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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1932.
NEW WING OF Y.M.C.A. OPENED.
CEREMONY PERFORMED BY HEI THE GOVERNOR :
LARGE GATHERING PRESENT,
SWIMMING POOL A BOON TO THE SERVICES.
His Excellency the Governon yesterday officially declared open. the now west wing of the European YM.C.A in Salisbury Roail, Kowloon,
Ten was served on the first foor of thy new building, and there Was A large and distinguished gathering present to hear the address of the President, the Hon. Mr. W. E L. Shenton.
In addition to H. E. the Governor and Endy Peal, there were present H.E. Major-General T. W. Sandilands. Sir Henry and Lady Pollock, Sir William Hornell, Sir Robert "Ho Tung, Hop. Mr And Mrs. Soothorn, the Rt. Rev. C. R. and Mrs. Duppy, Col. Consens, Bon, Dr. A. R. Wellington, Mr. L'C, F. Bellamy, Com- raander and Mrs. Newall, Mr. A. E. Wood, Dr. B. A. Moore and Mrs Moore, und Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Smith.
NEW LADIES SECTION.
control of our new wesh wing froni its inception, and bo chan, your after yozs assisted un with our un dertaking without reward or re muneration, and whose life-lona work has been a labour of love for
the T.M.C.A., and the principles Lor which it, wands,
I will now ask Your, Ezeellanoy to be so good as to declare the now west wing open. After this has been done the buildings can be inspected by our visitors, and thera will be a display of diving and swimming in the now swimuning Bath.
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
His Excellmney the Governor be foro declaring the Building apon said-It is such a short time-nine months to be msnat-ainee I Mid the foundation stone of this new wing that I feel there is little that I can usefully add to what I said on that "beension. Mr. Shenton then gave us a very full history of |
In calling upon, His Excellency section. Particulars can be obtain-this branch of the Association, and the Unvernur to declare the new led at our Association's office.
wing open, the Hon. Mr. Shenton said :---
On May 7 last I had thỏ privilega of presiding at the ceremony when Your Excellency graciously laid
the foundation stone of our MA
The first floor consists of a dan ing room, and a lounge hall; the laster will be for the use of gem bere, and for the Navy Army and Air Force section, for lectures, dances and other forms of enter inmonts. It will also be avail able to the new Indios' section in
Ladies Bection,
west wing: to-day I am happy to be occupying a similar position, and to witness a further demon-the morning and afternoon. stration of Your Excellency's, good-" will" towards and continued in
in our Association. Before giving you cription of the new wing and the Accommodation we are providing for our members and their friends it is the wish of all of us interest
Perhaps I should have explained earlier, that the Directors, having
he, has to-day given us a full ao- count of the resources of this new building. My remarks therefore will be very brief, more czpecially as there are more attractive enter tainments in store for 18.
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the Association
are undoubtedly new rooms are already occupied, debted in you today for performing and the remaining four have been been observed in the scheme of this Bound These principles have the opening ceremony. We know reserved for transients, so it would.. only too well how much of your really be correct to state that all building. time is taken up with your official duties, and how little is deft to you for relaxation, consequently we consider it a particular honour that you should be with us again to-day.
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with such valuable equipment and facilities, thought it but right that these should be made available for as large a use as possible, and with ed in the YM.C.A. work that this object in view and in defer should stnto how much we pence to many requests, they have ciated Your Excellency's kindness dreided to form a ladies' section in chuing over to Kowloon lost
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are already occupied. The demand for these rooms is proof that the Directors have not overbuild, and that we are able to fill all tae, ac commodation we have at our dis posal
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In addition to the new facilitier which I have already mentioned, we have provided two squash rack: courts, which, we believe, Will be much appreciated.
