Minutes of the 7th Meeting of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Committee of City District Council

Date: 15 December 2016 (Thursday) Time: 2:35 p.m. Venue: Conference Room, District Office

Present: Chairman: Mr LO Chiu-kit (Arrived at 2:48 p.m.) Vice-chairman: Mr KWAN Ho-yeung, Roger Members: Dr KWONG Po-yin Mr HO Hin-ming, MH (Left at 6:15 p.m.) Mr CHO Wui-hung Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming Mr NG Fan-kam, Tony Mr TING Kin-wa (Arrived at 3:42 p.m.) Mr LAM Tak-shing (Left at 5:23 p.m.) Mr LAM Pok, Jimmy Mr YUE Chee-wing, Admond (Left at 4:20 p.m.) Mr YEUNG Chun-yu, Ronald (Left at 3:40 p.m.) Mr HE Huahan (Left at 3:30 p.m.) Mr YANG Wing-kit Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong, MH Mr LAI Kwong-wai The Hon LEE Wai-king, Starry, SBS, JP Mr SIU Leong-sing (Left at 4:45 p.m.) Mr SIU Tin-hung, Terence Mr NG Po-keung (Arrived at 4:26 p.m.) Mr PUN Kwok-wah

Secretary: Mr LEUNG Yun-lam, Gary Executive Officer (District Council) 2, Office Absent: Miss LEUNG Yuen-ting Dr the Hon LEUNG Mei-fun, Priscilla, SBS, JP

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In Attendance: Mr LEE Yau-hang, Benson Acting Senior Environmental Protection Officer (Regional East) 5, Environmental Protection Department Ms YUNG Suk-ching Acting Superintendent of Environmental Health, Kowloon City District, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Miss YUEN Piu-hing, Bibiana Senior Health Inspector (Hawker), Kowloon City District, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Mr LEE Pao-wan Deputy District Leisure Manager (Kowloon City), Leisure and Cultural Services Department Ms KWOK Lai-kuen, Eva Senior Executive Officer (District Management), Kowloon City District Office Mr YU Man-chun, Jeff Executive Officer I (District Management), Kowloon City District Office Attendance by Invitation: Item 3 Mr WONG Chi-yu Police Community Relations Officer (Kowloon City District), Police Force Ms CHAN Yuen-kau Operations Support Sub-Unit Commander (), Hong Kong Police Force Mr TSE Ka-lun Operations Support Sub-Unit Commander (Kowloon City), Hong Kong Police Force Mr PONG Wing-ho Assistant Police Community Relations Officer (Kowloon City District), Hong Kong Police Force Ms LUK Siu-yu, Cathy Principal Estate Officer/Kowloon West (South), District Lands Office, Kowloon West Mr CHENG Kwok-wing Senior Estate Officer/Control/ Kowloon South, District Lands - 3 -

Office, Kowloon West Item 5 Dr Albert LO Cluster Chief Executive, Kowloon Central Cluster, Hospital Authority Dr HO Hiu-fai Deputy Chief Executive (Professional Services), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority Item 6 Dr HO Hiu-fai Deputy Chief Executive (Professional Services), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority Ms LEUNG Lai-wah Department Operations Manager, Ambulatory Care Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority Ms LEE Wai-man Senior Manager (Communications and Secretariat), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority Item 14 Mr WONG Chi-yu Police Community Relations Officer (Kowloon City District), Hong Kong Police Force Ms CHAN Yuen-kau Operations Support Sub-Unit Commander (Hung Hom), Hong Kong Police Force Mr TSE Ka-lun Operations Support Sub-Unit Commander (Kowloon City), Hong Kong Police Force Mr PONG Wing-ho Assistant Police Community Relations Officer (Kowloon City District), Hong Kong Police Force Item 15 Mr KWOK Chi-kuen, Kenley Senior Engineer/Kowloon and South New Territories 5, Drainage Services Department Item 16 Mr KWOK Chi-kuen, Kenley Senior Engineer/Kowloon and South New Territories 5, Drainage Services Department Mr HO Chuen-yan, Robert Engineer/Kowloon 3, Drainage Services Department Item 19 Mr LAW Lok-fai, Edwin Architect (Works) 4, Home - 4 -

Affairs Department Mr LEE Chun-man Architect, Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd

Mr KWOK Ho-wing Assistant Architect, Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd Mr WONG Ka-chun Assistant Engineer, Wong & Ouyang (Building Services) Ltd Mr TAM Chung-yiu Assistant Engineer, Meinhardt (C&S) limited

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Opening Remarks

The Vice-chairman said that the Chairman would be able to attend the meeting only later on as he had some other commitments. According to Order 35(3) of the Standing Orders of the Kowloon City District Council (Standing Orders), he would chair the meeting during the Chairman’s temporary absence.

2. The Vice-chairman welcomed Members and representatives of government departments to the meeting. Prior to discussion of agenda items, the Vice-chairman reminded Members that if matters to be discussed later on came into conflict with their personal interests such as ownership of property, occupation or investment, the Member should declare the matter before discussion, so that the Vice-chairman could decide whether to request the Member concerned to withdraw from the meeting when discussion or voting was conducted. In addition, according to Order 36(2) of the Standing Orders, the quorum of the committee meeting was half the number of Members. As there were 23 Members in the Food and Environmental Hygiene Committee (FEHC), the Vice-chairman would terminate discussion if and when the number of Members present was less than 12. In addition, the Secretariat had received a written notification from Miss LEUNG Yuen-ting that she could not attend the meeting due to other commitments.

