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under-ment also proposed to set up study rooms in selected Government schools with Supervisor-type supervision. It was hoped that the two schemes would provide further information about the needs in this matter and comparative experience in the administration of such facilities. The pilot scheme at Kowloon Park has been in operation since November 1970. The Education Department's scheme has not yet been put into operation [principally because the financial implications have yet to be resolved]. Notwithstanding this, the Select Committee has recognized the desirability of extending the provision of study-rooms to Happy Valley, North Point, Wan Chai and Sham Shui Po areas and considers that there is an urgent need for provision of study room places at a desirable minimum level of about 1% of the total secondary student population in each area. Two rooms have been earmarked therefore for this possible use provisionally, one at the To Kwa Wan market and the other at the Aberdeen market. These markets will be completed in two to three years.

In the knowledge that other organizations are interested in helping to meet the apparent need for such facilities, the Select Committee through the Department has sent out a press release and a circular letter with a view to offering advice on the operation of study-rooms based on experience gained in the course of such provision at Kowloon Park and the Urban Council Public Libraries.

Furthermore, this Council will be aware that the expansion of the public libraries services has been steadily progressing and on the coming 20th July, the last of the three libraries approved by the Government will be opened and the number of Urban Council Public Libraries will be brought to 5, three on the peninsula, and two on the island. Within each of the 5 public libraries, there is provision of reading room facilities for students to find suitable study conditions.

The question of the responsibility for the running of study rooms is still unresolved. I must stress that it is the development and operation of the Urban Council Public Libraries services that is of prime concern to the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. If however this Council wishes to enlarge the powers of the Cultural Affairs Select Committee to enter into discussion with the Resettlement Department with a view to obtaining space in each resettlement estate for study purposes, I am prepared to have

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the matter raised at a future Cultural Affairs Select Committee meeting.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:- Can that be at the next meeting of the Cultural Services Select Committee?

MR. LO:- Certainly, perhaps at the next suitable meeting.

MR. HU:- May I ask a question? Paragraph 2. There are 28 study rooms in resettlement estates. Has Mr. Lo got any figures on the attendance of these 28 study rooms. Are they popular or are they not popular?

MR. T. C. Lo:- My impression is that they are extremely popular, but I have no figures.

MR. HU:- My next question. The study room in Happy Valley. Could Mr. Lo be a little bit more precise as to where it would be?

MR. T. C. Lo:- My information that it is in Happy Valley, but the exact location I do not know.

MR. HU:- Another question I would ask. Beyond these 5 libraries which we have provided, does the Cultural Affairs Select Committee contemplate any other library to be built?

MR. T. C. Lo:- I don't know that that question has been considered recently; maybe it is necessary to increase the number, but at the moment those are the five planned.

MR. HU:- Thank you.

MR. SALES: May I suggest that there is a report on Libraries which I think the Government has accepted and perhaps that report could be followed by the Cultural Affairs Select Committee.

MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, could I also clarify that there have been discussions on libraries at Aberdeen and in Shau Kei Wan.

MRS. SYMONS:- May I clarify? Within a year of the last library opening, it was agreed that we should consider an extension of the programme.

CHAIRMAN: - As far as I know, Government will consider two more, in addition to any developed recently once a report has been submitted on the functioning of the three new libraries that have opened.

MR. BERNACCHI:- Mr. Chairman, apparently there is a delay in the Education Department getting under way, there is a delay in new markets being built, there is a responsibility of the operation of study

