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1. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English):-- What facilities does the Council have now for jogging and what plans are there to enhance these facilities to cope with this activity which is increasing in popularity?
Are there plans to establish regular programmes to promote jogging and encourage usage of whatever facilities we plan to have?
MR. KENNETH T. C. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-This question relates to jogging and is in two parts. The first part concerns existing and future jogging facilities provided by the Urban Council.
Jogging can take place in almost any of the parks and playgrounds provided by the Urban Council and, indeed, many of them are so used by members of the public. As far as specific facilities are concerned, there is a 600-meter tarmac jogging track at Victoria Park. This track is open to the general public throughout the day and is heavily used by people of all ages. Preliminary consideration is now being given to doubling the width of this purpose-built track and providing it with fitness stations.
Within the next five years, a total of eleven more jogging tracks will be built in Urban Council pleasure grounds. The first of these will be completed in Kowloon Park in the middle of this month. The other ten tracks will be located at Shek Kip Mei Service Reservoir Playground, Fat Tseung Street Playground, Choi Hung Road Playground, Wan Tau Hom Recreation Ground, Ngau Chi Wan Recreation Ground, Junction Road Playground, King's Park Rest Garden Extension, Mt. Davis Service Reservoir Playground, Moreton Terrace and Happy Valley Sports Ground.
The Council has already agreed to the installation of fitness stations along Harlech Road and it is expected that the necessary work will have been completed by the end of this month. Similar facilities will be provided at Bowen Road in Hong Kong and Kowloon Tsai Park later this year and in Junction Road Playground in early 1983.
The second part of the question concerns the promotion of jogging. As I said earlier, jogging is basically an individual outdoor pursuit requiring no formal organization. A mass jogging programme, however, is to be launched later this month to further promote jogging. Jointly organized by the Urban Council, the Recreation and Sport Service and the Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association, this jogging promotion programme is in two phases each lasting three months. Phase I of the programme will enrol up to 4,000 joggers who will have access every morning to eight existing Council venues, four on each side of the harbour.
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Depending on the public's response to Phase I and the availability of additional facilities, a more ambitious scheme will be implemented as Phase II of the programme, taking advantage of existing Council venues and venues where jogging tracks are due for completion.
The entire programme will be properly and adequately supervised. Free guidance and coaching will be offered to joggers by qualified instructors who will be available at two of the venues every Sunday morning. In order that joggers may be able to monitor their own progress, 6 aerobic tests will be administered once every fortnight at the Wan Chai Sports Ground making use of the outside lanes of the synthetic track for the purpose. Joggers who have successfully undergone these tests will be awarded cloth badges in recognition of their achievement.
Finally, more jogging programmes will be implemented as and when new venues become available and where there is a sustained demand for these organized activities.
(Mr. Augustine S. K. CHUNG arrived during Mr. Kenneth LO's address.)
2. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English):-Are there any plans for special programmes to be arranged during the forthcoming Chinese New Year for the entertainment of the public?
THE HONOURABLE F. K. HU, CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows (in English):-This question concerns the Council's plans for special public entertainment programmes to be arranged during the forthcoming Chinese New Year celebrations.
The highlight of the entertainment programme, which is tentatively called the 'Chinese New Year Fete' will be two large-scale productions at Victoria Park and Kowloon Park on two Sundays, that is, the Seventh and Fourteenth days of the Lunar New Year respectively. Chinese culture and folklore are blended with elements of modern and popular interest in the programmes which, among others, will include Cantonese and Peking Operas, Lantern Riddles, Fortune Telling, Puppet Shows, Popular Concerts, Children's Games and Chinese Folk Songs and Dances.
Special programmes will also be staged in each of the 11 districts in the urban area. The programmes will include lion dances, variety shows and other traditional entertainment for the Chinese New Year, for example, Chinese Orchestral Concerts, Folk Song and Dances and Cantonese Operas.
It is envisaged that the 'Chinese New Year Fete' will provide entertainment for around 200,000 people during the Chinese New Year period.
Although they are not part of the Urban Council's programme, I should also mention that a programme of Cantonese operas will be presented in the City Hall Concert Hall from the 25 to 27 January 1982 and a Cantonese drama will...
