SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1980
$6.4 MILLION GAMES HALL READY IN THREE MONTHS
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THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL HALL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL, WILL BE READY IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID WORK ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE $6.4 MILLION INDOOR GAMES HALL HAS VIRTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE INTERIOR IS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE.
BUILT ON A 2 400-SQUARE METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF HING FONG ROAD AND KWAI ON ROAD NEAR KWAI FONG ESTATE, THE HALL WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE YOUTH IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WILL HAVE A CENTRAL GAMES AREA CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING TWO BASKETBALL COURTS OR THREE VOLLEYBALL COURTS OR EIGHT BADMINTON COURTS, AND A GRANDSTAND FOR ABOUT 300 SPECTATORS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE CHANGING ROOMS AND TOILETS, OFFICES, A SEPARATE GAMES ROOM, TRAINING ROOM AND A TABLE-TENNIS ROOM.
THE HALL, JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MR C.R. SADICK, WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT ON COMPLETION IN LATE AUGUST.
KCR-MTR INTERCHANGE STATION SUB-CONTRACT TENDERS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR FOUR SUB-CONTRACTS TO THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY/MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY INTERCHANGE STATION AT KOWLOON TONG.
THE SUB-CONTRACTS ARE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES, AIR-CONDITIONING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES AND LIFTS AND ESCALATORS.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT WORK ON THE MAIN CONTRACT, WHICH STARTED EARLY LAST MONTH, INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION AT GROUND LEVEL OF THE STATION BUILDING, RAILWAY PLATFORMS, CANOPIES AND AN AIR-CONDITIONED KCR UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE TO LINK UP WITH THE MTR.
+FRONTING THE ENTRANCE TO THE KCR CONCOURSE WILL BE A LANDSCAPED PLAZA AT THE JUNCTION OF KENT ROAD AND SUFFOLK ROAD, HE SAID.
WHEN COMPLETED IN 1982, THE STATION WILL FORM A VITAL LINK FOR THE NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS OF THE KCR AND THE MTR.
THE SPOKESMAN
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