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Indoor Games Halls : Part I of the Schedule to the Pleasure Grounds (New Territories) Regulations prescribe fees which vary according to the time of sessions of either 1 or 2 hours during which the facilities in indoor games halls may be hired. The sessional structure which has been thus prescribed by
by the Regulations was suitable for the earliest games halls built in the urban areas but has since been found unsuitable and too rigid. The Urban Council in June 1984 introduced a revised and simplified charging system for its indoor games halls, aimed at giving greater flexibility in allocating the facilities and maximising their use. The Provisional Regional Council has agreed that the charging system for indoor games halls managed by the Regional Services Department should be similarly reformed to enable new booking procedures to be introduced.
Proposals
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Annex C sets out the existing and proposed scale of fees for public swimming pools, tennis and squash courts and indoor games halls in the New Territories.
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Having regard to the general aim described in paragraph 3 above, it is not always possible to recoup all operating expenses; to do so would in some cases result in unacceptably high fees much higher than those set by the Urban Council for similar facilities in the urban areas. In the case of public swimming pools, tennis and squash courts and indoor games halls, it is proposed to apply the same fees as are at present in use and apparently acceptable in the urban areas, resulting in subsidy levels as follows :-
Subsidy Level
(a) public swimming pools
79.6%
(b) public tennis courts
62.0%
(c) public squash courts
51.0%
(a)
indoor games halls
81.9%