HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
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MR. RONNIE WONG MAN-CHIU, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:-
RESOLVED that the Pleasure Grounds (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-law 1992 be made under section 109 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.
He said (in English):- Mr. Chairman, as Chairman of the Recreation Select Committee, I rise on the motion standing in my name:
'RESOLVED that the Pleasure Grounds (Urban Council) (Amendment) By-law 1992 be made under section 109 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132.'
This amendment will enable new admission fees to take effect from 1 August. In April, Members of the Recreation and Finance Select Committee noted that the existing admission fees of tennis court were set two years ago whereas the operating costs have been gradually increasing. However, given the Council's policy of setting fees at affordable levels, it was decided that the hire charge for standard courts be increased by $4 per hour per court, the Centre Court by $8 and practice courts by $1 per half hour per court. Moreover, in order to encourage usage, concessionary rates were also approved. These arrangements will allow schools and subvented non-government organizations to use our standard courts at half the normal rates during non-peak hours.
It is estimated that this revision should reduce the overall operating deficit to about $13.88 million. And, the Council's subsidy for tennis courts will then be about 47%.
Against this background, Sir, I so move.
THE HON. MARVIN CHEUNG KIN-TUNG, Vice-Chairman OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE (in English):- Mr. Chairman, I would like to second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
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DR. LEUNG PING-CHUNG, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE, moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that this Council notes and supports the initial action taken by the Urban Services Department in its action against illegal restaurant extensions in the streets.'
He said (in English):- As Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee may I move the motion that this Council notes and supports the initial action taken by the Urban Services Department in its action against illegal restaurant extensions in the streets.
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