SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1977
FIRST MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM FOR THE N.T. ********
THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL SOON HAVE ITS FIRST MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN TSUEN WAN TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED FACILITIES FOR THE INCREASING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE RURAL AREAS.
WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON THE $19.2 MILLION PROJECT FOR WHICH THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB IS DONATING $10 MILLION. REMAINING COST WILL BE MET BY GOVERNMENT.
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THE AUDITORIUM, CAPABLE OF SEATING 1,500 PEOPLE, WILL BE SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE CONCERT HALL OF THE CITY HALL, BUT THERE WILL BE MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT MORE SUITABLE FOR CHINESE DRAMA PERFORMANCES.
COMPLETE WITH MODERN STAGE AND SOUND EQUIPMENT, AIR- CONDITIONING, AND DRESSING AND REHEARSAL ROOMS, IT WILL SERVE AS A GOOD VENUE FOR CONCERTS, DRAMAS AND CHINESE OPERAS.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TONIGHT (SATURDAY) SPOKE OF THE PROJECT WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL TO MARK THE START OF A FUND-RAISING DRIVE BY THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION. HE LATER WATCHED A DRAMA PERFORMANCE SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION.
MR. AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT THE PERFORMANCE WAS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE SCHOOL HALL AND SAID I BELIEVE IF THERE WERE A BETTER- EQUIPPED PLACE, YOUR WORK COULD ACHIEVE EVEN BETTER RESULTS.+
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THIS NEED AND WAS PROCEEDING TO BUILD AN AUDITORIUM ON A 62,835 SQ. FT. SITE NEXT TO THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY BUILDING, PILING WORK IS EXPECTED TO START SOMETIME NEXT MONTH, HE ADDED.
+CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AUDITORIUM WILL PROCEED WITH ALL SPEED AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE READY FOR USE BY THE AUTUMN OF 1979,+ HE SAID.
MR. AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROVIDING VARIOUS CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, TOGETHER WITH SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG.
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