XN000022-1987-08-31 — Page 4

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MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1987

IN THE

A CROWN IN RESPECT OF

THERE IS ANY CHANGE THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT IF DESCRIPTION OF THE CROWN RENT PAYER'S NAME OR TERMINATION OF RENT ACCOUNT, THE PREVIOUS DIRECT DEBIT AUTHORISATION THAT PROPERTY/LOT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME INVALID.

IN TILLS "THE CROWN RENT PAYER MUST, DIRECT DEBIT AUTHORISATION FORM AND SUBMIT IT SAID.

CASE,

FILL IN ANOTHER TO THE TREASURY,

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AIR-CONDITIONING FOR FOUR MORE COMMUNITY CENTRES

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AIR-CONDITIONING WILL SOON BE INSTALLED IN THE MAIN HALLS OF FOUR MORE COMMUNITY CENTRES, THANKS TO THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE ROYAL, HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE FOUR MULTI-PURPOSE CENTRES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AIR-CONDITIONING ARE THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TAL HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE URBAN AREA AND THE TAI WO HAU ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND CHEUNG CHING ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT.

INSTALLATION WORK FOR THE TWO CENTRES IN THE URBAN AREA ALREADY STARTED LAST WEEK AND THE FIRST PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL CONTRIBUTE $4.3 MILLION TO THE INSTALLATION COST OF THESE FOUR PROJECTS.

THE FOUR COMMUNITY CENTRES SERVE A TOTAL POPULATION OF SOME 300,000. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF AIR-CONDITIONING IN THEIR MAIN HALLS, LARGE SCALE ACTIVITIES CANNOT BE HELD DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

WITH THE PROVISION OF AIR-CONDITIONING, THE CENTRES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SPORTS FUNCTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, VARIETY SHOWS, SEMINARS AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THIS WILL LEAD TO FULLER USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THE RECOMMENDATION ΤΟ PROVIDE AIR-CONDITIONING FOR MULTI-PURPOSE HALLS IN ALL COMMUNITY CENTRES WAS ENDORSED BY GOVERNMENT IN 1985. SINCE THEN, AIR-CONDITIONING HAS BEEN INCLUDED THE PLANS FOR NEW COMMUNITY CENTRES AND 40 EXISTING CENTRES HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF AIR-CONDITIONING IN PHASES.

WITH THE JOCKEY CLUB AGREEING ΤΟ FUND THE INSTALLATION AIR-CONDITIONING FOR FOUR MORE CENTRES, THE TOTAL NUMBER MULTI-PURPOSE HALLS TO BE AIR-CONDITIONED WILL NOW INCREASE FROM

IN

BEEN

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TO 44.

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