SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1981
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TSING YI TO GET FISHERMEN'S CLUB
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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE HAS GRANTED A 65-SQUARE-METRE SITE ON TSING YI TO BUILD A FISHERMEN'S RECREATION CLUB.
A TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH HALL, GAMES ROOMS, READING ROOMS AND BADMINTON COURTS WILL BE BUILT AT MOON TSAI TONG, NORTH OF TSING YI TOWN CENTRE.
MOON TSAI TONG HAS TWO VILLAGES WITH ABOUT 5 000 FISHERMEN.
THE SITE WAS GRANTED BY PRIVATE TREATY TO A GROUP OF COMMUNITY AND RURAL LEADERS WHO HAVE FORMED THEMSELVES INTO A TSING YI FISHERMEN'S RECREATION CLUB ORGANISING COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRMAN IS MR WONG DAI-HEI, A FISHERMEN'S REPRESENTATIVE AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER.
CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE BUILDING WILL BE $330 000, OF WHICH $150 000 HAS BEEN DONATED BY PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN, MR DAVID CHAN, WHO IS AN INDIGENOUS VILLAGER OF TSING YI.
THE BALANCE WILL BE DRAWN FROM THE HO TUNG FUND AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.
A SOIL BREAKING CEREMONY TOOK PLACE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING
AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED BY EARLY DECEMBER.
OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE KWAI CHUNG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (ADMINISTRATION), MR MARTIN DAVIDSON, AND TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN TIN-SUNG.
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