Confirmation of Minutes of Last Meeting

3. The Vice-chairman announced that the minutes of the 6th meeting were unanimously confirmed without amendment by FEHC. - 5 -

New Acute General Hospital in Area (Paper No. 98/16)

4. The Vice-chairman said that the representatives of the Hospital Authority (HA) would have other commitments. After consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 5 would be discussed first.

5. Dr Albert LO, Cluster Chief Executive of Kowloon Central Cluster and Dr HO Hiu-fai, Deputy Hospital Chief Executive (Professional Services) of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) of HA introduced the Paper.

6. Mr HE Huahan raised opinions as follows:

(i) at present, there was only one road connecting Kai Tak General Hospital. With the gradual development of Kai Tak Development Area (KTDA) and completion of various housing estates, the traffic there would become more congested and delay would be caused to ambulances carrying the injured and the sick to the hospital. He queried whether departments concerned had conducted a traffic assessment in that respect. He also proposed the construction of a pier and a ferry line near Kai Tak General Hospital to ease the traffic flow on land; and

(ii) the distance for residents of Kowloon City to travel to Kai Tak General Hospital was long, but the Department had yet explained the relevant transport arrangements. He pointed out that the long distance could hinder members of the public from going to the hospital and lead to its low usage rate.

7. Dr KWONG Po-yin declared that she was a member of staff of Kowloon East Cluster of HA, and raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) she enquired the transitional arrangements of the opening of Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH) to the opening of Kai Tak General Hospital in 2024;

(ii) the areas served by Kai Tak General Hospital would increase dramatically and the Development Bureau had recently announced that another ten thousands population would be housed in KTDA. However, the new - 6 -

hospital would accommodate only 300 hospital beds more than QEH. She queried that it would not be able to meet the demand of the community. She proposed that the Bureau should request the most up-to-date data from departments concerned when it conducted planning;

(iii) she asked if the old site of QEH would be retained for medical and health usage after the commissioning of Kai Tak General Hospital; and

(iv) she enquired if the number of beds in Intensive Care Unit would be increased.

8. Mr YANG Wing-kit raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) the traveling distance for Kowloon City residents to go to Kai Tak General Hospital was long and thus he requested the departments concerned to provide corresponding transport facilities so that they could arrive there by bus or minibus;

(ii) the service area of Kai Tak General Hospital would be dramatically increased. He queried whether 2 400 beds would be adequate to meet the demand of the public; and

(iii) he enquired what new services would be provided in Kai Tak General Hospital.

9. The Hon Starry LEE raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) as Hong Kong’s population was aging, and that the service area of Kai Tak General Hospital also increased, she worried that the number of beds might not be able to meet the demand of residents in the district;

(ii) she was concerned that during the reconstruction/extension of various hospitals of Kowloon Central Cluster, the number of beds that could be used in the district would decrease temporarily; and

(iii) she enquired what new services would be provided in Kai Tak General Hospital.

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10. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) he queried whether it was necessary to build a helipad at Kai Tak General Hospital;

(ii) he enquired the use of site of QEH after it was moved to Kai Tak General Hospital. He pointed out that if the site was to be used for property development, the long term medical development of the district would be seriously affected; and

(iii) he enquired whether Chinese medicine or other medical services would be provided in Kai Tak General Hospital and whether medical research facilities would also be installed.

11. Mr PUN Kwok-wah welcomed HA’s construction of hospital at Kai Tak, and raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) the service area of Kai Tak General Hospital was wide and thus he enquired whether its facilities and number of beds would be able to meet the population growth in the district and the expanded scope of service;

(ii) he was concerned that medical and health staff might not be able to meet the upgrading of facilities. He thus enquired the training programme for medical and health personnel;

(iii) residents of the district hoped that there would be a new hospital rather than relocating QEH to Kai Tak. As such, it was hoped that the site of QEH would be retained for medical and health usage; and

(iv) he enquired whether departments concerned had conducted an environmental assessment in respect of setting up a helipad at Kai Tak General Hospital. He was also concerned that residents in the vicinity might object to the proposal.

12. The Chairman raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) he enquired the cost estimates of Kai Tak General Hospital;

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(ii) in view of the population growth of KTDA and the aging of population of Hong Kong as a whole, enhancement of medical and health services could not be achieved simply by moving the services of QEH to Kai Tak General Hospital. He thus requested the Government to retain the original site of QEH for medical and health usage; and

(iii) he enquired that after the commissioning of Kai Tak General Hospital, whether the departments concerned would re-demarcate the operational divisions for ambulances so that the injured and the sick could be transported to nearby hospitals.

