Provision of Community Centre Facilities
Social Welfare Appendix (5)
Year
1972/73
1977/78
1978/79
1979/80
1980/81
1981/82
1982/83Ń
1983/84 1984/85 1985/86
1.
Community Centres
12
17
18
20
25
28
30
32
34
36
2.
Estate Community Centres
6
8
8
12
12
13
14
15
16
17
3.
Community Halls
0
8
13
14
18
24
26
29
32
35
4. Youth Centres
77
108
121
132
143
154
165
174
185
196
5. Children's Centres
72
99
110
121
132
143
154
165
176
187
The standards laid down in 1973 are:-
(i) 1 community hall for 20,000 to 50,000 population in public housing, estates;
1 estate community centre (formerly called estate welfare building) for over 50,000 population in public housing estates; and 1 community centre for 100,000 population not covered by a community hall or an estate community centre;
(ii) one children's service unit and one youth service unit for every 20,000
population;
(iii) in rural areas which have a population of less then 20,000 community centre
facilities should be provided on an appropriate scale.