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ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. The meeting is called to order.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 1982 were confirmed.
STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (in English):----
Urban Council's Services for Youth
Many services and facilities of the Urban Council are planned and run with the youth population in mind. According to the Census and Statistic Department, there are at present about 1,410,400 people below the age of 21 in the urban districts; this constitutes about 39 per cent of the total population in urban Hong Kong. It is therefore no wonder that Council facilities in various districts are heavily patronized by young people, including new-born babies who are a frequent sight at our parks and children's playgrounds.
On the recreation side, facilities under the Council's management include 163 children's playgrounds, 22 parks, 388 gardens (including sitting out areas and garden areas in parks and playgrounds), 157 basketball courts, 38 volleyball courts, 93 hard-surface mini-soccer pitches, 15 roller skating rinks, 60 tennis courts, two hockey grounds, two purpose-built jogging tracks, 37 grass pitches for soccer, five indoor games halls, two outdoor and one indoor stadia. This wide range of recreation and sport facilities is designed to cater to the various needs of different age groups among the young people in all sorts of weather and in all seasons.
Over the next five years, the Council plans to build about 50 more playgrounds on both sides of the harbour and some of these are indoor playgrounds to be housed in Urban Council market complexes.
Three major recreation facilities opened in the last two years were the Queen Elizabeth Stadium which is the first multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment complex of its kind in Hong Kong, the 17-court Hong Kong Tennis Centre, and the new King's Park Hockey Ground with all-weather artificial turf.
Another major project for sports and entertainment, now in its final stage of construction, is the 12,500-seat Hung Hom Indoor Stadium. This project is expected to be completed by the end of this year and will be opened for public use early next year.
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Major recreation projects to be completed or built in the next few years include the Ko Shan Road Park with an open-air theatre, the proposed redevelopment work of Victoria Park with additional sports facilities, the Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park with a boating pavilion, the Wan Chai Reclamation Recreation Centre with a 50-metre training pool and a major park and a swimming pool complex in Sham Shui Po. Furthermore, nine indoor games halls are also being planned to supplement the existing five at Aberdeen, Kai Tak East, Cheung Sha Wan, Morse Park, and Boundary Street.
In addition to recreation facilities on land, the Council manages ten swimming pool complexes with a total of 66 pools in Hong Kong and Kowloon as well as twelve gazetted beaches on Hong Kong Island. In winter, heated pools are open for public use at Aberdeen, Morrison Hill, Chai Wan, and Tai Wan Shan. Swimming events are also held in the summer months by the Council to promote water sports among young people.
On the cultural front, the Council is again doing a great deal in helping our young people to cultivate a taste for the arts, be it performing arts or visual arts. The many cultural events and performances including concerts, dramas, dances, exhibitions, seminars held throughout the year in various Council venues, such as the City Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, and even outdoor recreation grounds have continuously attracted more and more attendance by the younger population every year. We have also noted that more and more young people in Hong Kong are frequenting the theatre, the concert hall, the exhibition hall, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the City Hall. In its 20 years of establishment, the City Hall has indeed become the cultural centre of Hong Kong, especially for the younger generation.
While we are on the subject of culture, we must not forget the very essential service which we are providing in our twelve libraries. These twelve libraries, plus the two mobile ones, are not only providing the standard book lending services but are also running other related activities such as interest clubs and audio-visual, video-cassette, and music listening services.
There are also other activities such as book exhibitions, career talks, competitions, and the Urban Council Arts Award for Creative Writing in Chinese and Creative Writing for Children. This year two more libraries will be opened at Telford Gardens and the new Aberdeen Market Complex now under construction.
The Council aims to build one district library for every 200,000 residents in the urban areas. There are also plans to build smaller libraries of between 100 to 150 square metres to support the district libraries.
The total collection of the Urban Council public libraries at present comprises over one million volumes of books, 2,300 newspapers and periodicals, 3,700 reels of microfilms, 680 video cassettes. The book collection will continue to grow in the years to come, especially with the opening of more libraries.
