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     1        took it as evidence of the kind of thing we were having to
     2        put up with.
     3
     4   Q.   Have no fear, I do not assert you have a grudge against
     5        McDonald's.  You have come here because you have a campaign
     6        against environment/index.html">litter in the street.
     7        A.  Right.
     8
     9   Q.   I ask you again.  If you want to get what you perceive to
    10        be a serious problem "caused", the best thing is to have
    11        evidence and to show it to people, is it not?
    12        A.  Yes, or raise it at meetings which I did.
    13
    14   Q.   You know that you have a right under the law to stimulate
    15        the Council to do the job if it is not being done, do you
    16        not?
    17        A.  Yes.
    18
    19   Q.   Was the legal action which was contemplated, I forget when,
    20        by the Smith Street Residents Association -- maybe it was
    21        the Royal Hospital Ward Association, I cannot remember --
    22        was that contemplated against the Council or against
    23        McDonald's?
    24        A.  It was to get legal advice, but it referred to the bits
    25        that had been painted out, not to environment/index.html">litter.
    26
    27   Q.   I see, things like smells and noise and stuff like that?
    28        A.  Which we do not mention.
    29
    30   Q.   Late night closing, car doors and so on.  But you know of
    31        your rights at law, do you not, under the Environmental
    32        Protection Act to go to the Council and say, "This is a
    33        serious nuisance, you are not discharging your duties under
    34        the Act, get on and do it otherwise we will take you to
    35        court", you know about that?
    36        A.  Yes, but that was not the major issue.
    37
    38   Q.   I see.  Can we really say that this question of environment/index.html">litter,
    39        though no doubt in some sense is a concern, is not a major
    40        issue?  You say it was not the major issue?
    41        A.  It was not a major issue with Royal Avenue and Royal
    42        Hospital Wards, because each street has its own problems
    43        and priorities.  We happen to have some other ones than
    44        McDonald's.
    45
    46   Q.   I think you are telling us that the problem with environment/index.html">litter in
    47        Smith Street has persisted, sometimes as bad as that,
    48        sometimes not so bad, since the middle of 1992 or
    49        thereabouts, is that right?
    50        A.  Thereabouts. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Why then was it that not until 1994 you first went to 
    53        McDonald's to make a complaint about it?
    54        A.  Because I have got better things to do, if I may say
    55        so.
    56
    57   Q.   Again, this is again not an enquiry made from idle
    58        curiosity.  When you are sitting at your desk writing your
    59        military history, do you break for lunch?
    60        A.  No.

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