The director administers more than 700 types of fees and charges. He is responsible for ensuring that fees and charges are reviewed regularly, and that revenue from these sources is collected promptly and accounted for properly.

The revised estimate of revenue in 2002/03 was about $700 million. Revenue came mainly from fees and charges for the admission to leisure and cultural activities and the hiring of facilities and from rents. The revenue is credited to the GRA.

	The revenue of the department mainly comes from fees and charges for the admission to leisure and cultural activities and the hiring of facilities and from rents.

The department has frozen the fees and charges for various leisure and cultural services in view of the recent economic climate.

ESD life for Leisure Link bookings

A new 'one-stop' service for facility booking and payment is made available via ESD life with effect from March 2002. Users can now book and pay 24 hours on-line through ESD life for Leisure Link facilities and programmes.