13. Dr Albert LO and Dr HO Hiu-fai of HA gave a consolidated response as follows:

(i) there were specific departments in the headquarters of HA which conducted long term medical planning according to the most recent statistics provided by the Census and Statistics Department. Apart from the 2 400 beds provided by Kai Tak General Hospital, Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital would respectively have 130 and 300 additional beds upon redevelopment. Taking into account the completion of HKCH, HA was confident that the Kowloon Central Cluster would be able to meet the need for medical services in the future dozen years or more;

(ii) HA had all along hoped that the existing site of QEH would be retained for developing public health services and negotiation on the issue was being conducted with the Government. If there was further information, HA would report it to the Kowloon City District Council (KCDC);

(iii) HKCH mainly provided pediatrics specialty service, but not accident and emergency services. When HKCH was completed in 2018, QEH would still provide pediatric service. For arrangements after the commissioning of Kai Tak General Hospital, further discussions would be needed;

(iv) apart from travelling via Cheung Yip Street, vehicles coming from Kwun Tong could arrive at Kai Tak General Hospital via Kai Fuk Road in future. Vehicles coming from Kowloon West could make use of Central Kowloon Route, whereas those from Kowloon City could travel via South Apron of the old airport and Shing Fung Road. As far as HA understood it, there would be buses and minibuses connecting Kai Tak General Hospital in - 9 -

future. As Kai Tak General Hospital would serve a large area, HA hoped that the terminus could be set up at the main building to shorten the walking distance of visitors after alighting from buses and minibuses. However, the final routes and the location of the terminus would be left to the decision of relevant departments such as the Transport Department (TD). HA was aware of the Members’ concerns of transportation ancillary facilities and would relay them to the relevant departments;

(v) according to the information HA had in hand, the relevant departments so far did not have any intention to connect Kai Tak General Hospital by sea;

(vi) HA had the intention to build a helipad at Kai Tak General Hospital. However, the departments concerned had very strict requirements in that respect. In addition, as residences would be built in the vicinity and there were worries that members of the public would be affected, its feasibility was yet to be explored;

(vii) a trauma centre would be set up at Kai Tak General Hospital and hyperbaric oxygen therapy services would be provided. In addition, an oncology centre would also be set up and medicine would be produced for patients’ use. Most of the services in the existing QEH would be moved to Kai Tak General Hospital;

(viii) there would be 34 beds in the Intensive Care Unit of Kai Tak General Hospital, representing an increase of 30% than that of QEH;

(ix) HA was planning to set up a Chinese Medicine Hospital at Tseung Kwan O. As such, it would not focus on developing Chinese medicine service at Kai Tak General Hospital;

(x) after setting up Kai Tak General Hospital, not only the number of clinics would be increased, the streaming arrangements of patients would also be improved. If there was an adequate amount of medical and health staff to tie in with the plan, the waiting time of patients would be shortened as well;

(xi) according to the most recent estimates, the construction cost of Kai Tak General Hospital would exceed $50 billion;

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(xii) if a hospital was too enormous, there would be difficulties in actual operation. Therefore, if there was a need to further increase facilities and medical service, a more suitable way of handling the issue was to increase the number of beds in nearby hospitals;

(xiii) the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) would later publish a report on the plan of future training of medical and health staff in Hong Kong; and

(xiv) FHB all along had maintained liaison with Fire Services Department (FSD) on the arrangements of ambulances. Generally speaking, FSD would conduct road trial and assessment on distance. It would also make corresponding adjustments to the demarcation of ambulance divisions after the completion and commissioning of new hospitals. At present, many roads in KTDA had yet been completed. Thus FSD would only be able to conduct testing and assessment in due course.

14. The Chairman concluded and hoped that HA would seriously take into account Members’ opinions and report to KCDC of the most recent development in due course.

Completion of the Ambulatory Care Centre (New Wing) of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Its Service Introduction (Paper No. 99/16)

15. The Chairman said that as the representatives of HA would also participate in the discussion of agenda item no.6, after consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 6 would be discussed first.

16. Ms LEUNG Lai-wah, Department Operations Manager of Ambulatory Care Centre of HA introduced the Paper.

17. Mr HO Hin-ming said that there was a serious shortage of parking spaces for visitors at QEH. He thus enquired whether the newly constructed Ambulatory Care Centre (New Wing) of QEH (ACC (NW)) would have adequate parking spaces for visitors.

18. The Chairman gave opinions as follows:

(i) as the Specialist Out-patient Clinic at Yau Ma Tei would be relocated to the newly constructed ACC, whereas the Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club General - 11 -

Out-patient Clinic would remain in its existing location, he was concerned that it would be inconvenient for patients of General Out-patient Clinic when they were referred to the Specialist Out-patient Clinic and when they made appointments. In this regard, he proposed that HA should deploy additional facilities and staff at Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club General Out-patient Clinic to assist patients to make appointments, in particular elders who did not know how to make use of the mobile app of BookHA; and

(ii) while HA improved its facilities and rolled out new services, its medical and health manpower should also increase at the same time. Only in such a way could the quality of service and the waiting time be improved.

19. The representative of HA , in response, replied as follows:

(i) at present, there were 20 parking spaces for visitors at Block S Administrative Building of QEH. For the newly constructed ACC (NW) there would be an additional 31 hourly parking spaces;

(ii) doctors at Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club General Out-patient Clinic would refer patients with needs to other specialist clinics (such as Medicine, Surgery or Orthopedics). At ACC (NW), there was only Ear, Nose and Throat specialist clinic. Staff at General Out-patient Clinic would assist patients (in particular elders) with such a need to use the mobile app of BookHA or facsimile to save patient’s trouble of going to make appointment in person; and

(iii) the newly constructed ACC (NW) had extended renal dialysis facilities and HA had planned to add more staff correspondingly.