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Page 59 of 206 98 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL under-ment also proposed to set up study rooms in selected Government schools with Supervisor-type supervision. It was hoped that the two schemes would provide further information about the needs in this matter and comparative experience in the administration of such facilities. The pilot scheme at Kowloon Park has been in operation since November 1970. The Education Department's scheme has not yet been put into operation [principally because the financial implications have yet to be resolved]. Notwithstanding this, the Select Committee has recognized the desirability of extending the provision of study-rooms to Happy Valley, North Point, Wan Chai and Sham Shui Po areas and considers that there is an urgent need for provision of study room places at a desirable minimum level of about 1% of the total secondary student population in each area. Two rooms have been earmarked therefore for this possible use provisionally, one at the To Kwa Wan market and the other at the Aberdeen market. These markets will be completed in two to three years. In the knowledge that other organizations are interested in helping to meet the apparent need for such facilities, the Select Committee through the Department has sent out a press release and a circular letter with a view to offering advice on the operation of study-rooms based on experience gained in the course of such provision at Kowloon Park and the Urban Council Public Libraries. Furthermore, this Council will be aware that the expansion of the public libraries services has been steadily progressing and on the coming 20th July, the last of the three libraries approved by the Government will be opened and the number of Urban Council Public Libraries will be brought to 5, three on the peninsula, and two on the island. Within each of the 5 public libraries, there is provision of reading room facilities for students to find suitable study conditions. The question of the responsibility for the running of study rooms is still unresolved. I must stress that it is the development and operation of the Urban Council Public Libraries services that is of prime concern to the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. If however this Council wishes to enlarge the powers of the Cultural Affairs Select Committee to enter into discussion with the Resettlement Department with a view to obtaining space in each resettlement estate for study purposes, I am prepared to have HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 99 the matter raised at a future Cultural Affairs Select Committee meeting. MR. CHEONG-LEEN:- Can that be at the next meeting of the Cultural Services Select Committee? MR. LO:- Certainly, perhaps at the next suitable meeting. MR. HU:- May I ask a question? Paragraph 2. There are 28 study rooms in resettlement estates. Has Mr. Lo got any figures on the attendance of these 28 study rooms. Are they popular or are they not popular? MR. T. C. Lo:- My impression is that they are extremely popular, but I have no figures. MR. HU:- My next question. The study room in Happy Valley. Could Mr. Lo be a little bit more precise as to where it would be? MR. T. C. Lo:- My information that it is in Happy Valley, but the exact location I do not know. MR. HU:- Another question I would ask. Beyond these 5 libraries which we have provided, does the Cultural Affairs Select Committee contemplate any other library to be built? MR. T. C. Lo:- I don't know that that question has been considered recently; maybe it is necessary to increase the number, but at the moment those are the five planned. MR. HU:- Thank you. MR. SALES: May I suggest that there is a report on Libraries which I think the Government has accepted and perhaps that report could be followed by the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. MRS. ELLIOTT:- Mr. Chairman, could I also clarify that there have been discussions on libraries at Aberdeen and in Shau Kei Wan. MRS. SYMONS:- May I clarify? Within a year of the last library opening, it was agreed that we should consider an extension of the programme. CHAIRMAN: - As far as I know, Government will consider two more, in addition to any developed recently once a report has been submitted on the functioning of the three new libraries that have opened. MR. BERNACCHI:- Mr. Chairman, apparently there is a delay in the Education Department getting under way, there is a delay in new markets being built, there is a responsibility of the operation of study Page 59 of 206

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Page 59 of 206 98 HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL under- ment also proposed to set up study rooms in selected Government schools with Supervisor-type supervision. It was hoped that the two schemes would provide further information about the needs in this matter and compara tive experience in the administration of such facilities. The pilot scheme at Kowloon Park has been in operation since November 1970. The Education Department's scheme has not yet been put into operation [principally, stand, because the financial implications have yet to be resolved]. Notwithstanding this, the Select Committee has recognized the desirability of extending the provision of study-rooms to Happy Valley, North Point, Wan Chai and Sham Shui Po areas and considers that there is an urgent need for provision of study room places at a desirable minimum level of about 1% of the total secondary student population in each area. Two rooms have been earmarked therefore for this possible use provisionally, one at the To Kwa Wan market and the other at the Aberdeen market. These markets will be completed in two to three years. In the knowledge that other organizations are interested in helping to meet the apparent need for such facilities, the Select Committee through the Department has sent out a press release and a circular letter with a view to offering advice on the operation of study-rooms based on experi- ence gained in the course of such provision at Kowloon Park and the Urban Council Public Libraries. Furthermore, this Council will be aware that the expansion of the public libraries services has been steadily progressing and on the coming 20th July, the last of the three libraries approved by the Government will be opened and the number of Urban Council Public Libraries will be brought to 5, three on the peninsula, and two on the island. Within each of the 5 public libraries, there is provision of reading room facilities for students to find suitable study conditions. The question of the responsibility for the running of study rooms is still unresolved. I must stress that it is the development and operation of the Urban Council Public Libraries services that is of prime concern to the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. If however this Council wishes to enlarge the powers of the Cultural Affairs Select Com- mittee to enter into discussion with the Resettlement Department with a view to obtaining space in each reset- tlement estate for study purposes, I am prepared to have HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL 99 the matter raised at a future Cultural Affairs Select Committee meeting. MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Can that be at the next meeting of the Cultural Services Select Committee? MR. LO:-Certainly, perhaps at the next suitable meeting. MR. HU:--May I ask a question? Paragraph 2. There are 28 Has Mr. Lo got any figures on study rooms in resettlement estates. the attendance of these 28 study rooms. Are they popular or are they not popular? MR. T. C. Lo:-My impression is that they are extremely popular, but I have no figures. MR. HU:-My next question. The study room in Happy Valley. Could Mr. Lo be a little bit more precise as to where it would be? MR. T. C. Lo:-My information that it is in Happy Valley, but the exact location I do not know. MR. HU-Another question I would ask. Beyond these 5 libraries which we have provided, does the Cultural Affairs Select Committee contemplate any other library to be built? MR. T. C. Lo:-I don't know that that question has been con- sidered recently; may be it is necessary to increase the number, but at the moment those are the five planned. MR. HU:-Thank you. MR. SALES: May I suggest that there is a report on Libraries which I think the Government has accepted and perhaps that report could be followed by the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, could I also clarify that there have been discussion on libraries at Aberdeen and in Shau Kei Wan. MRS. SYMONS:--May I clarify? Within a year of the last library opening, it was agreed that we should consider an extension of the programme. CHAIRMAN: --As far as I know, Government will consider two more, in addition to any developed recently once a report has been submitted on the functioning of the three new libraries that have opened. MR. BERNACCHI:-Mr. Chairman, apparently there is a delay in the Education Department getting under way, there is a delay in new markets being built, there is a responsibility of the operation of study

