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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1980
SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX FOR YUEN LONG
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A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND GARDEN WILL SOON BE BUILT ON A 2.3-HECTARE SITE TO THE SOUTH OF THE YUEN LONG STADIUM IN YUEN LONG.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR PWD SAID THAT WORK ON THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST 1982.
HE SAID THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WOULD HAVE A MAIN POOL, A SECONDARY POOL, A TEACHING POOL, A DIVING POOL, A PADDLING POOL, AND A SPECTATOR STAND.
OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS,
A LIGHT REFRESHMENT CAFE AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION.
THE GARDEN, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT TO THE NORTH OF THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, WILL INCLUDE A PLANTING AND SITTING-OUT AREA, A SHALLOW POOL AND A FOUNTAIN.
IN ADDITION, A TEMPORARY RECREATION GROUND WITH TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AND A SMALL REST GARDEN WILL BE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE COMPLEX.
FIFTH NT SWIMMING GALA HELD *****
PROMOTING SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND COMPETITIONS ARE A MAJOR PART OF GOVERNMENT'S PLAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DEPUTY NEW TERRITORIES SECRETARY, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR CHU! WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH NEW TERRITORIES SWIMMING GALA HELD AT KWAI SHING SWIMMING POOL.
SOME BASIC REQUIREMENTS WERE NEEDED IN ACHIEVING THIS, HE SAID.
FIRST, MORE SPORTS GROUNDS SHOULD BE PROVIDED. GOVERNMENT
HAD GIVEN PRIORITY TO PLANS FOR BUILDING ADDITIONAL SPORTS FACILITIES WHICH IT WAS BELIEVED WOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED IN THE COMING FEW YEARS, SWIMMING POOLS, IN PARTICULAR, WOULD BE BUILT IN MANY PARTS OF HONG KONG.
+AQUATIC SPORTS FACILITIES WILL BE ADEQUATE IN FUTURE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE POPULATION DENSITY OF HONG KONG, MR CHUI SAID.
SECOND, ACTIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED.
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