20. The Chairman concluded that Members welcomed the completion of ACC (New Wing) for the purpose of providing medical services of a better quality for members of the public.

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Matters Arising: Concern over the Situation in the Kowloon City District after the Implementation of the fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance (Paper No. 91/16)

21. The Chairman said that the representatives of the Lands Department (LandsD) and the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) had arrived, after consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 3 would be discussed first. The Chairman said that the agenda item was listed as matters arising at the previous meeting and the departments concerned were requested to make report on the most recent situation.

22. Ms YUNG Suk-ching, District Superintendent of Environmental Health (Kowloon City) (Atg) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that since the implementation of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance on 24 September 2016, the Department had issued 101 fixed penalty tickets in Kowloon City district. At present, the law enforcement process was on the whole smooth and that shops in the districts were mostly law-abiding. However, the Department recently received reports from members of the public that some shops obstructed the streets at night. As such, the Department would arrange law enforcement actions at night in future.

23. Mr WONG Chi-yu, Police Community Relations Officer (Kowloon City District) of HKPF made a report and the main points were summarized as follows:

(i) after the implementation of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance, the Police had taken joint actions with FEHD. In those joint actions, apart from assisting FEHD in its law enforcement actions, the Police had instituted 100 prosecutions of traffic violations. In addition, the Police had issued 16 summons in respect of shop front obstructions in accordance with situations;

(ii) shops prosecuted in form of summons would be imposed a penalty by the court according to the case details. For cases that were particularly serious, the court could impose a fine of more than $1,500. Thus, it was difficult to define which kind of prosecution would place a heavier penalty; and

(iii) after the previous meeting, he had conveyed the opinions of the Chairman and those of Members in respect of methods of prosecution to the relevant sections of the Police Headquarters. As far as he understood, the Police Headquarters and the Headquarters of FEHD were discussing and reviewing - 13 -

relevant law enforcement mechanisms.

24. Ms Cathy LUK, Principal Estate Officer/Kowloon West (South) of the District Lands Office, Kowloon West said that according to division of duties among departments, the Lands Office would deal with fixed and independent platforms in front of shops. Upon receiving complaints, the Lands Office would deploy staff to conduct on-site inspection, and matters would be dealt with according to order of priority. Since the cancellation of tolerated areas in Kowloon City District to date, the Lands Office received 19 relevant complaints in Kowloon City District, two of which involved extension of shop structure and were referred to the Buildings Department for follow up. In five other cases, platforms had been removed after the Lands Office took land control action. In six other cases, the Lands Office was discussing joint action with the Highways Department (HyD).

25. Dr KWONG Po-yin raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) FEHD did not clearly inform shops their criteria for law enforcement and shops were confused;

(ii) the criteria of law enforcement of FEHD were not uniformed. Shops reflected to her that the next shop who equally placed goods in front of shops were not prosecuted by the Department; and

(iii) in Whampoa district some property agents placed A-shaped advertisement boards in the middle of the pavements showing information of property on sale. She enquired whether these acts were regarded as shop front obstruction and requested that the Department should follow up.

26. Mr Roger KWAN raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) shops in District often sold their goods at the pavement in the evening so as to sell out the stock of the day as soon as possible. He requested the departments concerned to be mindful and follow up on the matter;

(ii) he enquired whether the fixed penalty ticket system was applicable to goods placed on the road in front of the shop;

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obstruction dealt with by Police summons. He was concerned that if the fine was too low, the effects of law enforcement would be compromised;

(iv) he enquired the timetable of LandsD in dealing with shop front platform in the district; and

(v) he received many complaints from residents that during Lunar New Year, shop front obstruction was very serious in To Kwa Wan District (the vicinity of Ha Heung Road in particular). The situation could be so bad that strollers could not be moved through. However, relevant departments did not deal with the problem there and then. He urged the departments concerned to step up law enforcement during the upcoming Lunar New Year period.

27. Mr LAM Tak-shing raised opinions as follows:

(i) many shops in the district did not understand the criteria of law enforcement. Hence, it was hoped that the departments concerned would communicate with shops regularly so that they well understood the criteria and requirements; and

(ii) shops in Hung Hom old areas (such as Wuhu Street and Lo Lung Hang Street) placed light boxes and other miscellaneous items (including motorcycles, floral plagues, flower baskets, New Year tangerine, daffodils, cats’ cages etc.) outside their shops, but the departments concerned did not deal with them for a long time. In that respect, he enquired whether the placement of those articles in public places constituted shop front obstruction. He also hoped that apart from dealing with shop front obstruction blackspots in the district, relevant departments would pay attention to the situation in Hung Hom old areas.

28. Mr HO Hin-ming pointed out that promotional leaflets were posted onto lampposts and traffic light posts in District, which hindered drivers from watching traffic lights. He commented that the leaflets had contacts of property companies or agents printed on them, but the departments concerned failed to deal with the issue effectively over the years.

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(i) after the implementation of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance, the situation of shop front obstruction in Hung Hom district had improved and he expressed appreciation to the departments concerned;

(ii) with the opening of Whampoa MTR Station, the number of pedestrians in the district increased. Some people would consume food in front of restaurants, which might also set up posts outside their shops for clients to queue up. He pointed out that the gathering of people outside restaurants would block the road and he hoped that the departments concerned would be mindful;

(iii) some shops would place A-shaped advertisement boards outside their shops or hang banners on lamp posts. He hoped that the departments concerned would advise or take law enforcement actions against some serious cases; and

(iv) in conducting law enforcement, the departments concerned should communicate more with Members and shops so as to arrive at a law enforcement format acceptable to all sides.

