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Supplementary to question No. 5

in the LegCo Meeting on 4.12.85

Mr. Lee Yu-tai:- Sir, can the Secretary for District Administration

inform this Council whether or not it is true that some community

centres are closed on Sundays when presumably most people will be free

to use their facilities? If the answer is yes, what are the reasons?

Secretary for District Administration:- Sir, it is true that not all

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the community centres are open days a week and this is due to staff

constraints. As I said in the last part of my answer, it is intended

to increase the manning scale in order to maximise utilisation of

community centres, for example, by having longer opening hours.

Mr. Lee Yu-tai:- Sir, for the purpose of maximising utilisation of

community centres, will the Secretary inform this Council whether

the new manning scale will include the community organisers temporarily

employed in 85/86?

Secretary for District Administration:- Sir, the supplementary provision

which has been sought will go a long way in meeting such a demand.

Mrs. Rosanna Tam:- Sir, with the disbandment of community work unit

in these community centres as a result of the transfer, will the

Government inform this Council whether the community work previously

handled by Social Welfare Department in these community centres is

now taken over by the CNTA and in what forms?