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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980
WORK ON TUEN MUN SPORTSGROUND TO BEGIN EARLIER
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WORK ON A TUEN MUN SPORTSGROUND WILL BEGIN EARLIER THAN
SCHEDULED THANKS TO A DONATION OF $2 MILLION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM SAID TODAY.
MR LAM ANNOUNCED THIS WHEN PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS OF SPORTS COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN BRANCH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
THE SPORTSGROUND WOULD BE SITUATED NEAR TAI HING ESTATE. CONSTRUCTION WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAJOR FACILITIES WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1981.
FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE A GRASS SOCCER PITCH, A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK, SITES FOR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, A TEMPORARY SPECTATOR STAND FOR 3 000 PEOPLE, CHANGING ROOMS, OFFICES, STAFF QUARTERS AND CAR PARKING SPACES.
MR LAM SAID HE BELIEVED ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION COULD BE HELD ON THE SPORTSGROUND IN 1982.
THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN WOULD REACH 162 000 IN TWO YEARS AND THE NUMBERS OF SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS WERE ON THE INCREASE.
+CONSTRUCTING A STANDARD SPORTSGROUND FOR VARIOUS SPORTS
ACTIVITIES IS AN URGENT TASK, + MR LAM SAID.
LEADERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS' SPORTS ASSOCIATION HAD REPEATEDLY MADE REQUESTS TO GOVERNMENT.
IN VIEW OF THIS, THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAD PRESSED DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPORTSGROUND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH WOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN PROMOTING LOCAL SPORTS ACTIVITIES WOULD BE THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE.
THE FULLY EQUIPPED CENTRE WOULD BE READY BY 1982.
WORK ON OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS WERE ALSO COMPLETED RECENTLY, HE SAID.
MR LAM SAID THESE FACILITIES WOULD SERVE NO PURPOSE AT ALL UNLESS THEY WERE FULLY UTILISED.
HE HOPED THE ASSOCIATION WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROMOTING SPORTS ACTIVITIES TO CULTIVATE INTEREST AMONG LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE.
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