FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1978
3
WANCHAI RECREATION COMPLEX COMPLETED
******
HONG KONG'S LATEST SPORTING COMPLEX, ON THE WANCHAI RECLAMATION, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS NOW READY FOR ITS FIRST ATHLETIC EVENT.
THE KEYS TO THE GROUND TODAY (FRIDAY) WERE HANDED OVER BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO THE URBAN COUNCIL, FOR WHOM THE COMPLEX WAS BUILT.
A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMPLEX, WITH THE ADDED ATTRACTION OF A PLEASANT HARBOUR VIEW, COVERS 25 ACRES AND HAS BEEN EQUIPPED TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
IT INCLUDES A TURFED SOCCER PITCH, AN ALL-WEATHER ATHLETIC TRACK, COVERED SEATING FOR 3,500 SPECTATORS, CHANGING ROOMS, A RESTAURANT AND AN ULTRA-MODERN SCOREBOARD.
WORK BEGAN IN JULY 1976, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE COMPLEX, NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGE, WILL COMPRISE AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND AN INDOOR GAMES HALL FOR SUCH SPORTS AS BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS, FENCING AND BOXING.
THERE ARE ALSO FACILITIES FOR A SMALL STAGE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND SIX SQUASH COURTS, CATERING FOR A SPORT WHICH IS GROWING RAPIDLY IN POPULARITY.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SPORTING COMPLEX WILL BE BUILT BEHIND THE NEW STADIUM,
HANDING OVER THE KEYS TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE PWD WAS THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, MISS HELEN MA, RECEIVING THEM FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS THE USD STAFF OFFICER (PLANNING) HONG KONG, MR. MOHAMMED F. ADAL.
14