H 香港政府 GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1976.
WORK ON H.K'S PLANETARIUM BEGINS IN MARCH
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HONG KONG'S $20 MILLION PLANETARIUM ADVANCED ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STEP THIS WEEK WITH THE CALLING OF TENDERS FOR THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, MR. JOSEPH LEI, SAID TODAY THE BUILDING WORKS WOULD BEGIN IN MARCH AND THE COMPLEX SHOULD BE READY BY SEPTEMBER 1978.
+PILING WORK FOR THE COMPLEX ARE PROGRESSING WELL AND WILL BE COMPLETED VERY SOON TO ENABLE THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION WORKS TO PROCEED,+ HE SAID.
THE PLANETARIUM, WHICH WILL RANK WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD, WILL OCCUPY A 7,600-SQUARE METRE SITE ON THE FORMER KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY STATION SITE AT TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE PLANETARIUM FORMS PART OF THE PROPOSED CULTURAL CENTRE IN THE AREA AND IS BEING BUILT BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WHICH IS FINANCING THE PLANETARIUM PROJECT.
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THE BUILDING CONTRACT, FOR WHICH TENDERS ARE NOW BEING CALLED, WOULD BE SIGNED IN FEBRUARY, SAID MR. LEI.
HE SAID THE DESIGN OF THE COMPLEX HAD BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF EXHAUSTIVE PLANNING AND RESEARCH BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND A TEAM OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ARCHITECTS.
+THE CONCEPT,+ HE SAID, +HAS BEEN TO PRODUCE A DESIGN THAT WOULD NOT ONLY BE FUNCTIONAL BUT VISUALLY PLEASING AS WELL.+
MR. LEI SAID THE DOMINANT FEATURE OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE THE LARGE EGG-SHAPED DOME STRUCTURE HOUSING THE SKY THEATRE WHERE AUDIENCES OF BETWEEN 350 AND 400 WOULD MAKE IMAGINARY TRIPS TO THE STARS.
AN ADDED FEATURE OF THE UNUSUAL DOME DESIGN, HE SAID, WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF +FLOATING+ ON A POOL SURROUNDING IT.
FORMING THE 'YOLK' OF THE EGG-SHAPED STRUCTURE, WOULD BE THE SKY THEATRE IN THE SHAPE OF A CIRCULAR DOME WITH A 23-METRE DIAMETRE PROJECTION SCREEN.
/THE THEATRE
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