SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1979
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TUEN MUN'S LARGEST RECREATIONAL FACILITY
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MR. LAU WONG-FAT, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, TODAY (SATURDAY) DESCRIBED THE OPENING OF CASTLE PEAK SAN HUI PLAYGROUND AS A SIGN OF A NEW ERA OF DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT ITS OPENING CEREMONY.
THE PLAYGROUND COVERS AN AREA OF 6,600 SQUARE METRES AND IS THE LARGEST RECREATIONAL FACILITY IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT.
BEING THE FIRST STAGE OF A RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF THE NEW TOWN, THE PLAYGROUND CONSISTS OF A MINI-SOCCER PITCH, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND A SITTING-OUT AREA.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
MR. WONG SAID THAT WHEN THE SECOND STAGE IS COMPLETED THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE RECREATIONAL AND SPORT FACILITIES TO MEET THE NEED OF THE NEW TOWN'S EXPANDING POPULATION WHICH WILL INCREASE TO 500,000 WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BEFORE DECLARING THE PLAYGROUND OPEN MR. WONG THANKED THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN MAKING LAND AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT.
MR. H.S. GREWAL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE URBAN SERVICES (NEW TERRITORIES), WHEN SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY SAID THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAYGROUND WAS A STEP FORWARD TO FULFIL THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE, TO MEET THE VARIED NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN.
AS A DOUBLE CELEBRATION, A GROUND BREAK ING CEREMONY FOR A CLOCK TOWER WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PLAYGROUND WAS DECLARED OPEN.
THE CLOCK TOWER IS BEING DONATED BY THE LIONS CLUB OF CASTLE PEAK.
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