UMELCO
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CBE, JP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - 12.3.86
Urban Council (Amendment) Bill 1986
Sir,
I wish to support this Bill which will enable the Urban Council in future to organize or sponsor cultural and sports activities in the Jubilee Sports Centre and other venues in the New Territories for the four million residents living in the urban area.
Under the new Ordinance, it will also be possible for the new Regional Council and the Urban Council to jointly co-operate in sponsoring sports and cultural programmes, either in the New Territories or the urban area, and also in building and operating facilities such as a staff training centre.
Arrangements such as these provided under the new Ordinance are very desirable in order to provide comprehensive recreational, cultural and other municipal services for the Hong Kong public, bearing in mind the need to be cost effective.
The Urban Council will also be empowered to support or sponsor worthwhile cultural or sports projects involving local participants who may have to perform outside of Hong Kong.
UMELCO