FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1978
HUNG HOM STADIUM TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS COMPLETION
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HONG KONG'S + INVERTED PYRAMID+ SPORTS STADIUM IN HUNG HOM TOOK ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS COMPLETION TODAY, WITH THE SIGNING OF A $44 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO TECHNIC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AND WAS SIGNED BY MR. JACK STEAN, P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, AND MR. CHIU SZE-DUEN, DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY,
THIS CONTRACT WAS THE SECOND OF ITS KIND SIGNED BY THE P.W.D. THIS WEEK. THE OTHER WAS FOR THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AT MORRISON HILL.
AT THE SIGNING CEREMORY, MR. STEAN SAID THAT WORK ON THE HUNG HOM STADIUM WOULD BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 33 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SAID THAT THE SPECTATOR STAND OF THE STADIUM, WHICH COST A TOTAL OF $93 MILLION, COULD SEAT ABOUT 12,500 PEOPLE.
AND, ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE STADIUM WOULD BE A FOUR- SIDED VIDEO SCREEN, SUSPENDED ABOVE THE CENTRE OF THE ARENA. AND INCORPORATING SCOREBOARD AND CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION FACILITIES.
+WITH SUCH AN EQUIPMENT, LARGER-THAN-LIFE CLOSE-UPS AND INSTANT REPLAYS, ALL IN COLOUR, ARE POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
THE STADIUM, WHICH WOULD BE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED, WOULD HAVE FACILITIES FOR EVENTS RANGING FROM GYMNASTICS AND BASKETBALL TO THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AND MAJOR EXHIBITIONS.
+ THREE-QUARTERS OF THE SEATS IN THE UPPER SECTIONS OF THE SPECTATOR STAND WILL BE OF REINFORCED MOULDED SHELL, WHILE THOSE IN THE LOWER TIERS. AND ON THE RETRACTABLE STANDS WHICH EXTEND ONTO THE ARENA FLOOR WILL BE UPHOLSTERED, HE ADDED.
THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL SECTIONS FOR VIP'S AND THE PRESS.
+SEATING ON THE ARENA FLOOR WOULD BE VARIABLE AND DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, DEPENDING ON THE PARTICULAR EVENT, + MR. STEAN SAID.
ALL SEATS ON THE SPECTATOR STAND WOULD BE ARRANGED IN SMOOTH CONTOURS, OFFERING A COMPLETE VIEW OF THE 1,600 SQUARE METRE ARENA.
THE ARENA ITSELF WOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR TWO BASKETBALL COURTS, VOLLEYBALL COURTS OR TENNIS COURTS, OR FOR EIGHT BADMINTON COURTS OR 24 TABLE-TENNIS TABLES AT ONE TIME.
/OTHER FACILITIES WOULD