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narrow and we cannot take a comprehensive look. It also fails to take care of the development in various directions. Take lawn bowls as an example, it was not a sport of the ordinary people in the past. And golf too, the common people had only heard of it in the past, but now it is becoming a common game. As Members of the Council, we should persuade the District Board Members to accept new sports activities.
MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO (in Cantonese):-The Democratic Party would like to express our support for Ms. Grace Au's motion. The main reason is we can see that colleagues of various districts have been actively organising activities for the local residents. However, sometimes due to allocation of resources or lack of understanding of the needs of the residents, emphasis may be skew towards some areas at the expense of others. Therefore, we think that consultation of public's opinion is necessary and should be carried out actively. Hence, we support the motion.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I am also responding to Ms. Grace AU's motion. I think that in modern management, especially in marketing, the provision of UC services should be based on the users' needs. Hence, as a sensible and forward looking way to handle the problem, we should conduct systematic surveys in future to find out the actual needs of the public before formulating the policies. In short, this is a good idea and we should continue to support it, thank you.
Chairman (in Cantonese):—The motion raised was seconded. Members who have registered to speak have also spoken on it. I now put it to vote.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
(2) MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that the Urban Council should draw up aims, roles and policies for the development of recreation and sports, carefully consider the allocation of resources for the development of recreation and sports with regard to the needs of the society and formulate a Council's 'Five Year Plan for Development of Recreation and Sports'.
He said (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, as regards the motion I move today, maybe some Members will ask: we already have a Five Year Plan regarding our facilities, do we still need a Five-Year Plan for the development of recreation and sports?
Firstly, I will briefly describe the present situation. The Leisure Services Branch of the USD consists of the Leisure Management Division and the
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narrow and we cannot take a comprehensive look. It also fails to take care of the development in various directions. Take lawn bowls as an example, it was not a sport of the ordinary people in the past. And golf too, the common people had only heard of it in the past, but now it is becoming a common game. As Members of the Council, we should persuade the District Board Members to accept new sports activities.
MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO (in Cantonese):-The Democratic Party would like to express our support for Ms. Grace Au's motion. The main reason is we can see that colleagues of various districts have been actively organising activities for the local residents. However, sometimes due to allocation of resources or lack of understanding of the needs of the residents, emphasis may be skew towards some areas at the expense of others. Therefore, we think that consultation of public's opinion is necessary and should be carried out actively. Hence, we support the motion.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, I am also responding to Ms. Grace AU's motion. I think that in modern management, especially in marketing, the provision of UC services should be based on the users' needs. Hence, as a sensible and forward looking way to handle the problem, we should conduct systematic surveys in future to find out the actual needs of the public before formulating the policies. In short, this is a good idea and we should continue to support it, thank you.
Chairman (in Cantonese):—The motion raised was seconded. Members who have registered to speak have also spoken on it. I now put it to vote.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
(2) MR. TIM S. MANUEL CHAN moved the following motion:-
'RESOLVED that the Urban Council should draw up aims, roles and policies for the development of recreation and sports, carefully consider the allocation of resources for the development of recreation and sports with regard to the needs of the society and formulate a Council's 'Five Year Plan for Development of Recreation and Sports'.'
He said (in Cantonese):-Mr. Chairman, as regards the motion I move today, maybe some Members will ask: we already have a Five Year Plan regarding our facilities, do we still need a Five-Year Plan for the development of recreation and sports?
Firstly, I will briefly describe the present situation. The Leisure Services Branch of the USD consists of the Leisure Management Division and the
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