE SZETO WAH THE HONOURABLE TAI CHIN-WAH, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS ROSANNA TAM WONG YICK-MING, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE TAM YIU-CHUNG DR THE HONOURABLE DANIEL TSE, C.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ANDREW WONG WANG-FAT, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE LAU WONG-FAT, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE GRAHAM BARNES, C.B.E., J.P. SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL LEUNG MAN-KIN, J.P. SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT THE HONOURABLE EDWARD HO SING-TIN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE RONALD JOSEPH ARCULLI, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MARTIN GILBERT BARROW, O.B.E. THE HONOURABLE PAUL CHENG MING-FUN THE HONOURABLE DAVID CHEUNG CHI-KONG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE RONALD CHOW MEI-TAK THE HONOURABLE MRS NELLIE FONG WONG KUT-MAN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS PEGGY LAM, M.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE DANIEL LAM WAI-KEUNG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE THE HONOURABLE LAU WAH-SUM, O.B.E., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE LEONG CHE-HUNG THE HONOURABLE LEUNG WAI-TUNG, J.P. THE HONOURABLE JAMES DAVID McGREGOR, O.B.E., I.S.O., J.P. THE HONOURABLE KINGSLEY SIT HO-YIN THE HONOURABLE MRS SO CHAU YIM-PING, J.P. THE HONOURABLE JAMES TIEN PEI-CHUN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS ELSIE TU, C.B.E. THE HONOURABLE PETER WONG HONG-YUEN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS ANSON CHAN, J.P. SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES THE HONOURABLE MRS ELIZABETH WONG CHIEN CHI-LIEN, I.S.O., J.P. SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE THE HONOURABLE ALISTAIR PETER ASPREY, O.B.E., A.E., J.P. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY THE HONOURABLE JOHN CHAN CHO-CHAK, L.V.O., O.B.E., J.P. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER THE HONOURABLE ALBERT LAM CHI-CHIU, J.P. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS ABSENT THE HONOURABLE CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, C.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE HUI YIN-FAT, O.B.E., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL CHENG TAK-KIN, J.P. IN ATTENDANCE THE CLERK TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MR LAW KAM-SANG Papers The following papers were laid on the table pursuant to Standing Order 14(2): Subject Subsidiary Legislation L.N. No. Fixed Penalty (Traffic Contraventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991......................... 249/91 Registration of Persons (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991......................................................... 250/91 Road Tunnels (Government) (Amendment) Regulations 1991......................................................... 251/91 Road Traffic (Parking) (Amendment) Regulations 1991......................................................... 252/91 Commodities Trading (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 1991................................................................. 253/91 Frontier Closed Area (Amendment) Order 1991.................... 259/91 Public Health and Municipal Services (Public Pleasure Grounds) (Amendment of Fourth Schedule) (No. 5) Order 1991....................................... 260/91 Public Order Curfew (Amendment) Order 1991.................... 261/91 Public Swimming Pools (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1991................................................................. 262/91 Registration of Persons (Invalidation of Old Identity Cards) (No. 2) Order 1991............................... 263/91 Continuing Legal Education Rules 1991................................ 264/91 Museums (Regional Council) (Amendment) By-Laws 1991............................................................. 265/91 Pleasure Grounds (Regional Council) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bylaws 1991............................... 266/91 Slaughterhouses (Regional Council) (Amendment) Bylaws 1991................................................................ 267/91 Securities (Disclosure of Interests) Ordinance (Commencement) Notice 1991...................................... 268/91 Securities (Insider Dealing) Ordinance 1990 (Commencement) Notice 1991...................................... 269/91 Sessional Paper 1990-91 No. 89 -- Customs and Excise Service Welfare Fund Income and Expenditure Account with Balance Sheet and Certificate of the Director of Audit for the year ended 31 March 1991 No. 90 -- Report on the Administration of the Immigration Service Welfare Fund from 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 prepared by the Director of Immigration No. 91 -- Sir David Trench Fund for Recreation Trustee's Report 1990-91 No. 92 -- The Third Annual Report of The Commissioner for Administrative Complaints Hong Kong June 1991 No. 93 -- Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority 1988-1990 No. 94 -- Hong Kong Trade Development Council Annual Report and Accounts 90-91 No. 95 -- Provisional Airport Authority Annual Report 1990 Address by Member Provisional Airport Authority Annual Report 1990 FINANCIAL SECRETARY: Sir, in accordance with section 10 of the Provisional Airport Authority Ordinance, the Annual Report and Accounts of the Provisional Airport Authority for the year ending 31 March 1991 are tabled today. Members have, over the past year and more particularly in recent weeks, probably heard more than enough about the airport project. Nevertheless, I thought it would be remiss of me not to signal this event with a few remarks. The report covers the period from the establishment of the Provisional Authority in April last year to the end of March this year. Given the earlier uncertainty surrounding the future of the airport project, especially towards the end of that period, the Authority did not have an easy start in life. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Richard ALLEN, arrived only in March this year. During its first year the Authority has relied heavily on government staff seconded to it and on the Airport Master Plan consultants who were steered on behalf of the Board of the Provisional Authority by the Director of Civil Aviation. Since his arrival, Mr ALLEN has begun rapidly to create a separate identity for the Authority within the constraints imposed by the uncertainty prevailing prior to the initialling of the Memorandum of Understanding. Despite these earlier uncertainties, the Authority has had a productive year. In particular, it has determined the overall engineering approach to the formation of the airport platform which, at 1 270 hectares, is about the size of the Kowloon peninsula. It has also determined the length and distance between the two parallel runways. These are fundamental decisions determining the shape of the airport. Meanwhile, work has commenced on site since February this year with the Provisional Authority's first construction contract to form 30 hectares of land for an advance works area on north Chek Lap Kok. Now that the way ahead is clear, the Authority can look forward to a far more active second year. Subject to the approval by the Finance Committee of this Council for the additional funding currently being sought for the Authority, the next 12 months should see the development of its organization and staffing, together with an intensification of construction activity, as the main contract for formation of the airport site gets underway. Meanwhile, work on drafting the Airport Authority Bill is in full swing. The Bill will be put to the Council for consideration in the coming Session. Sir, notwithstanding the earlier problems now happily behind us, as Chairman of the Provisional Airport Authority, I am happy to be able to assure Members of this Council that the Board of the Provisional Authority and all others associated with the airport project have shown great dedication and enthusiasm. I am convinced that the Authority will succeed in developing a new airport ideally suited to our long-term strategic needs and one that will play a vital role in securing our continued prosperity. Oral answers to questions Control of animal wastes 1. MR ANDREW WONG asked: Will the Government make a statement on its intended policy on the control of animal wastes through the issuance of licences? SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS: Sir, livestock keeping has for many years been one of the main sources of pollution of the beaches and streams of the territory, but until a few years ago, little was done officially either to discourage the polluting discharge of waste or to encourage waste treatment to discharges from livestock farms. In 1988 a scheme was established which involved banning livestock keepers with compensation from some areas and buying out those who wished to abandon it voluntarily to others. Where livestock breeders remained they were obliged to comply with the Waste Disposal Ordinance. This has resulted in a considerable number of pig and poultry breeders leaving the industry and significant improvements in water quality in the water catchments and the beaches affected by them. This policy with some modification will continue until all areas of the territory have been brought within that control net.