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Utilisation

of community centres

Question No. 6

Reply by the Hon. Donald H. Liao, CBE, JP, Secretary for District Administration, to a question

from the Non. Hilton Cheong-Leen

CBE, JP,

in Legislative Council on Wednesday 25 May 1988

6. MR. CHEONG-LEEN asked:

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QUESTION According to a survey done by the Government

in August 1987, 10 out of 44 existing community centres have a daily-average

Will utiliation rate of below 500. Government inform this Council of the reasons for the low utilization rate

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of these centres and whether any action is being taken to increase the utiligation rate so as to reduce the wastage of public funds?

SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION:

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Members may first wish to note that the

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results of the survey conducted in August last year

S indicated that the overall utilization rate of the

referred to by Mr. CHEONG-LEEN,

cent 44 community centres) was 738.

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As to the ten community centres in question, their utiliĝation rates were affected by a number of

factors.

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At the time of the survey, eight of them were not provided with air-conditioning while two were partially closed as work to install air-conditioning

was in progress.

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Of these ten centres, six were built before

1970. Their designs are out of date and the halls are

either too small or not suitable for sports and other activities. Another two were commissioned just before the survey

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