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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today (April 29) that hire charges for holding wedding ceremonies in six selected leisure venues under the LCSD will be adjusted starting from September 1, 2016.
The new hire charges for outdoor and indoor leisure venues are as follows:
Venue First 4 hours Each subsequent hour*
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Outdoor
venue: $2,970 $230
The beach
on the west side,
the seaside pavilion
and the small garden
at Repulse Bay Beach
in Southern District
The Bauhinia Garden
in Kowloon Tsai Park
in Kowloon City District
The Six Arts Terrace
and Bamboo Pavilion
in Kowloon Walled City Park
in Kowloon City District
The amphitheatre
and the lawn
in Tai Po Waterfront Park
in Tai Po District
The platform
in Sai Kung Waterfront Park
in Sai Kung District
Indoor
venue: $3,170 $325
The assembly hall
in Lei Yue Mun Park
in Eastern District
*The charge is on hourly basis for even less than an hour
"The LCSD has since February 2007 opened up six selected leisure venues with distinctive characteristics for hire by members of the public as wedding venues. The level of hire charges has remained unchanged since the launch of the service. Following a comprehensive review, the department decided to adjust the charges so as to recover the costs in the provision of the services," a spokesman for the department said.
Details of the booking procedures and relevant information can be found at the designated website: www.hk.art.museum/en/wedding/index.html.
Ends/Friday, April 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 18:01
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