CHAPTER 7 Leisure and Cultural Services Department Provision of aquatic recreational and sports facilities Audit Commission Hong Kong 31 March 2004 This audit review has been carried out under a set of guidelines tabled in the Provisional Legislative Council by the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee on 11 February 1998. The guidelines were agreed between the Public Accounts Committee and the Director of Audit and have been accepted by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Report is available on our website at http://www.info.gov.hk/aud/ Audit Commission 26th floor, Immigration Tower 7 Gloucester Road Wan Chai Hong Kong Tel : (852) 2829 4210 Fax : (852) 2824 2087 E-mail :
[email protected] PROVISION OF AQUATIC RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES Contents Paragraph PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Aquatic recreational and sports facilities 1.3 – 1.6 Audit review 1.7 PART 2: GAZETTED BEACHES 2.1 Designation of gazetted beaches 2.2 Closed gazetted beaches 2.3 Audit observations 2.4 – 2.5 Audit recommendations 2.6 Response from the Administration 2.7 Opening period of urban beaches 2.8 Audit observations 2.9 – 2.10 Audit recommendation 2.11 Response from the Administration 2.12 Beaches with low user level 2.13 Audit observations 2.14 – 2.16 Audit recommendations 2.17 Response from the Administration 2.18 — i — Paragraph PART 3: SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES 3.1 Alignment of fees and charges 3.2 – 3.3 Audit observations 3.4 – 3.6 Audit recommendations 3.7 Response from the Administration 3.8 – 3.9 Swimming