SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1981 ·
SPORTS GROUND WORK AHEAD OF TIME
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF A MUCH-NEEDED SPORTS GROUND IN THE RAPIDLY-DEVELOPING TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH.
THE TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND. LOCATED ON A THREE-HECTARE SITE NEAR THE TAI HING ESTATE, IS BEING BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS A RESULT OF A GENEROUS DONATION OF $2 MILLION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG.
COSTING $8.3 MILLION, THE SPORTS GROUND WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST PROPER VENUE FOR LOCAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS, TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, OUTDOOR RALLIES AND FESTIVALS FOR THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN.
IT COMPRISES A FULL-SIZED TURF SOCCER PITCH, AN EIGHT-LANE 400-METER ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK, AS WELL AS PLACES FOR FIELD EVENTS.
FLOODLIGHTING AND A TEMPORARY WOODEN STAND FOR 3 000 SPECTATORS ARE ALSO PROVIDED AMONG THE FACILITIES.
THE SPORTS GROUND WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE CONCRETE SPECTATOR STANDS, BASKETBALL AND MINI-SOCCER PITCHES AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT AN ADJACENT SITE TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWN.
WORK ON STAGE TWO OF THE SPORTS GROUND WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
MINI-SOCCER PITCH AT TUNG CHUNG ***
THE FIRST MINI-SOCCER PITCH AT TUNG CHUNG ON LANTAU ISLAND HAS BEEN BUILT BY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
SITUATED CLOSE TO THE HAU WONG TEMPLE, THE PITCH HAS AN
AREA OF ABOUT 3 100 SQUARE METRES.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT INVOLVED CONVERTING A PIECE OF VACANT LAND ON THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE INTO A CONCRETE SURFACE MINI-SOCCER PITCH.
/THE PITA