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. The meeting is called to order.
MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 1982 were confirmed.
STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN (in English):----
Urban Council's Services for Youth
Many services and facilities of the Urban Council are planned and run with the youth population in mind. According to the Census and Statistic Department, there are at present about 1 410 400 people below the age of 21 in the urban districts; this constitutes about 39 per cent of the total population in urban Hong Kong. It is therefore no wonder that Council facilities in various districts are heavily patronized by young people, including new born babies who are a frequent sight at our parks and children's playgrounds.
On the recreation side, facilities under the Council's management include 163 children's playgrounds, 22 parks, 388 gardens (including sitting out areas and garden areas in parks and playgrounds), 157 basketball courts, 38 volleyball courts, 93 hard-surface mini-soccer pitches, 15 roller skating rinks, 60 tennis courts, two hockey grounds, two purpose-built jogging tracks, 37 grass pitches for soccer, five indoor games halls, two outdoor and one indoor stadia. This wide range of recreation and sport facilities is designed to cater to the various needs of different age groups among the young people in all sorts of weather and in all seasons.
Over the next five years, the Council plans to build about 50 more playgrounds on both sides of the harbour and some of these are indoor playgrounds to be housed in Urban Council market complexes.
Three major recreation facilities opened in the last two years were the Queen Elizabeth Stadium which is the first multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment complex of its kind in Hong Kong, the 17-court Hong Kong Tennis Centre, and the new King's Park Hockey Ground with all-weather artificial turf.
Another major project for sports and entertainment, now in its final stage of construction, is the 12 500-seat Hung Hom Indoor Stadium. This project is expected to be completed by the end of this year and will be opened for public use early next year.
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Major recreation projects to be completed or built in the next few years include the Ko Shan Road Park with an open air theatre, the proposed redevelopment work of Victoria Park with additional sports facilities, the Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park with a boating pavilion, the Wan Chai Reclamation Recreation Centre with a 50-metre training pool and a major park and a swimming pool complex in Sham Shui Po. Furthermore, nine indoor games halls are also being planned to supplement the existing five at Aberdeen, Kai Tak East, Cheung Sha Wan, Morse Park and Boundary Street.
In addition to recreation facilities on land, the Council manages ten swimming pool complexes with a total of 66 pools in Hong Kong and Kowloon as well as twelve gazetted beaches on Hong Kong Island. In winter, heated pools are open for public use at Aberdeen, Morrison Hill, Chai Wan and Tai Wan Shan. Swimming events are also held in the summer months by the Council to promote water sports among young people.
On the cultural front, the Council is again doing a great deal in helping our young people to cultivate a taste for the arts, be it performing arts or visual arts. The many cultural events and performances including concerts, dramas, dances, exhibitions, seminars held throughout the year in various Council venues, such as the City Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Stadium and even outdoor recreation grounds have continuously attracted more and more attendance by the younger population every year. We have also noted that more and more young people in Hong Kong are frequenting the theatre, the concert hall, the exhibition hall, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the City Hall. In its 20 years of establishment, the City Hall has indeed become the cultural centre of Hong Kong, especially for the younger generation.
While we are on the subject of culture, we must not forget the very essential service which we are providing in our twelve libraries. These twelve libraries, plus the two mobile ones, are not only providing the standard book lending services but are also running other related activities such as interest clubs and audio-visual, video-cassette and music listening services.
There are also other activities such as book exhibitions, career talks, competitions and the Urban Council Arts Award for Creative Writing in Chinese and Creative Writing for Children. This year two more libraries will be opened at Telford Gardens and the new Aberdeen Market Complex now under construction.
The Council aims to build one district library for every 200 000 residents in the urban areas. There are also plans to build smaller libraries of between 100 to 150 square metres to support the district libraries.
The total collection of the Urban Council public libraries at present comprises over one million volumes of books, 2 300 newspapers and periodicals, 3 700 reels of microfilms, 680 video cassettes. The book collection will continue to grow in the years to come, especially with the opening of more libraries.
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