WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1987
FLEXIBILITY MAINTAINED IN ORGANISING ACTIVITIES *****
MAINTAINING A DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY WAS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN ALLOWING ORGANISERS OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO DESIGN THE IR PROGRAMMES WITH CERTAIN DISCRETION, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, MR LIAO SAID FUNDS ALLOCATED WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NEEDS AND PRIORITIES THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGETARY EXERCISE.
+GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES IS PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF ANNUAL SUBVENTION.
FOR PROJECTS PROPOSED BY OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, FUNDS ARE APPROVED ON INDIVIDUAL CASE MERITS,+ MR LIAO SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF CASES WHERE SUBVENTED AGENCIES CHARGED HIGHER FEES FOR SIMILAR KINDS OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS, HE ADDED.
+BUT THERE ARE ALSO CASES WHERE FEES CHARGED BY THESE AGENCIES ARE LESS THAN THAT OF OTHERS.
+GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ARE JUST ONE FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF FEES CHARGED, THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCE, THE OBJECTIVES AND POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAMMES ORGANISED, AND THE ABILITY OF THE TARGET CLIENTELE TO PAY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMMES, ALSO AFFECT THE LEVEL OF FEES CHARGED, MR LIAO SAID.
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+GIVEN THE GREAT VARIETY OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT BY A LARGE NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND THE LEVEL OF FEES CHARGED CANNOT BE THE SAME IN ALL CASES, MR LIAO ADDED.
JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL LIKELY TO BE LAST
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JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL IS LIKELY TO BE THE LAST LANDFILL IN THE URBAN AREA AND WILL BE REPLACED BY A REFUSE TRANSFER STATION AT KOWLOON BAY, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL STARTED OPERATION LAST YEAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO OPERATE UNTIL 1989.
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