MODERNE, MARUH 12, 1965
MRS ELLIOTT NOTED THAT THE EASTERN DISTRICT, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 489 000, IS NOW SERVED BY A DISTRICT LIBRARY IN COUNCIL PREMISES IN CHAT WAN AND TWO SMALL LIBRARIES, ONE IN COUNCIL PREMISES AT THE NORTH POINT MARKET BUILDING AND THE OTHER IN RENTED PREMISES IN TAI KOO SHING.
THE CHAI WAN LIBRARY WILL BE RETAINED AND REFURBISHED AS A PERMANENT DISTRICT LIBRARY AND THE ONE IN TAI KOO SHING WILL BE REPLACED BY A FULL SCALE DISTRICT LIBRARY AT THE QUARRY BAY UC COMPLEX IN 1987. THE NORTH POINT LIBRARY WILL ALSO BE KEPT TO SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICES OF THE DISTRICT LIBRARIES IN CHAI WAN AND QUARRY BAY.
TURNING TO WAN CHAI WHERE THERE ARE SOME 226 000 PEOPLE, MRS ELLIOTT SAID IT IS AT PRESENT SERVED BY A DISTRICT LIBRARY OF ABOUT 1 100 SQUARE METRES AND A SMALL LIBRARY, BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN RENTED PREMISES.
PLANS ARE IN HAND TO REPLACE THESE TWO INTERIM LIBRARIES BY A FULL SCALE DISTRICT LIBRARY AT THE LOCKHART ROAD UC COMPLEX IN 1986.
+ IT IS FELT THAT THE PLANNED PROVISION FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT AND WAN CHAI IS COMPARABLE TO THAT FOR THE OTHER EIGHT URBAN DISTRICTS, AND THERE ARE NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STATIC LIBRARIES IN SHAU KEI WAN AND CAUSEWAY BAY, MRS ELLIOTT ADDED.
COST-EFFECTIVENESS STRESSED IN STADIA MANAGEMENT
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TO FURTHER ENHANCE EFFICIENCY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 3 500-SEAT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AND THE 12 500-SEAT HONG KONG COLISEUM, A PROPOSAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN DRAWN UP TO POOL THEIR STAFF TO FORM ONE +STADIA OFFICE+.
THIS WILL NOT ONLY RESULT IN AN ANNUAL SAVING OF NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN STAFF COSTS AND BETTER DEPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER RESOURCES BETWEEN THE TWO VENUES BUT WILL ALSO ENABLE PLANNING OF MARKETING STRATEGY FOR BOTH STADIA.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF ENTERTAINMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN LAU, WHEN REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR SAMUEL WONG AT TODAY'S OPEN MEETING OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
/+THE CULTURAL