SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1980
GOVERNMENT TO GRANT LAND TO SCOUT ASSOCIATION FOR SEA ACTIVITY CENTRE ******
THE GOVERNMENT WILL GRANT A 2 405-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT PAK SHA WAN, SAI KUNG, BY PRIVATE TREATY TO THE HONG KONG SCOUT ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AS A SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING CENTRE.
THE CENTRE WILL BE USED FOR ROWING AND CANOEING ACTIVITIES AND WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A FLEET OF 20 CANOES AND 16 DINGHIES, EIGHT OF WHICH ARE BEING BUILT BY THE SCOUTS THEMSELVES AT A HANG HAŬ BOATYARD.
INSTRUCTORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRAINED BY THE HONG KONG YACHTING
ASSOCIATION.
THE SITE OF THE CENTRE, PART OF WHICH COVERS THE SEABED, IS JUST OFF HIRAM'S HIGHWAY.
RECLAMATION WORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTECTIVE WALL IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
IN PHASE II OF THE DEVELOPMENT, A TWO-STOREY BOAT HOUSE OF 65 SQUARE METRES IN AREA WILL BE BUILT TO PERMIT EARLY USE OF THE SITE FOR SEA ACTIVITY TRAINING. THIS WILL TAKE 12 MONTHS.
PHASE | IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAIN TWO-STOREY BUILDING OF ABOUT 280 SQUARE METRES TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR AN ASSEMBLY HALL, TWO LECTURE ROOMS, TWO OFFICES, A COMBINED ACTIVITY ROOM AND CANTEEN, CHANGING ROOMS AND DORMITORIES TO ACCOMMODATE 40 PEOPLE. TWO YEARS WILL BE TAKEN OVER WORK IN THIS PHASE.
TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. FUNDS WILL BE OBTAINED IN VARIOUS WAYS, INCLUDING PRIVATE DONATIONS AND A FILM PREMIER TO BE HELD IN MAY,
THE BUILDING COVENANT IS $450 000 TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.
PRIVATE TREATY GRANT DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE SIGNED SHORTLY.
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