30. Mr LAI Kwong-wai raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) some shops did not well understand the Department’s law enforcement criteria, and thus misunderstandings and disputes occurred. In view of this, it was hoped that departments concerned would make a detailed explanation to shops;

(ii) some cooked food stalls placed large amount of goods near the stalls and blocked the pavements. He thus enquired whether the fixed penalty ticket system was applicable to cooked food stalls; and

(iii) many new buildings were completed in To Kwa Wan District recently and many property agents in the area often placed A-shaped advertisement boards in the middle of pavements. These advertisement boards bore the names of the property agents on them. He hoped the departments concerned could follow up immediately.

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31. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD gave a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) with regard to the case mentioned by Dr KWONG Po-yin, according to the Department’s records, adjacent shops had also been prosecuted by the Department;

(ii) after repeated advice by the Department, relevant shops did not place miscellaneous articles in the vicinity of the shops any more;

(iii) the Department regularly deployed staff to clear A-shaped advertisement boards, posters and various kinds of commercial advertisements in the district. However, staff were mainly deployed to implement shop front obstruction fixed penalty and relevant law enforcement recently. The Department later would review the strategy and deploy staff to step up clearance;

(iv) the Department would co-operate with Kowloon City District Office (KCDO) to conduct relevant publicity activities before Lunar New Year. Shops would understand the criteria of law enforcement through education;

(v) if Members found that fixed hawker stalls operated business outside its licensed area, they could inform the Department to take law enforcement action;

(vi) for lightboxes, A-shaped advertisement boards and banners that hindered the Department’s cleansing of the streets, the Department could issue notifications to demand their removal. If the owners did not comply, the Department could remove them;

(vii) in November 2016, the Department and LandsD conducted two joint actions against shop front platforms. In those joint actions, the Department issued notifications in respect of movable platforms in front of shops, and relevant shops immediately cleared the rubbish underneath. The Department would request KCDO to arrange regular actions to clear shop front platforms in future; and

(viii) at present, there were many vacancies in the FEHD frontline. As there was inadequate manpower, the Department would have to arrange law - 17 -

enforcement actions in order of priority;

32. Mr WONG Chi-yu of HKPF made a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) as it would take time for the courts to deal with the cases, no verdict had been delivered to the 16 summons issued by the Police mentioned previously;

(ii) the Police was willing to co-operate with FEHD to conduct joint actions at the evening or at night; and

(iii) FEHD could handle articles placed on the roads in accordance with law.

33. The Chairman said that since the implementation of the Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness and Obstruction) Ordinance, the shop front obstruction situation in the District was improved. On behalf of FEHC, he expressed appreciation to relevant departments. At the same time, he pointed out that during Lunar New Year, the issue of shop front obstruction would become particularly serious. He hoped that the departments concerned could take joint actions during Lunar New Year, and conduct publicity and issue advice letters before the actions so that shops would learn of the action beforehand.

34. Miss Bibiana YUEN, Senior Health Inspector (Hawker)/Kowloon City District of FEHD responded that, in the past, the Department took joint actions with the Police at shop front obstruction blackspots in the District before Lunar New Year. It would continue to take joint actions again at shop front obstruction blackspots in the District before Lunar New Year. However, as the Department would maintain the lowest level of manpower during Lunar New Year, it could only conduct law enforcement by patrol. If and when manpower allowed, staff would be deployed to handle situation as soon as possible.

35. Mr WONG Chi-yu of HKPF said that the Police would take joint action with FEHD in response to shop front obstruction situation in the District.

36. Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong proposed that, in the name of FEHC, letters be sent to FEHD, HKPF, Home Affairs Department (HAD) and LandsD to appreciate their efforts and achievements in tackling the issue of shop front obstruction.

37. The Chairman, after consulting members, announced that no further discussion was needed on the agenda item and that letters would be sent in the name of FEHC to FEHD, - 18 -

HKPF, HAD and LandsD to appreciate their efforts and results gained in tackling the issue of shop front obstruction. Besides, he opined that the message of continuing law enforcement should be included in the letter.

(Post-meeting note: the Chairman issued letters to FEHD, HKPF, HAD and LandsD after the meeting to appreciate their contribution in that respect and they were encouraged to continue their law enforcement in the District.)

Noise Nuisance Caused by Individual Shops in Whampoa Estate to Residents during Late Night and Early Morning Hours (Paper No. 107/16)

38. The Chairman said that the representatives of HKPF would also participate in the discussion of agenda item no. 14. After consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 14 would be discussed first.

39. Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong introduced the paper.

40. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD gave a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) upon receiving the Paper, the Department had deployed staff to conduct inspection in early morning to the restaurant described in the paper. The person responsible for the restaurant was immediately prosecuted and he was warned that no noise nuisance should be caused; and

(ii) the person responsible for the food wholesale market in Dock Street had been reminded that he should pay attention to and consider changing the time for loading and unloading of goods.

