Thursday, February 15, 1973
SCOUT ASSOCIATION TO SET UP TRAINING CENTRE
With Grant From Lotteries Fund
A capital grant of $240,000 has been allocated from the Lotteries
Fund to assist the Scout Association in setting up a Training Centre at
Tung Tsz, Plover Cove, in the New Territories.
The Association has already obtained Government agreement to the
allocation of a site there.
Under the project, three buildings and three huts previously occupied
by staff employed on the Plover Cove Water Scheme will be converted into
dormitories to provide overnight accommodation and camping facilities for
700 young people.
A large assembly hall is now under construction and a jetty will
be built towards the end of the year.
The project started in 1971 and will be completed next year.
The total cost of the project is $280,000, of which $40,000 has
already been spent on initial site preparation.
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