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place, and that while such facilities members' billiard room having anxious to help, it is sometimes un- arb desirable and Government is removed to the first floor. These avoidable that they should be arrangements will provide a billatablished further out and not in 1 am glad to say Sir Henry 13 ngward.
the busy industrial centres. Govern room, ♫ reading
room,ment has under consideration the about to return, and will shortly and much better. dining room question of affording facilities in be at. the wheel again. We shall than is now provided for the Serplace of those which may have to be done away with. For instance, it is hoped that it will be possible to The building, to now an accoudovslope faichikok Bay, which is plished fact, and here for every-Meanwhile this swimming bath will already on one of the bus routes,
past President, the Honourable Sir Henry Pollock,
It is just about two years ago that Sir Henry went down the gangway of Y.M.C.A. leaving me at the helm.
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Leigh and Orange, for their at-Braga when I say that the Associa 812,750, of which I am glad to say tractive design and the excellenci, tion showed wisdom and foresight we have already been able to pay of the work executed, and in do centre on the mainland. The dificul
idosiding to build their main 822,635, leaving 8148,116 still owing. :'
ing so I wish to include in the ties that exist in the limited aren It is interesting to note that the encomiums our contractors, Messrs. on the island are to be seen in the cost of the building is within Lam Woo It Anteresting, totion of which has hitherto been question of the City Hall, a por 84,000 of the original estimate, and know that Messrs. Lam Woo are made use of by the YMCA. and that Mesara, Lam Woo's bill for
not only responsible for the whole Cheer-0 Club.
extras does not drooed 81,000. E of our buildings, but also for the should like to say in this con-
the Island
think we can say that the costing two Chinese Y.M.C.A. buildings on was distinctly accurate.
We have been able to carry out
Having completed our our scheme because of the generous connection with the west treatment we have. received from having already found a real de the Hong Kong and Shanghai ( Banking Corporation, and we ten mand for all the facilities at our
der them our sincere thanks.
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certain amount of responsibility, nection that Government realians a
and, if the present City Hall fe handad back, comtemplates making provisions for, at all events, OMIL of the purposes: for which that. building has been used in the past.
The Ladies' Beotion
I think that the Associtition is. to be engratulated on making the experiment of providing a indies present-day principles of phas 370, section following no doubt, the called fationalisation and Co- ordination."" feal sure that the
diaposal, our thoughts (naturálip The building has four storeys.turn to an east wing. Our policy The ground floor consists of a. swimming bath with the necessary mast always be one of conserva adjuncta such as showers, dressing tiye progress, for nothing is stat rooms, heating and Altration if we don't go on we shall go plants. The bath is 75 fest in back, and surely an Association length, 25 feet in width, and with such as ours should have a couple experiment; which incidentally has, a. depth varying from 1 to 8 feet. of wings...
I understand, bcentrica in one or Its capacity is approximately. The world is siffering not so two other branches, will add to the 80,000 gallons For the purifor much from bad dealghas from brightness of this brand. It would tion of the water and the heating drift. The urgent need in large doubtless add to the Lido" feel- of it for winter uss an elaborate affairs, and in small, is for meiing of the new swimming bath scheme is being installed. It con- who "can and will stop the drift, sists of a centrifugal pump, alum who will take charge, who, instead having had the services of Mr. I congratulate the association on apparatus,twin boilers (Canday of accepting bircamatances and Shenton as President, for we all pattern), poflat chlorinatory air waiting for the inevitable, wils know the good work ho ha dque in compressor and aerator, the whole control events to a desired regull..that position. I take the oppor with the capacity of circulating
Zribute to Stair cant ginity also of joining with him in 9,000 gallons per hour. The high- Send me a Master homem welcoming back Bit Henry, Follock, est medical authorities assuron We have such men in youz.om I now have very great pleasure in that this method of water purifica play Mr. John Hunt, OBE, our declaring this "wing, open and in- tion is quite satisfactory and Secretary, Mr. A. W., Ingram wishing it prosperous future, may say that there are many Assistant Secretary, and I believe Following the epering there was. aimilar systems already in opera Mr. Selk, who has recently pa an exibition in the new swimming tion
Cð 46 44, an Oxtra Atestant peere. | bathapalon game between the * The bath will be avaljabla forary, particularly in pharkent YM.C.A. (and the Royal Artillery the use of civilian membara, mem-| ifiti malienta. there is also rudy Veinipants: Audivingzexhibition "bers' of the Borvices andä ladies 1
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