SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1979
PWD BUILDING FOUR SPORTS GROUNDS AND STADIA
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING FOUR SPORTS GROUNDS AND STADIA WHICH, ON COMPLETION, WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED SPORTS FACILITIES TO THOUSANDS OF YOUNG SPORTSMEN IN HONG KONG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF PWD SAID TODAY THAT ONE OF THE MOST UP-TO-DATE STADIA UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS THE INVERTED-PYRAMID HUNG HOM INDOOR STADIUM.
WORK ON THE $93 MILLION COMPLEX, WHICH CAN SEAT ABOUT 12,500 PEOPLE, IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WAS 25 PER CENT COMPLETE.
THE STEEL ROOF, COMPLETED EARLIER AND LIFTED UP INTO THE AIR, WILL BE LOWERED ONTO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WHEN THE LATTER IS COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STADIUM WILL BE READY FOR USE BY THE MIDDLE OF 1981.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS RACING AHEAD ON THE $43 MILLION QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
THE STADIUM, WHICH WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY INDOOR SPORT, FROM TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON TO ATHELETICS AND GYMNASTICS, WILL BE THE FINEST OF ITS KIND IN ASIA.
IT COULD BE READY FOR OPENING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
IN ADDITION, THE EXTENSION TO THE ABERDEEN SPORTS GROUND IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WHILE WORK ON THE KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL HAS JUST STARTED.
THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT SEVEN SPORTS AND RECREATION GROUNDS, INCLUDING THE ABERDEEN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND THE WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
HE ADDED THAT THESE SPORTS GROUNDS TOGETHER WITH THE ONES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOULD CONSIDERABLY EASE THE GENERAL SHORTAGE OF PLAYGROUNDS IN HONG KONG.
MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
RECREATION AND SPORT SCHEME FOR REMOTE VILLAGES
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OVER THE PAST 15 MONTHS, OFFICERS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE HAVE BEEN, QUIETLY AND WITHOUT FANFARE, BRINGING HEALTHY SPORT AND RECREATIONAL PURSUITS TO THE YOUNG AND OLD LIVING IN THE MORE REMOTE VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
/CHROUGH THEIR