WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1986
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MORE HALLS TO HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO EXTEND AIR-CONDITIONING, IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IN COMMUNITY HALLS MANAGED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, MR LIAO SAID THERE WERE COMMUNITY HALLS MANAGED BY EITHER THE GOVERNMENT OR OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN ALL 19 DISTRICTS EXCEPT WAN CHAI AND ISLANDS.
+PLANS ARE ALREADY IN HAND TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY HALL FACILITIES IN THESE TWO DISTRICTS,+ HE SAID.
MR LIAO SAID THE AVERAGE UTILISATION RATE OF THE COMMUNITY HALLS VARIED.
+DURING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS SINCE THE CNTA TOOK OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY HALL FACILITIES IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE OVERALL AVERAGE UTILISATION RATE OF THESE HALLS WAS ABOUT 46 PER CENT, HE SAID.
+THIS UTILISATION RATE WAS WORKED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE COMMUNITY HALLS UNDER CNTA MANAGEMENT.
*THE UTILISATION RATE IN RESPECT OF EACH COMMUNITY HALL WAS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS BOOKED AS COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS AVAILABLE PER MONTH, HE SAID.
OF THE TOTAL OF 61 COMMUNITY HALLS MANAGED BY THE CNTA AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, 11 WERE AIR-CONDITIONED.
+AS FOR THE REMAINDER, MOST OF WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE 60'S AND 70'S, AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE INCLUSION OF AN ITEM FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE AIR- CONDITIONING, + MR LIAO ADDED.
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