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ment also proposed to set up study rooms in selected Government schools with Supervisor-type supervision. It was hoped that the two schemes would provide further information about the needs in this matter and compara tive experience in the administration of such facilities. The pilot scheme at Kowloon Park has been in operation since November 1970. The Education Department's scheme has not yet been put into operation [principally, stand, because the financial implications have yet to be resolved]. Notwithstanding this, the Select Committee has recognized the desirability of extending the provision of study-rooms to Happy Valley, North Point, Wan Chai and Sham Shui Po areas and considers that there is an urgent need for provision of study room places at a desirable minimum level of about 1% of the total secondary student population in each area. Two rooms have been earmarked therefore for this possible use provisionally, one at the To Kwa Wan market and the other at the Aberdeen market. These markets will be completed in two to three years.

In the knowledge that other organizations are interested in helping to meet the apparent need for such facilities, the Select Committee through the Department has sent out a press release and a circular letter with a view to offering advice on the operation of study-rooms based on experi- ence gained in the course of such provision at Kowloon Park and the Urban Council Public Libraries.

The question of the responsibility for the running of study rooms is still unresolved. I must stress that it is the development and operation of the Urban Council Public Libraries services that is of prime concern to the Cultural Affairs Select Committee. If however this Council wishes to enlarge the powers of the Cultural Affairs Select Com- mittee to enter into discussion with the Resettlement Department with a view to obtaining space in each reset- tlement estate for study purposes, I am prepared to have

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the matter raised at a future Cultural Affairs Select Committee meeting.

MR. CHEONG-LEEN:-Can that be at the next meeting of the Cultural Services Select Committee?

MR. LO:-Certainly, perhaps at the next suitable meeting.

MR. HU:--May I ask a question? Paragraph 2. There are 28 Has Mr. Lo got any figures on

study rooms in resettlement estates. the attendance of these 28 study rooms. Are they popular or are they not popular?

MR. T. C. Lo:-My impression is that they are extremely popular, but I have no figures.

MR. HU:-My next question. The study room in Happy Valley. Could Mr. Lo be a little bit more precise as to where it would be?

MR. T. C. Lo:-My information that it is in Happy Valley, but the exact location I do not know.

MR. HU-Another question I would ask. Beyond these 5 libraries which we have provided, does the Cultural Affairs Select Committee contemplate any other library to be built?

MR. T. C. Lo:-I don't know that that question has been con- sidered recently; may be it is necessary to increase the number, but at the moment those are the five planned.

MR. HU:-Thank you.

MR. SALES: May I suggest that there is a report on Libraries which I think the Government has accepted and perhaps that report could be followed by the Cultural Affairs Select Committee.

MRS. ELLIOTT:-Mr. Chairman, could I also clarify that there have been discussion on libraries at Aberdeen and in Shau Kei Wan.

MRS. SYMONS:--May I clarify? Within a year of the last library opening, it was agreed that we should consider an extension of the programme.

CHAIRMAN: --As far as I know, Government will consider two more, in addition to any developed recently once a report has been submitted on the functioning of the three new libraries that have opened.

MR. BERNACCHI:-Mr. Chairman, apparently there is a delay in the Education Department getting under way, there is a delay in new markets being built, there is a responsibility of the operation of study

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