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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1978
CONTRACT FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $22 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM TO THE FOOK WAH CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY AT P.W.D. HEADQUARTERS BY MR. K.M. TSENG, P.W.D.'S CHIEF ARCHITECT, AND MR. YEUNG SHUNG-CHOI, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE 12-STOREY COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT ON A 3,000-SQUARE METRE SITE BETWEEN OT KWAN ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
IT WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND FACILITATE OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES.
MR. TSENG SAID WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WOULD START LATER THIS MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THAT THE $43 MILLION STADIUM, THE FINEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH EAST ASIA, WOULD PROVIDE A NEW MAJOR SPORTING CENTRE FOR HONG KONG'S YOUNG SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN.
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+THE STADIUM WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY SPORT FROM TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON TO ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EVENTS, MR. TSENG POINTED OUT.
+IN ADDITION TO TRAINING ROOMS, LECTURE AND COMMITTEE ROOMS, THERE WILL BE A 40-ROOM HOSTEL, WITH CANTEEN FACILITIES, TO ACCOMMODATE VISITING TEAMS. +
MR, TSENG SAID ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE COMPLEX WOULD BE A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF ABOUT 3,500 SPECTATORS.
THE STADIUM WOULD HAVE A CENTRAL ARENA OF ABOUT 290 SQUARE METRES.
+THE HOSTEL WILL OCCUPY THE UPPER FLOORS WHILE THE LOWER FLOORS WILL PROVIDE SUCH FACILITIES AS WARM-UP GYMS, TABLE TENNIS PRACTISING HALLS, CHANGING ROOMS AND SHOWERS, AS WELL AS CONFERENCE ROOMS,+ HE SAID.
IN THE BASEMENT WILL BE THREE SQUASH COURTS AND A MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS AND GAMES HALL.
THE STADIUM, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE
URBAN COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT.
THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS CONTRIBUTED $5.1 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
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