WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1981
TSUEN WAN TO GET HONG KONG'S LARGEST PARK
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WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT APRIL ON BUILDING A 27-HECTARE PARK IN TSUEN WAN WHICH WILL BE THE LARGEST IN HONG KONG.
LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS, APPOINTED BY TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAVE COMPLETED STUDIES ON THE WORKS REQUIRED TO TURN THE FORMER REFUSE TIP AT GIN DRINKERS BAY INTO A PLACE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.
A MEETING BETWEEN THE CONSULTANTS AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WAS HELD RECENTLY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE FACILITIES TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK.
INITIALLY, THE CONSULTANTS SUGGESTED 14 TENNIS COURTS, A MULTI-PURPOSE GAMES PITCH, A CYCLE TRACK SURROUNDING THE PARK, A LOOKOUT TOWER, A RESTAURANT, AN AMPHITHEATRE, A GARDEN, AN AVIARY, A GLASS HOUSE AND A SMALL ZOO.
MEMBERS ON THE WHOLE WERE IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPOSALS BUT RECOMMENDED THAT.
* THE CYCLE TRACK SHOULD BE OF WORLD STANDARD
AND PROVIDED WITH A SPECTATOR STAND AS IT WOULD BE USED FOR PRACTISING AND COMPETITION=
* THE AMPHITHEATRE SHOULD HAVE A COVERED STAGE
AND SEATING CAPACITY OF 1 500-
* THERE SHOULD BE A CAR PARK FOR AT LEAST 100
VEHICLES- AND
A ROLLER SKATING RINK SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
COMMENTING ON THE PROJECT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S RECREATION AND SPORTS SUB-COMMITTEE, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, SAID THE PARK WOULD PROVIDE A MAJOR BOOST TO RECREATION FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN.
*WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME FACILITIES WHICH COULD NOT OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED IN THE URBAN AREA,+ HE SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE ACTING TSUEN WAN PROJECT MANAGER, MR NORMAN TUCKER, GIN DRINKERS BAY CONTROLLED TIP WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD AND THE PROCESS OF TURNING IT INTO A PARK WOULD BE COMPLEX.
THE CONSULTANT'S