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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985

BUT WHETHER A PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OR THE COUNCIL, MR FUNG SAID, THE ONUS IS ON THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT ITS DESIGN OR TO SUPERVISE THE PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS ENGAGED TO CARRY OUT ITS DESIGN.

HE SAID THAT IN THE CASE OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE, THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT WAS SUCH THAT THERE HAD BEEN MUCH MORE FREQUENT CONSULTATION.

+A MODEL AND SKETCH PLANS WERE FIRST PRESENTED TO THE FORMER CULTURAL COMPLEX AND INDOOR STADIA SUB-COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL IN AUGUST 1977, PRIOR TO THE UPGRADING OF THE PROJECT FROM CATEGORY BTO CATEGORY A IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.

+SUBSEQUENTLY, ON ANOTHER FIVE OCCASIONS, THE COUNCIL WAS ALSO CONSULTED ON REFINEMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE PLANS THROUGH THE SAME SUB-COMMITTEE IN JULY 1978, MAY 1980 AND FEBRUARY 1981 THE CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE IN MAY 1981 AND THE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT SELECT COMMITTEE IN 1983.

+ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE PRESENTATIONS OF THE SCHEDULE OF FINISHES IN 1983 AND THE ACOUSTIC MODELS OF THE AUDITORIA IN JANUARY 1984,

MR FUNG ADDED THAT A CIVIC CENTRES PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE WAS SET UP IN APRIL THIS YEAR UNDER THE CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE.

AND THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS REPRESENTED ON THE SUB-COMMITTEE TO ADVISE COUNCILLORS ON THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND ANY SPECIAL POINTS RELATING TO THE FITTING-OUT OF THE CENTRE, HE ADDED.

+ IT CAN BE SEEN THEREFORE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS IN FACT BEEN FULLY CONSULTED ON THE DESIGN OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE,+ MR FUNG SAID,

HE ASSURED THE COUNCIL THAT THE REGULAR LIAISON AND MONITORING OVER PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL GROUP AND THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSULTED AND APPRISED AS APPROPRIATE.

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