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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1980
SAI KUNG TO HAVE $6 MILLION SPORTSGROUND
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A SPORTSGROUND IS TO BE BUILT IN SAI KUNG AT A COST OF $6.3 MILLION.
THE SPORTSGROUND WILL BE BUILT ON RECLAIMED LAND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE TOWN.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A SOCCER PITCH, A RUNNING TRACK AND AREAS FOR FIELD EVENTS.
WORK WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1982.
THE SOCCER PITCH WILL BE STANDARD SIZED AND FULLY TURFED.
BUILT AROUND IT WILL BE A 400 METRE, SIX-LANE RUNNING TRACK WHICH CAN BE USED IN ALL WEATHERS.
THE AREAS AT THE BACK OF THE GOALPOSTS WILL BE FOR FIELD EVENTS.
THERE WILL BE COVERED STANDS FOR 1 000 SPECTATORS AND A SERVICE BUILDING CONTAINING CHANGING AND TOILET FACILITIES.
SIR SHIU-KIN TANG IS PROVIDING $3 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE THE BALANCE.
A SA KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE MANY SOCCER ENTHUSIASTS AMONG THE 35 000 LOCAL POPULATION WHO WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT A PROPER PITCH WAS BEING BUILT NEARBY.
THE PITCH AND OTHER FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY LOCAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR SPORTS EVENTS AND AS AN ARENA FOR DISTRICT-WIDE CELEBRATIONS.
IMPROVED ACCESS TO EAST TSIM SHA TSUI
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WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH ON ROADS IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE THERE.
A $9.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS WAS AWARDED TODAY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR TOM ARMOUR, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD'S HIGHWAYS (KOWLOON) DIVISION, SAID THE PROJECT, WHICH WOULD TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, WOULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOTAL OF 1 000 METRES OF CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT 10.3 METRES WIDE.
THIS WILL MAINLY INVOLVE THE EXTENSION OF HING CHEUNG ROAD AND CHING YEE ROAD AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MING KWONG ROAD TO JOIN HING CHEUNG ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD.
/A PEDESTRIAN