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and a theatre for 474. These units are linked by the entrance foyer, dance hall and banqueting hall. A garden courtyard with an elevated promenade links the main group of buildings with a taller block, eleven floors in height, which will contain the marriage registry, library, museum, art gallery, exhibition rooms, lecture and committee rooms.
City Hall Car Park
41. The second and smaller of the two 3-tiered car parks was completed. This, with the tiered car park already in use, will contribute about 600 parking spaces to the central area.
Crematorium in the Cape Collinson area
42. Apart from obtaining details of plant required, little progress has been made on this scheme owing to shortage of staff, though a start has been made on working drawings. The buildings will provide cremation facilities together with three separate chapels or pavilions for Chinese, Indian and Christian ceremonies, and a columbarium leading to a Garden of Remembrance which is to be arranged and planted by the Gardens Division of the Urban Services Department. Separate quarters for the crematorium staff are also to be provided.
Urban Services Department Canteen
43. This building at Gin Drinker's Bay, providing canteen and toilet facilities for Sanitary Division staff, has been completed.
Parks, Playgrounds and Gardens
44. The Refreshment Kiosk for Victoria Park had reached the tendering stage; tenders were invited for the grandstand and changing rooms at Southorn Playground; work was completed on improvements at the So Kon Po Stadium, on playgrounds and rest gardens at Bowen Road Recreation Ground and Argyle Street and in Resettlement areas at Li Cheng Uk, Shek Kip Mei and Tai Hang Tung, while sketch plans were prepared for a number of others.
Latrines and Bathhouses
45. Public latrines and bathhouses have been completed at Tsim Sha Tsui, Shau Kei Wan, Kwun Chung Street, Harlech Road and Tsuen Wan; construction is proceeding on two more, drawings are at various stages for a further seven and major alterations and improvements are being planned for six existing buildings.
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