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LegCo Members meet with Eastern and North District Council members (with photos)
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The following is issued on behalf of the LegCo Secretariat:

     Members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) held meetings today (June 27) with members of the Eastern District Council and the North District Council respectively in Conference Room 1 and Conference Room 3 of the LegCo Complex to enable LegCo Members and District Council (DC) members to discuss and exchange views on matters of mutual interest.

     During the meeting with the Eastern District Council, LegCo Members discussed and exchanged views with DC members on the following issues: addressing the problem of growing number of street sleepers; problems of environmental hygiene and street obstruction; reviewing the policy of private street resumption and resolving private street problems; pollution of Aldrich Bay Typhoon Shelter; and reviewing and improving the hiring policy of community halls. The meeting was convened by Vincent Fang and attended by Wong Kwok-hing, Cyd Ho, Starry Lee, Cheung Kwok-che, Ip Kwok-him, Paul Tse, Frankie Yick, Yiu Si-wing, Dr Kenneth Chan, Chan Yuen-han, Kwok Wai-keung, Dr Lo Wai-kwok and Christopher Chung.

     As for the meeting with the North District Council, LegCo Members discussed and exchanged views with DC members on the following issues: matters relating to the provision of integrated community facilities and venues; request for additional resources for social services in North District; matters relating to the "New Territories East Cross-District Community Cultural Centre" Project; matters relating to the transport network and provision of parking facilities in North District; matters relating to the funding of the District Minor Works Programme and the human resources of the Works Section of North District Office; matters relating to safety factor of trees, tree risk management, and the clearance of wild trees on vacant Government land; and matters relating to bicycle parking. The meeting was convened by Dr Lau Wong-fat and attended by Jeffrey Lam, Ronny Tong, Starry Lee, Chan Hak-kan, Ip Kwok-him,  Leung Kwok-hung, James Tien, Steven Ho, Chan Chi-chuen, Chan Yuen-han and Tang Ka-piu.

Ends/Thursday, June 27, 2013
Issued at HKT 18:01

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