XN000022-1985-10-14 — Page 8

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1985

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OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 284 SQUARE METRES. THE LIBRARY WOULD HAVE A STOCK OF 12 600 BOOKS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, IN ADDITION TO 70 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS AND MORE THAN 900 AUDIO CASSETTES.

+THIS AND THE FIRST INTERIM LIBRARY AT THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TOWN HALL MAY EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED BY A FULL-SCALE DISTRICT LIBRARY OF 1 600 SQUARE METRES AT SHEK WU HUI MARKET COMPLEX IN 1988/89, + MR WEEKS SAID.

THE MEETING WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ORGANISED 995 DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS PROJECTS DURING THE FOUR MONTHS FROM APRIL TO JULY 1985, ATTRACTING A TOTAL OF 53 237 PARTICIPANTS. OF THESE PROJECTS, 158 WERE JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH DISTRICT BOARDS, WHICH CONTRIBUTED $110 697 TOWARDS THE COSTS.

RSD TO EXTEND PRIVATISED CLEANSING ARRANGEMENT

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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO EXTEND THE EXISTING PILOT SCHEME OF CONTRACTING CLEANSING SERVICES IN SHEK WU HUI TO A PRIVATE FIRM FROM NOVEMBER 1 WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACT RUNS OUT.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, WHEN HE WAS ADDRESSING THE MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW TERRITORIES THIS EVENING.

HE RECALLED THAT THE SCHEME WAS FIRST CONCEIVED IN EARLY 1983.

+THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO ASSESS PRIVATE CONTRACTORS' ABILITY TO DELIVER, WHEN COMPARED WITH GOVERNMENT DISTRICT LABOUR ARRANGEMENT, AN EQUALLY GOOD OR BETTER STANDARD OF CLEANSING SERVICES, AND, IF SUCCESSFUL, TO HELP TO CONTAIN CIVIL SERVICE GROWTH, HE SAID.

+SHEK WU HUI WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PILOT SCHEME BECAUSE IT IS SMALL AND COMPACT IN SIZE SO IT COULD BE EASILY MANAGED BY THE CONTRACTOR.+

ANOTHER REASON, MR SUEN ADDED, IS THAT IT HAS A SLOW PACE OF DEVELOPMENT SO AS NOT TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE WORK WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS' CONTRACT PERIOD.

MR SUEN SAID THAT THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING TO INCLUDE LUEN WO HUT IN THE NORTH DISTRICT IN THE PILOT SCHEME AS THE SMALL TOWNSHIP HAS THE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AS SHEK WU HUT.

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