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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Sunday, December 17, 1972
NEW RECREATION GROUND IN FANLING
Handing-Over Ceremony On Tuesday
A recreation ground, featuring a wide range of sports facilities,
has been built in Fanling, New Territories, to provide new amenities to
people living in northern Tai Po district.
The one-million-dollar project, one of a series planned for various
parts of the New Territories, will be handed over to the Urban Services
Department at a ceremony on Tuesday (December 19), at 3 p.m.
The recreation ground, covering an area of 250,000 square feet close
to Fanling Railway Station, is within easy access by train and car.
It comprises a full-sized grass football pitch with sitting
accommodation for 500 spectators, two standard basketball courts, one convertible
volley ball-badminton court, a roller-skating rink and changing rooms.
In addition, it provides a colourful and well-vegetated rest garden
with a refreshment kiosk for less active people. All game pitches and the
rest garden are provided with floodlights to allow evening activities.
In Tuesday's handing-over ceremony, the Director of Building Development,
Public Works Department, Mr. C.R.J. Donnithorne, will present the keys of the
gates to the Director of Urban Services, Mr. D.R. W. Alexander.
/This will
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191