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it would not be cost effective for stadia and playgrounds. That does not mean I am ruling out the use of solar energy. I know for sure that the two lamps in front of the Kowloon Walled City Garden are powered by solar energy. This is for clarification.
The second point concerns environmental auditing on energy conservation. It can be made an item for review. At the same time, I think we have to strike the right balance because, at the end of the day, we have to take into account cost effectiveness.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese): Will the Department carry out a review and see that power switches are turned on and off manually at venues attended by caretakers? As such venues, especially indoor ones, are installed with automatic systems, I wonder if suitable adjustments can be made so that there will not be any waste of energy when venues are not in use.
MR. SUEN KAI-CHEONG (in Cantonese): What Mr. To said is actually being done at present. We do have a document on environmental protection measures. Please refer to USD General Circular 36/94 which is reviewed annually and circulated to all staff once a year. The circular lists out many guidelines including detailed guidelines for electric lamps in offices, air-conditioning and other aspects. All staff have been requested to abide by the guidelines. I am sure the guidelines will be observed at venues not in use.
MR. LEUNG KAM-TAO (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Chairman of the Administration Select Committee if consideration will be given to discussing the cost effectiveness and environmental protection principles again at the Committee level. Which of these aspects should we accord priority to? Environmental protection does not come cheap, items like recycled paper will be costly and more than general paper, but recycled paper would in general be conducive to the cause of environmental protection. I just want to ask the Chairman of the Administration Select Committee if this will be brought up for discussion, say to consider how to strike a balance between these two principles?
MR. SUEN KAI-CHEONG (in Cantonese): Certainly this point can be explored again at the Administration Select Committee.
(6) MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO asked the following question (in Cantonese): I have the following questions on the services of the SPORTIX System:
(1) When will the telephone reservation service under the SPORTIX System be put into operation?
(2) Up to now, how many telephone-user registration forms have been received by the department? Among those received, how many have been checked and approved, and how many have been rejected? On average, for
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it would not be cost effective for stadia and playgrounds. That does not mean I am ruling out the use of solar energy. I know for sure that the two lamps in front of the Kowloon Walled City Garden are powered by solar energy. This is for clarification.
The second point concerns environmental auditing on energy conservation. It can be made an item for review. At the same time, I think we have to strike the right balance because, at the end of the day, we have to take into account cost effectiveness.
MR. DANIEL TO BOON-MAN (in Cantonese):-Will the Department carry out a review and see that power switches are turned on and off manually at venues attended by caretakers? As such venues, especially indoor ones, are installed with automatic systems, I wonder if suitable adjustments can be made so that there will not be any waste of energy when venues are not in use.
MR. SUEN KAI-CHEONG (in Cantonese):-What Mr. To said is actually being done at present. We do have a document on environmental protection measures. Please refer to USD General Circular 36/94 which is reviewed annually and circulated to all staff once a year. The circular lists out many guidelines including detailed guidelines for electric lamps in offices, air- conditioning and other aspects. All staff have been requested to abide by the guidelines. I am sure the guidelines will be observed at venues not in use.
MR. LEUNG KAM-TAO (in Cantonese): Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Chairman of the Administration Select Committee if consideration will be given to discussing the cost effectiveness and environmental protection principles again at the Committee level. Which of these aspects should we accord priority to? Environmental protection does not come cheap, items like recycled paper will be costly and more than general paper, but recycled paper would in general be conducive to the cause of environmental protection. I just want to ask the Chairman of the Administration Select Committee if this will be brought up for discussion, say to consider how to strike a balance between these two principles?
MR. SUEN KAI-CHEONG (in Cantonese): Certainly this point can be explored again at the Administration Select Committee.
(6) MR. FRANCIS TANG CHI-HO asked the following question (in Cantonese): I have the following questions on the services of the SPORTIX System:
(1) When will the telephone reservation service under the SPORTIX System
be put into operation?
(2) Up to now, how many telephone-user registration forms have been received by the department? Among those received, how many have been checked and approved, and how many have been rejected? On average, for
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