Supplementary to question No. 5
in the LegCo Meeting on 4.12.85
Mr. Lee Yu-tai:- Sir, can the Secretary for District Administration
inform this Council whether or not it is true that some community
centres are closed on Sundays when presumably most people will be free
to use their facilities? If the answer is yes, what are the reasons?
Secretary for District Administration:- Sir, it is true that not all
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the community centres are open days a week and this is due to staff
constraints. As I said in the last part of my answer, it is intended
to increase the manning scale in order to maximise utilisation of
community centres, for example, by having longer opening hours.
Mr. Lee Yu-tai:- Sir, for the purpose of maximising utilisation of
community centres, will the Secretary inform this Council whether
the new manning scale will include the community organisers temporarily
employed in 85/86?
Secretary for District Administration:- Sir, the supplementary provision
which has been sought will go a long way in meeting such a demand.
Mrs. Rosanna Tam:- Sir, with the disbandment of community work unit
in these community centres as a result of the transfer, will the
Government inform this Council whether the community work previously
handled by Social Welfare Department in these community centres is
now taken over by the CNTA and in what forms?