41. Mr WONG Chi-yu of HKPF responded as follows:

(i) in March 2016, the Police received a report of a restaurant selling liquor without a licence as described in the FEHD referral paper. After investigation and observation for six months, it had yet been found to be selling liquor without a licence. On the other hand, from October to December, the Police received 11 complaints against the shop for obstruction and noise nuisance. The Police had deployed officers to deal with the matter there and then issued verbal warnings to the person - 19 -

responsible for the shop; and

(ii) with regard to the noise nuisance created by shops loading and unloading in early morning at Dock Street, the Police received relevant reports from members of the public in November 2016. The Police had deployed officers to the spot to understand the situation, and issued verbal warnings to the person responsible for the shop. The Police would continue to monitor the situation.

Funding Application for District Minor Works – “Construction of Covered Walkway at Hung Hom Road (Paper No. 112/16)

42. The Chairman said that the representative of the works consultant had arrived. After consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 19 would be discussed first.

43. Mr Jeff YU, Executive Officer I (District Management) of KCDO introduced the paper.

44. Mr LEE Chun-man, Architect of Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd., briefly introduced the progress and overall design of the project.

45. Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong said that the proposed cover for the walkway was mainly for the use of residents of Hung Hom Estate. However, he concurred with the proposal of the Advisory Committee on the Appearance of Bridges and Associated Structure (the Advisory Committee) to connect the walkway’s cover to Hung Hom Estate. In addition, he opined that after the installation of aluminium panels, the walkway’s cover would become more secured. As such, he supported Option 4.

46. The Chairman declared that he was the Member of the area of Hung Hom Estate, and raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) he supported the connection of the cover of the walkway to Hung Hom Estate so that a large number of residents would be benefited;

(ii) he enquired whether the cost estimates in the paper were preliminary estimates and supplementary provisions would be applied in due course;

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life expectancy of the walkway was prolonged;

(iv) apart from using colours of local features, the design of the walkway should incorporate the distinctive characteristics of Kowloon City; and

(v) he enquired whether the plastic sheets of the walkway’s cover could effectively keep out sunshine;

47. Dr KWONG Po-yin opined that the cost estimates of $500,000 for the installation of a three-metre walkway cover extension connecting Hung Hom Estate was too expensive.

48. Mr CHO Wui-hung enquired if the works were approved, there would be adequate funds for implementing other minor works in the District.

49. Mr Jeff YU of KCDO gave a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) the estimated cost mentioned in the Paper was preliminary estimates. The actual cost would not be available until tendering was completed. If the final estimated cost did not exceed the provisions by 40%, KCDO would inform KCDC of the cost estimate. If the extra amount required exceeded 40%, the application for supplementary provision would be submitted to KCDC for approval;

(ii) according to experience, the installation of aluminium panels could reduce the number of plastic sheets required to be changed due to aging. If aluminium panels were not used, dark colour plastic sheets should be used and the overall feeling was shadowy. However, he reiterated that KCDO did not take a stand in the matter;

(iii) if it was decided that no aluminium panels was to be installed, the estimated cost of three-metre extra walkway cover connecting Hung Hom Estate was about $200,000; and

(iv) the provisions for district minor works for Kowloon City district for the current year was $14,795,000, whereas the amount of commitments was around $44,000,000. After the endorsement of the project at issue, Kowloon City District still had several million dollars for implementation of other district minor works projects. - 21 -

50. Mr LEE Chun-man, Architect of Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd. made a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) installation of aluminium panels would not only give people a sense of layering, but it would make people feel brighter. If aluminium panels were not used, darker plastic sheets had to be used to keep out the sunshine. When it was cloudy, the walkway would be darker; and

(ii) orange colour was well-matched with the surrounding colours and it complemented with the colours of the emblem of Kowloon City. He said that he would consider to incorporate more local features of Kowloon City into the design.

51. The Chairman, after consulting Members, announced that a secret ballot would be conducted by show of hands. The results of voting were as follows:

Option 1：0 vote Option 2：0 vote Option 3：0 vote Option 4：5 votes Abstention: 7 votes

52. According to the results of voting, the Chairman announced that a funding of $1,366,000 was approved for the implementation of Option 4 in “Construction of Covered Walkway at Hung Hom Road”. The Department was requested to report the tendering situation and final design in due course.

53. Mr Jeff YU of KCDO said that KCDO would make a reply to the Advisory Committee according to the decision of FEHC (i.e. to use orange as the design colour and to revise the project to connect Hung Hom Estate). It would also continue relevant work according to the decisions of FEHC. If necessary, the District Office would consult Members timely in respect of the design of works.

Strong Request for Immediate Action on Backward Sewage Flows at (Paper No. 108/16)

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(DSD) had arrived, after consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 15 would be discussed first.

55. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming introduced the Paper on behalf of Dr. the Honourable Priscilla LEUNG. He opined that if the relevant restaurants did not pump away the sewage in the sewer manholes properly as required, the departments concerned should prosecute them. In addition, he proposed that the sewage manholes should be connected to a public sewerage system in order to resolve the issue thoroughly.

56. Mr Benson LEE, Senior Environmental Protection Officer (Regional E)5 (Atg) of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) said that after receiving the paper, the Department had deployed staff to conduct on-site inspection, during which no backward sewage flow was found. The Department would continue to follow up with FEHD and DSD. The restaurants concerned were requested to be mindful of the operation of its sewerage system and step up cleansing of those sewage manholes.

