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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1980
QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM NEARING COMPLETION
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THE NEW QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IS NEARING COMPLETION AND WILL OPEN LATER THIS YEAR FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID. +WORK ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE $47 MILLION STADIUM, THE FINEST OF ITS KIND IN ASIA, HAS VIRTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED WHILE WORK ON THE INTERIOR IS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE.+
BUILT ON A 3 000-SQUARE METRE SITE BETWEEN OJ KWAN ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, THE STADIUM WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
IT WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR NEARLY EVERY INDOOR SPORT, TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON TO ATHLETICS AND GYMNASTICS.
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WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF ABOUT 3 500, THE STADIUM WILL HAVE TRAINING ROOMS, LECTURE AND COMMITTEE ROOMS, OFFICES, A SPORTS REFERENCE LIBRARY AND CANTEEN FACILITIES,
THERE WILL ALSO BE THREE SQUASH COURTS AND A MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS AND GAMES HALL IN THE BASEMENT.
THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS CONTRIBUTED $5.1 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROJECT. AND WHEN COMPLETED IN APRIL IT WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT.
TUEN MUN TO HOLD CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
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A CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME IN THE NEW TOWN IS TO START IN TUEN MUN TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE CAMPAIGN IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.
IT AIMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS OF CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES AND OF POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
THE ONE-WEEK CAMPAIGN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW BY THE DEPUTY DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES, MR JOHN GRIEVE, THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND THE TUEN MUN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SANDRA LEE.
MORE THAN 2 000 PEOPLE WILL ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A CRIME PREVENTION EXHIBITION, IN THE HEUNG SZE WUI STREET PLAYGROUND.
IN TAI PO, WHERE THE LOCAL FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A CAMPAIGN SINCE LAST NOVEMBER, PRIZES ARE TO BE PRESENTED ON SUNDAY TO WINNERS OF COMPETITIONS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
/THE CEREMONY