SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1981
TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND OPENING
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THE $8 MILLION TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND WILL BE OPENED NEXT WEEK TO PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED PROPER VENUE FOR SPORTS COMPETITIONS, TRACK AND FIELDS EVENTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TUEN MUN.
TO MARK THE OPENING, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY.
SIR SHIU-KIN TANG WHO HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED $2 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT WHICH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK OF PHASE ONE OF THE SPORTS GROUND WILL ALSO ATTEND.
THE SPORTS CENTRE, LOCATED ON A THREE-HECTARE SITE NEAR TAI KING ESTATE IN THE NEW TOWN, WAS BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND IS MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE SPORTS GROUND COMPRISES A FULL-SIZE GRASS FOOTBALL PITCH, AN EIGHT-LANE 400 METRE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK FOR ALL FIELDS AND TRACKS ACTIVITIES.
AS AN ACTIVE RECREATIONAL VENUE FOR THE DISTRICT, FLOODLIGHTING AND WOODEN STANDS FOR 3 000 SPECTATORS ENABLE THE SPORTS GROUND TO BE MORE FULLY UTILISED.
OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, STORE ROOMS FOR ATHLETICS EQUIPMENT, OFFICE, SPECIAL CHANGING FACILITIES AND TOILETS FOR THE DISABLED ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
BOOKING FOR THE USE OF THE FACILITIES CAN NOW BE MADE AT THE OFFICE SITUATED AT THE SPORTS GROUND, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO OF THE SPORTS GROUND TO FURTHER EXPAND IT INTO A MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS CENTRE WILL SOON START, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IT WILL INCLUDE CONCRETE SPECTATOR STANDS, BASKETBALL AND MINI-SOCCER PITCHES AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT AN ADJACENT SITE.