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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
MR LAM POINTED OUT THERE WAS AT PRESENT A WIDESPREAD DEMONSTRATED DEMAND FOR MORE LIBRARIES OF THE TRADITIONAL KIND IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE BOOK STOCK OF THE EXISTING LIBRARIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
HE SAID THE REVISED LIBRARY EXPANSION PROGRAMME CALLS FOR, OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. THE SETTING UP OF FOUR NEW DISTRICT LIBRARIES AND ONE ARTS LIBRARY, THE REPROVISIONING OF SEVEN DISTRICT LIBRARIES, THE PROVISION OF SIX SMALL LIBRARIES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK INTO A CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR HONG KONG ISLAND AND THE ACQUISITION OF SOME 1.2 MILLION ITEMS OF BOOKS AND AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY MATERIALS REPRESENTING AN EXPENDITURE OF $48.78 MILLION.
+THIS LIBRARIES EXPANSION PROGRAMME REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THE COUNCIL, AND THE LIBRARIES SELECT COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ADVISABLE TO DIVERT SCARCE FINANCIAL AND MANPOWER RESOURCES TO OTHER TYPES OF LIBRARIES SERVICES,+ HE SAID.
+ TOY LIBRARIES ARE BETTER CATERED FOR BY WELFARE OR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND I UNDERSTAND SOME AGENCIES DO PROVIDE PLAY TOY CORNERS IN THEIR CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES.+
HOWEVER, MR LAM SAID CHILDREN WERE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S ON-GOING LIBRARY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
+ IN ADDITION, INTELLECTUAL GAMES SUCH AS CHINESE CHESS, INTERNATIONAL CHESS, SCRABBLE, MASTERMIND, GO GAMES, ETC. AKE PROVIDED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL'S LIBRARIES, + HE ADDED.
OVERALL LAYOUT PLAN FOR KOWLOON PARK REVISED
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION TO THE CHINESE GARDEN IN KOWLOON PARK HAS BEEN DELAYED PRINCIPALLY BY THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOP SITES ALONG NATHAN ROAD WHICH SHARE A COMMON BOUNDARY WITH THE GARDEN EXTENSION SITE.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE, MR HOWARD YOUNG, QUESTIONS BY MR KWAN LIM-HO AT THE URBAN COUNCIL.
CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION
WHEN REPLYING TO MONTHLY MEETING OF THE
/MR YOUNG