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Thursday, March 16, 1972
Mr. Salmon said it was disturbing to see a "magnificent
playground" at the top of Garden Road very much under utilised because of
its location whilst other very worthy projects both in the urban areas
and the New Territories lingering for many years in the planning stage.
From the massive building developments in Tsuen Wan and Kwai
Chung, he had a nasty suspicion that even in that new township where
recreational space could easily have been put aside with proper planning,
there was not anywhere near enough amenities and facilities for the great
many people who lived there, he said.
Sports
"We could and should do a lot more to provide areas for such
games as tennis, basketball, volleyball, squash, and others, to get our
youth using up their energy in open air sport rather than leaving them
in their leisure hours with nothing much to do and nowhere much to do
nothing in."
Referring to the Estimates, Mr. Salmon said there was on Page 608
a list of Committees who determine whether individual building, engineering
and waterworks projects should be included in the programme for consideration
by the Public Works Sub-Committee.
"I suggest a further Committee be now appointed, chaired I would
hope by the Deputy Colonial Secretary, so that sporting and recreational
facilities get equal attention in the consideration of priorities," he said.
Mr. Salmon recalled that the Colonial Secretary in his Budget
speech two years ago had said: "The ability of the Post Office to cope with
this increased work-load is hampered by very genuine problems of accommodation".
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