The minutes were amended and confirmed on 3.9.2019. Minutes of the Third Meeting of Yuen Long District Council in 2019 Date : 25 June 2019 (Tuesday) Time : 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Venue : Conference Room, Yuen Long District Council, 13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long Present Time of Arrival Time of Withdrawal Chairman: Mr SHUM Ho-kit, JP (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Vice-chairman: Mr WONG Wai-shun, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (2:10 p.m.) Members: Mr CHAM Ka-hung, Daniel, (Beginning of the meeting) (2:30 p.m.) BBS, MH, JP Ms CHAN Mei-lin (Beginning of the meeting) (2:50 p.m.) Mr CHAN Sze-ching (9:50 a.m.) (End of the meeting) Mr CHEUNG Muk-lam (Beginning of the meeting) (3:55 p.m.) Mr CHING Chan-ming (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Ms CHIU Sau-han, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr CHOW Wing-kan (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr KWOK Hing-ping (Beginning of the meeting) (2:30 p.m.) Mr KWOK Keung, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) The Hon KWONG Chun-yu (Beginning of the meeting) (11:55 a.m.) Ms LAU Kwai-yung (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LEE Yuet-man, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) The Hon LEUNG Che-cheung, (Beginning of the meeting) (12:00 noon) SBS, MH, JP Mr LEUNG Fuk-yuen (9:50 a.m.) (1:35 p.m.) Mr LEUNG Ming-kin (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr LUI Kin, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) The Hon LUK Chung-hung, JP (11:50 a.m.) (2:30 p.m.) Ms MA Shuk-yin (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr MAK Ip-sing (Beginning of the meeting) (2:00 p.m.) Mr MAN Mei-kwai, Jimmy (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr SIU Long-ming, MH (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr TANG Che-keung (Beginning of the meeting) (2:30 p.m.) Mr TANG Cheuk-him (Beginning of the meeting) (2:35 p.m.) Mr TANG Cheuk-yin (Beginning of the meeting) (2:35 p.m.) Mr TANG Hing-ip, BBS (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr TANG Ho-nin (Beginning of the meeting) (11:15 a.m.) Mr TANG Ka-leung (Beginning of the meeting) (3:00 p.m.) Mr TANG Lai-tung (Beginning of the meeting) (11:00 a.m.) Mr TANG Sui-man (Beginning of the meeting) (12:30 p.m.) Mr TO Ka-lun (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr WONG Cheuk-kin (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Ms WONG Wai-ling (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr WONG Wai-yin, Zachary (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Mr YIU Kwok-wai (Beginning of the meeting) (2:00 p.m.) - 1 - Mr YOUNG Ka-on (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Ms YUEN Man-yee (Beginning of the meeting) (End of the meeting) Secretary: Ms PANG Ka-fong, Cindy Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Yuen Long District Office Assistant Ms WONG Man-ting, Mandy Executive Officer I (District Council), Secretary: Yuen Long District Office In Attendance Mr YUEN Ka-lok, Enoch, JP District Officer (Yuen Long) Mr NG Lak-sun, Nixon Assistant District Officer (Yuen Long) 1 Ms OR Lai-kum, Christina Senior Liaison Officer (3), Yuen Long District Office Mr HUI Wai-ming, Kenneth Liaison Officer i/c (Rural 5), Yuen Long District Office Ms KEE Wing-yin, Fionn Chief School Development Officer (Yuen Long), Education Bureau Mr TSOI Ka-wai District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Yuen Long), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr LAM Chi-keung, Desmond Chief Engineer/West 1, Civil Engineering and Development Department Ms CHAN Ching-han, Peggy District Lands Officer/Yuen Long (District Lands Office, Yuen Long), Lands Department Mr NG Ping-tong, Gordon Administrative Assistant/Lands (District Lands Office, Yuen Long), Lands Department Mr CHAN Hon-ming, Louis Deputy District Commander (Yuen Long), Hong Kong Police Force Mr LEUNG Tsz-kin Police Community Relations Officer (Yuen Long District), Hong Kong Police Force Mr WONG Pui-chun Chief Manager/Management (Tuen Mun and Yuen Long), Housing Department Ms LUNG Lai-seung, Wendy District Leisure Manager (Yuen Long), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Mr NG Yuk-man, David District Planning Officer (Tuen Mun and Yuen Long West), Planning Department Ms CHU Wing-yin, Diana District Social Welfare Officer (Yuen Long), Social Welfare Department Mr KWONG Ka-yin Chief Transport Officer/New Territories North West, Transport Department Item II Mrs YEUNG HO Poi-yan, Permanent Secretary for Education, Education Ingrid, JP Bureau Mrs CHENG CHAU Shing- Secretariat Press Officer (Education), Education sing, Linda Bureau Ms CHAN Chin-woon, Principal Education Officer (New Territories), Cynthia Education Bureau - 2 - Ms KEE Wing-yin, Fionn Chief School Development Officer (Yuen Long), Education Bureau Ms LI Wai-yi Senior School Development Officer (Yuen Long)2, Education Bureau Item III Miss LAU Lee-kwan, Vivian, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene JP Mr FORK Ping-lam Assistant Director (Operations) 3, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr TSOI Ka-wai District Environmental Hygiene Superintendent (Yuen Long), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Absent Mr LAI Wai-hung (Absent with apologies) Mr TANG Yung-yiu, Ronnie (Absent with apologies) * * * * Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and departmental representatives to the third meeting of the Yuen Long District Council (“YLDC”) in 2019. 2. The Chairman particularly welcomed Mr LEUNG Fuk-yuen, the newly elected Member of the Shap Pat Heung West Constituency, to the meeting. 3. The Chairman extended a particular welcome to Ms CHAN Ching-han, Peggy, the newly appointed District Lands Officer/Yuen Long (District Lands Office, Yuen Long) who succeeded Ms CHAN Suet-ching, Angela. On behalf of the YLDC, he thanked Ms. CHAN Suet-ching, Angela for her assistance rendered to the Council in the past. 4. The Chairman also welcomed the following departmental representative to the meeting: Leisure and Cultural Services Department Leisure Manager, Yuen Long Ms LUNG Lai-seung, Wendy (Stood in for Mr WONG Shu-yan, Francis, Chief Leisure Manager (New Territories North)) 5. Before the commencement of the meeting, Members and departmental representatives, by their own choice, observed a minute of silence for any people who lost their lives over the proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. - 3 - 6. As for the agenda, the Chairman said Mrs YEUNG HO Poi-yan, Ingrid, JP, Permanent Secretary for Education (“PS(Ed)”), would first meet with Members and Miss LAU Lee-kwan, Vivian, JP, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (“DFEH”), would then attend today’s meeting to share her views with Members on the issues of environmental hygiene in the district. As the questions raised by Members fell into the ambit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (“FEHD”), the Chairman suggested discussing the third and fourth agenda items together. The items were namely Meeting with the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene and “a request for the FEHD to step up anti-rodent efforts and contain rodent infestation”. The Chairman said that as the PS(Ed) and the DFEH both had other official duties to perform after the meeting, he hoped that Members would manage their time well and keep their speeches brief. 7. The Chairman suggested referring three items proposed for discussion to the Traffic and Transport Committee (“T&TC”). The first item was proposed by Mr LEE Yuet-man, MH, Mr SIU Long-ming, MH, Mr TANG Cheuk-him, Mr CHOW Wing-kan, Mr KWOK Hing-ping and Mr WONG Cheuk-kin, namely “Condemning the Buildings Department for turning a deaf ear to the dissenting views of the YLDC by relaxing the pre-set trigger level for suspension of works at the construction site of the Light Rail Tin Wing Stop to 150 mm while approving resumption of the building works there”. Mr LEE Yuet-man, MH proposed the other two items, namely “The planning and timetable of the MTR Northern Link project” and “Trains on the Tuen Mun South Extension line would get too crowded for passengers at Tin Shui Wai Station to board”. 8. The Chairman suggested referring two items proposed for discussion by Mr CHAM Ka- hung Daniel, BBS, MH, JP to the Town Planning and Development Committee (“TP&DC”) and the Environmental Improvement Committee (“EIC”) respectively. They were namely “the investigation and prosecution involving the infringements by an e-waste warehouse in Ha Tsuen of the Town Planning Ordinance, the Buildings Ordinance and the Lands Resumption Ordinance” and “the investigation and prosecution regarding the infringements by an e-waste warehouse in Ha Tsuen of environmental ordinances”. 9. Separately, the Chairman referred Members to a revised agenda distributed at the meeting, saying the motion relating to the proposed amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance had been deleted from the agenda. The Chairman apologised to Members and explained why the change had been made. He said that the Secretariat informed him earlier about the receipt of the motion. As the motion involved a subject that was not only of great concern to Members, but was also a highly sensitive, non-local issue, he could not decide or give any clear instruction to the Secretariat as to how the motion should be dealt with. This caused the Secretariat to misunderstand him and include the motion in the agenda.