57. Mr YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD said that according to licensing conditions, the two restaurants located at Hung Hom Ferry Pier had the responsibility to clean the 5 sewage manholes outside their shops. After receiving the Paper, Department had deployed staff to conduct on-site inspection. It was believed that the issue was caused by restaurants’ failure to properly clean the grease traps and thoroughly pump away the sewage in the manholes. Persons responsible for the restaurants were reminded to clean the grease traps properly, and pump away the sewage thoroughly every time they cleaned the manholes.

58. Mr Kenley KWOK, Senior Engineer (Kowloon and South New Territories 5) of DSD said that the Department had conducted detailed examination to these sewage manholes and confirmed that apart from the toilets in the pier and the sewerage of the two restaurants, there was no other channels connected to them. The Department believed that the issue was caused by the restaurants concerned directly discharging oily sewage into the manholes.

(Post-meeting note: DSD said that as restaurants concerned had to properly deal with/ pump away the sewage in the manholes in accordance with the licensing conditions of Transport Department (TD), DSD had referred Members’ opinions of making prosecution to TD after the meeting and replied to the Secretariat.)

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Strong Request for Serious Action by the Drainage Services Department against the Flooding Problem at the Entrance of Kowloon Tong School at Surrey Lane (Paper No 109/16)

59. The Chairman said that the representatives of DSD would also take part in the discussion of agenda item no. 16. After consulting Members, he announced that agenda item no. 16 would be discussed first.

60. Mr TING Kin-wa introduced the paper.

61. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming declared that his daughter previously studied at Kowloon Tong School and that the flooding problem had persisted for more than a dozen years. At its worst, the pedestrian subway nearby was flooded. The problem continued until the present day, and the departments concerned were requested to deal with the issue seriously.

62. Mr Kenley KWOK of DSD said that the Department had conducted an on-site inspection with HyD in mid-2016. At that time, it was initially thought that the inlets were inadequate. Thus HyD immediately installed more inlets. However, during a storm in October, flooding still occurred. The Department thus conducted a review and study, and decided that drainage improvement works would be implemented. Rain water collected there would be partly diverged to other channels nearby in order to enhance the draining capability of the inlets at the location. The Department anticipated that relevant works could be substantially completed in December 2016.

(Post-meeting note: DSD said that relevant drainage improvement works had been completed on schedule.)

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The Responsibility of Cleaning the Connection Bridge after the Commissioning of the Kwun Tong Line Extension (Paper No 102/16) Request for the Relevant Departments to Strengthen Patrolling and Law Enforcement Efforts (Paper No. 103/16) Accumulation of Disused Articles underneath the East Kowloon Corridor (Paper No.104/16) Piling up of Refuse on Roadside Waiting for Collection (Paper No. 105/16) Strong Request for Regular Cleansing of the Pavements in Oi Man District (Paper No. 106/16)

63. The Chairman said that agenda items nos. 9 to 13 were all related to the problem of street cleansing. After consulting Members, he announced that the five agenda items would be discussed together first.

64. Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong introduced Paper No. 102/16.

65. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming introduced Paper No. 103/16.

66. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming introduced Paper No. 104/16 on behalf of Mr Jimmy LAM.

67. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming introduced Paper No. 105/16.

68. Mr NG Fan-kam introduced Paper No. 106/16.

69. Mr CHO Wui-hung raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) he enquired about the date of handover of the pedestrian footbridges with MTR Station;

(ii) he enquired which departments were responsible for cleansing after the pedestrian footbridges were handed over;

(iii) he proposed that rubbish bins be installed on the floor of the elevator; and

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(iv) the performance of the cleansing and street cleansing of the contractor of Ho Man Tin district of FEHD was sometimes not satisfactory. It was hoped that the Department would step up inspection and monitoring.

70. Mr HO Hin-ming raised opinions/enquiries as follows:

(i) the cleansing contractor of FEHD only washed the surface of the roads with water and did not clean the bird stool dirt with brush; and

(ii) the cleansing contractor of FEHD sometimes cleansed the streets frequently and on other occasions did not cleanse the streets for the whole week. He thus enquired whether timetables had been provided to the contractors for them to comply with.

71. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD gave a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) at present, there were many vacancies in FEHD frontline. As a result of limited manpower, the Department was only able to concentrate on hygienic blackspots in the District and might not be able to attend to the cleansing of some locations and;

(ii) the Department had taken over the section of footbridge from Chung Yi Street to Sheung Lok Street and the takeover procedures of the other parts would be completed at the end of December. Although at the current stage, the handover of the entire footbridge had yet been completed, the Department had begun cleansing and sweeping of the footbridges. Staff would be deployed to conduct inspection and follow up on the situation there;

(iii) the Department recently received a notification from KCDO that the Social Welfare Department and relevant social welfare agencies were providing assistance to a street sleeper underneath East Kowloon Corridor. The Department would discuss with KCDO in due course about arrangements of inter-departmental joint action to clear the miscellaneous articles there;

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rubbish on the streets for a long time. In addition, the Department would step up cleansing of these spots to keep the environment hygienic;

(v) with regard to the cleansing problem of Good Shepherd Street, the relevant cleansing contractor might have omitted some procedures. The Department would deploy staff to teach and supervise them. If their performance continued to fail to meet contract requirements, the Department would take action in accordance with contractual stipulations;

(vi) the Department did provide contractors with timetables for cleansing the streets. In special cases, the Department would request the contractors to alter the time of cleansing or arrange special cleansing. To facilitate Members’ supervision, the Department could provide Members with the timetables if necessary; and

(vii) if there was bird stool on the street, the contractor had to cleanse the street with diluted bleach.

