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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1985
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THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HEADQUARTERS) OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR PETER CHEUNG, EXPLAINED THAT HIRING CHARGES FOR FOOTBALL PITCHES HAD NOT BEEN REVISED SINCE JULY, 1977 AND THOSE FOR ATHLETIC TRACKS HAD NOT BEEN REVISED SINCE THE PLEASURE GROUNDS (NEW TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS CAME INTO OPERATION ON DECEMBER 1, 1972,
THE REVISED CHARGES, HE ADDED, ARE EXPECTED TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF ABOUT $8 760 IN 1985/86 AND $35 400 FROM 1986/87 ONWARDS.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE SUBSIDY TO HIRERS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 96 PER CENT TO 94 PER CENT IN 1986/87. FROM NOW ON, MR CHEUNG SAID, FEES WILL BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REVIEW.
AT THE MEETING, THE COUNCIL ALSO ENDORSED PROPOSAL TO HAVE SIX SPORTS GROUNDS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS LISTED UNDER THE PLEASURE GROUNDS (NEW TERRITORIES) REGULATIONS WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION BEFORE THESE SPORTS GROUNDS WERE BUILT.
THE SIX SPORTS GROUNDS ARE THE CHEUNG CHAU, KWAI CHUNG, SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN, SHA TIN, TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN AND THE WO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUNDS.
THE LISTING WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF RAISING MINIMUM HIRING CHARGES FOR THE SIX SPORTS GROUNDS FROM $50 TO $100 WHEN THE HIRER CHARGES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AN ADMISSION FEE.
DURING THE MEETING COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND, ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY WERE ALSO TOLD OF THE POLICIES AND AIMS OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON MATTERS RELATING TO RECREATION AND SPORTS PROMOTION, CAMPS AND WATER SPORTS CENTRES, OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND AMENITY AREAS AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT.
EARLIER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, THANKED THE RSD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR HAMMOND AND THE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT FOR THEIR WORK IN PREPARING 51 INFORMATION PAPERS OF VARIOUS TOPICS DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE COUNCIL'S OPERATION.
HE ADDED THAT IT WAS THROUGH DISCUSSIONS ON THESE PAPERS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICIES AND AIMS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
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