FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982
'EXTENSIVE BUILDING' OF SPORTS FACILITIES
FOR TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG
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EXTENSIVE NEW BUILDING OF SPORTING FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG IS NOW IN PROGRESS OR BEING PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION-STONE LAYING OF THE $53-MILLION TSO KUNG TAM OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN. SIR MURRAY SAID THOUGH TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG ARE SURROUNDED BY SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY PARKS IN HONG KONG, HE REALISED THE NEED FOR MORE INTENSIVE SPORTING FACILITIES, IF THE TOWN IS TO HAVE EQUAL TREATMENT WITH THE URBAN AREAS.
THE TSO KUNG TAM CENTRE HAD LONG BEEN PLANNED BUT HAD ENCOUNTERED MANY DIFFICULTIES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SINCE THIS TYPE OF CAMP HAD PROVED POPULAR, AND THE CENTRE WAS THE MOST ELABORATE SO FAR DESIGNED, HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO SEE IT STARTED BEFORE HE LEAVES.
OF THE SPORTING FACILITIES BEING BUILT OR PLANNED, SIR MURRAY MENTIONED THE FOLLOWING IN PARTICULAR
* AN INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL BE COMPLETED AT KWAI CHUNG NORTH BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR-
* A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG EARLY
IN 1984-
* THE YEUNG UK ROAD MARKET AND INDOOR GAMES
HALL WILL BE COMPLETED IN TSUEN WAN BY THE END OF 1984-
THE CHAI WAN KOK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL BE COMPLETED IN TSUEN WAN BY MID-1985-
* AND AS A LONGER TERM PROJECT, THE YEUNG UK
ROAD SPORTS STADIUM IN TSUEN WAN IS PLANNED FOR COMPLETION IN 1988/89.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED THAT THINGS WILL STEADILY IMPROVE FOR THE AREA.
+MEANWHILE, THIS RECREATION CENTRE WILL BE SOMETHING OF WHICH TSUEN WAN AND INDEED HONG KONG CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD, AND I WISH THOSE WHO USE IT MANY HOURS OF ENJOYMENT.+
TO MARK THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE BY THE GOVERNOR, MR JOHN DON, DIRECTOR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PRESENTED HIM WITH A MEMENTO BEARING THE CREST OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE PWD LOGO.
EARLIER, THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID SINCE THE FIRST GOVERNMENT CAMPING FACILITY AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE OPENED IN 1976, THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN ON THE CONSTANT LOOKOUT FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITIES TO MEET INCREASING PUBLIC DEMAND.
/+THESE EFFORTS