Question 6.
MR. NGAI : Sir, will Government tell us what criteria
are used
community centres ?
rate of some of the centres indicate that the
to determine the number and location of the
The relatively low utilisation
may
criteria
Land
need to be reviewed
may not be
appropriate
and adjusted ?
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION :
of the relatively low utilisation rate of
Sir, the reason
a small number of community centres is the lack
of air-conditioning or bad design. The great
majority of the community centres are modern and they are well planned and very well utilised.
2.
MRS. NG (in Cantonese)
:
of the community centres,
When you examine the
utilisation rate have you considered the location of the centres?
located
Some centres are in
very remote areas, their environment may be very
poor and the street lighting dim. Since most activities are
and
to such centres.
held in the evening because of the security problems, many people therefore refrain from going Have you looked into
this aspect please?
have
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION : Sir, as I mentioned, the
our
indicate that
results of survey even the 10 community centres referred to
are
well
utilised
in
the
afternoon, and
for
some centres the utilisation rate is between 50 and 96
Although some are not fully utilised, because of
per cent.
lack of air-conditioning,
they
are
not as bad
as generally thought.