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AUDITORIUM WITH 400-500 SEATS WILL BE PROVIDED IN EACH OF THE FIVE URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NGAU CHI WAN, WESTERN, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AND HUNG ROM.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY MR FREDERICK FUNG, VICE BY AIMAN OF THE CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE, WHEN REPLYING TO QUESTIONE BY MR STEPHEN LAU AT THE COUNCIL'S OPEN MEETING TODAY.
MR FUNG ALSO TOLD THE MEETING THAT THE FEASIBILITY C PROVIDING CULTURAL CENTRES IN KWUN TONG AND EASTERN DISTRICT IS NOW BEING STUDIED AND THAT REPORTS ARE EXPE. TED TO BE READY FOR DISCUSSION BY HIS COMMITTEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
+THESE CULTURAL CENTRES UNDER PLANNING OR STUDY, COUPLED WITH EXISTING FACILITIES AND THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WILL PROVIDE AN EVEN SPREAD OF PERFORMIRA VENUES SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL URBAN DISTRICTS, + HE SAID,
+ THE ABOVE PLANS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE COUNCH'S DISTRICT WORKS PROGRAMME FOR REGULAR CONSULTATION VITS DISTRICT BOARDS.+
LIBRARY PLANS FOR EASTERN, WAN CHAI ******
THE URBAN COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE TWO DISTRICT LIBRARIES AND A SMALL LIBRARY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT AND A FULL SCALE DISTRICT LIBRARY FOR WAN CHAI, SAID MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR SHUM CHO1-SANG AT THE URBAN COUNCIL OPEN MEETING TODAY, MRS ELLIOTT POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANS ARE MAPPED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S POLICY TO PROVIDE A DISTRICT LIBRARY OF 1 500 SQUARE METRES FOR EVERY 200 000 PEOPLE.
+AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ALL PERMANENT LIBRARIES !! HOUSED IN COUNCIL BUILDINGS AND THE INTENTION I OUT INTERIM LIBRARIES IN RENTED PREMISES, + SHE