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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1975.
WORK ON CHEUNG SHA WAN INDOOR GAMES HALL
WELL UNDERWAY *****
WORK ON THE CHEUNG SHA WAN INDOOR GAMES HALL IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND THE HALL IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE OPENED FOR USE THIS NOVEMBER.
PILING WORK ON ANOTHER GAMES HALL AT THE BOUNDARY STREET SPORTS GROUND HAS STARTED AND WORK ON A THIRD ONE AT MORSE PARK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
THIS MEANS THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE THREE NEW GAMES HALLS WILL TAKE PLACE AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME TO PROVIDE RECREATION FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THE MOST DESNSELY POPULATED DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON.
THE CHEUNG SHA WAN GAMES HALL IS BUILT ON AN 18,000 SQ.FT. SITE IN THE PLAYGROUND AT THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF CHEUNG SHA WAH ROAD BETWEEN HING WAH STREET AND CHEUNG WAH STREET.
IT IS MODELLED ON AND IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE KAI TAK EAST GAMES HALL WHICH HAS PROVED EXTREMELY POPULAR.
THERE WILL BE A IULTI-PURPOSE GAMES HALL WHICH CAN BE USED FOR GYMNASTICS, BALL GAMES AND CAN BE CONVERTED TO AN AUDITORIUM OR A COMMUNITY HALL WITH A STAGE AT ONE END. OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A COMMITTEE ROOM, STOREROOMS AND TOILETS AND AN ANNEXE WITH CHANGING FACILITIES AND OFFICES.
UNLIKE THE HALL AT KAI TAK EAST, THE FLOOR OF THE NEW GAMES HALL WILL BE PAVED WITH SYNTHETIC BOARDS WHICH ARE EXTENSIVELY USED FOR INDOOR GAMES COURTS.
FROM HIS DESK IN THE OFFICE, THE HALL SUPERVISOR WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE PLAYERS IN THE HALL THROUGH LARGE WINDOWS.
A 36,000 SQ.FT. SITE IN THE CHEUNG SHA WAN PLAYGROUND IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND SITTING OUT AREA.
THE PLAYGROUND WILL HAVE PLAYING AND PLANTING AREAS WITH WOODEN SUN-SHELTERS, PARK BENCHES AND FLOWER BEDS.
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WORK ON THE PLAYGROUND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE AND
BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
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