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HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL
1. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English):-- What facilities does the Council have now for jogging and what plans are there to enhance these facilities to cope with this activity which is increasing in popularity?
Are there plans to establish regular programmes to promote jogging and encourage usage of whatever facilities we plan to have?
MR. KENNETH T. C. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION Select Committee, replied as follows (in English):-This question relates to jogging and is in two parts. The first part concerns existing and future jogging facilities provided by the Urban Council.
Jogging can take place in almost any of the parks and playgrounds provided by the Urban Council and, indeed, many of them are so used by members of the public. As far as specific facilities are concerned, there is a 600-meter tarmac jogging track at Victoria Park. This track is open to the general public throughout the day and is heavily used by people of all ages. Preliminary consideration is now being given to doubling the width of this purpose-built track and providing it with fitness stations.
Within the next five years, a total of eleven more jogging tracks will be built in Urban Council pleasure grounds. The first of these will be completed in Kowloon Park in the middle of this month. The other ten tracks will be located at Shek Kip Mei Service Reservoir Playground, Fat Tseung Street Playground, Choi Hung Road Playground, Wan Tau Hom Recreation Ground, Ngau Chi Wan Recreation Ground, Junction Road Playground, King's Park Rest Garden Extension, Mt. Davis Service Reservoir Playground, Moreton Terrace and Happy Valley Sports Ground.
The Council has already agreed to the installation of fitness stations along Harlech Road and it is expected that the necessary work will have been completed by the end of this month. Similar facilities will be provided at Bowen Road in Hong Kong and Kowloon Tsai Park later this year and in Junction Road Playground in early 1983.
The second part of the question concerns the promotion of jogging. As I said earlier, jogging is basically in individual outdoor pursuit requiring no formal organization. A mass jogging programme, however, is to be launched later this month to further promote jogging. Jointly organized by the Urban Council, the Recreation and Sport Service and the Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association, this jogging promotion programme is in two phases each lasting three months. Phase I of the programme will enrol up to 4 000 joggers who will have access every morning to eight existing Council venues, four on each side of the harbour.
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Depending on the public's response to Phase I and the availability of additional facilities, a more ambitious scheme will be implemented as Phase II of the programme, taking advantage of existing Council venues and venues where jogging tracks are due for completion.
The entire programme will be properly and adequately supervised. Free guidance and coaching will be offered to joggers by qualified instructors who will be available at two of the venues every Sunday morning. In order that joggers may be able to monitor their own progress, 6 aerobic tests will be administered once every fortnight at the Wan Chai Sports Ground making use of the outside lanes of the synthetic track for the purpose. Joggers who have successfully undergone these tests will be awarded cloth badges in recognition of their achievement.
Finally, more jogging programmes will be implemented as and when new venues become available and where there is a sustained demand for these organized activities.
(Mr. Augustine S. K. CHUNG arrived during Mr. Kenneth LO's address.)
2. MR. HOWARD H. W. YOUNG asked the following question (in English):-Are there any plans for special programmes to be arranged during the forthcoming Chinese New Year for the entertainment of the public?
THE HONOURABLE F. K. HU, CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT Select CommittEE, replied as follows (in English):-This question concerns the Council's plans for special public entertainment programmes to be arranged during the forthcoming Chinese New Year celebrations.
The highlight of the entertainment programme, which is tentatively called the 'Chinese New Year Fete' will be two large scale productions at Victoria Park and Kowloon Park on two Sundays, that is, the Seventh and Fourteenth days of the Lunar New Year respectively. Chinese culture and folklore are blended with elements of modern and popular interest in the programmes which, among others, will include Cantonese and Peking Operas, Lantern Riddles, Fortune Telling, Puppet Shows, Popular Concerts, Children's Games and Chinese Folk Songs and Dances.
Special programmes will also be staged in each of the 11 districts in the urban area. The programmes will include lion dances, variety shows and other traditional entertainment for the Chinese New Year, for example, Chinese Orchestral Concerts, Folk Song and Dances and Cantonese Operas.
It is envisaged that the 'Chinese New Year Fete' will provide entertainment for around 200 000 people during the Chinese New Year period.
Although they are not part of the Urban Council's programme, I should also mention that a programme of Cantonese operas will be presented in the City Hall Concert Hall from the 25 to 27 January 1982 and a Cantonese drama will
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