Matters Arising: Addition of Channel Covers in Road (Paper No. 37/16)

72. The Secretary said that subsequent to the previous meeting, LandsD had been informed that it should pass the relevant information to the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). Later on, the Secretariat received a notification from LandsD that relevant information had been delivered to HKHS for follow up.

73. The Chairman said that relevant departments and HKHS had followed up on the matter. After consulting Members, he announced that no further discussion was needed on the agenda item was necessary.

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department – Issue of Hawker Licence o Unlicensed Tradesmen (Paper No. 97/16)

74. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD introduced the Paper.

75. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming raised enquiries as follows:

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(i) he enquired whether the Department would issue hawker licences only to those who had been registered in the 2009 survey; and

(ii) he enquired that according to relevant licensing conditions, whether licensee could hire an assistant and whether the relatives of the licensee could inherit the licence.

76. Mr Roger KWAN supported the licence application contained in the Paper. In addition, there were other tradesmen operating on the streets in the District. He hoped that the Department would be flexible in its handling with these tradesmen so that there was room for their survival.

77. Ir CHEUNG Yan-hong pointed out that tradesmen made their living by their own crafts. He queried the reason for the Department’ allowing them to hire assistants.

78. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD made a consolidated reply as follows:

(i) the licensing conditions of the licences recommended in the paper were the same as those in the existing licences. They were not inheritable or transferrable;

(ii) according to the longstanding policy of the Department, the licencee of a hawker licence was allowed to hire an assistant. The arrangement was applicable to tradesmen’s licences as well as to other types of hawkers licences;

(iii) the Department had an inspection and monitoring mechanism in place. If licensing conditions were found to be breached, the licence could be revoked; and

(iv) after the survey conducted in 2009, the Department had not found any new tradesmen on the street.

79. After consulting Members’ opinions, the Chairman announced that FEHC supported the licencing recommendations as set out in the paper.

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Request for Resolving the Problem of Rodent Infestation at (Paper No. 100/16)

80. The Chairman introduced the paper on behalf of Mr HO Hin-ming.

81. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming said that rodent infestation had occurred only in the vicinity of Ho Man Tin Estate. However, it recently spread to Kowloon Tong. He said that apart from publicity and education, FEHD should proactively conducted anti-rodent work.

82. Ms YUNG Suk-ching of FEHD said that upon receiving the paper, the Department had deployed staff to conduct inspection in the vicinity of Broadcast Drive and that traces of rodent were found at Phoenix Court. The Department had provided advice on rodent prevention to the building. It had also distributed posters to buildings nearby and posted posters in the vicinity so as to remind residents of the importance of rodent prevention and disinfestation. Works of rodent prevention and disinfestation had been carried out in the vicinity of Broadcast Drive, including placement of rat cages and baits, etc.

83. The Chairman said that FEHC had discussed the rodent issue of Kowloon City district many times. He hoped that the Department would step up anti-rodent work and consult relevant professionals so that improvement could be made at the earliest. He also requested the Department to explain the relevant situation to Mr HO Hin-ming after the meeting.

Excessive Emission of Dust from Chimneys of Laundries in Ching Long Shopping Centre (Paper No. 101/16)

84. Ir Dr CHENG Lee-ming introduced the Paper on behalf of Miss LEUNG Yuen-ting.

85. Mr Benson LEE of EPD said that upon receiving the Paper, the Department had deployed staff to conduct inspection to the laundries. During inspection, no dust or pungent gas were found to be emitted from the exhaust vents. The filter of the drying machine inside the laundry was proved to be operating normally. Persons responsible for the laundries were reminded to step up regular cleansing and proper maintenance of their drying machines and relevant air pollution control equipment, so as to ensure that no dust would be emitted when the drying machine was in operation and that nearby residences - 29 -

would not be affected. The Department would continue to monitor the situation of the laundries.

Initial Proposals for District Minor Works (Report on Site Inspection on 29 November 2016) (Paper No. 110/16)

86. Mr Jeff Yu of KCDO introduced the paper.

87. After consulting Members, the Chairman announced that items 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the District Minor Works were endorsed in principle.

Funding Application for District Minor Works - District Minor Works Projects with Site Inspections Conducted on 30 May 2016” (Paper No. 111/16)

88. Mr Jeff Yu of KCDO introduced the Paper.

89. After Consulting Members, the Chairman announced that $305,600 would be allocated from the provisions of the District Minor Works of FEHC for the implementation of three District Minor Works projects.

Any Other Business

90. The Chairman requested Members to peruse Information Paper No. 113/16 “Progress Report on District Minor Works in Kowloon City District in 2016-17”, which the Secretariat had delivered to Members on 7 December 2016 by email.

Date of Next Meeting

91. The Chairman announced that the next meeting would be held on 9 March 2017 (Thursday), and the deadline for submitting Papers would be 22 February 2017 (Wednesday). There being no other business, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 6:31 p.m.

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The minutes of this meeting were confirmed on 9 March 2017.

Chairman Secretary

Kowloon City District Council Secretariat February 2017