MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1982
SPORTS GROUNDS SOON READY FOR USE AGAIN
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FINISHING TOUCHES ARE BEING PUT TO THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH THE YUEN LONG STADIUM AND YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND AT TSUEN WAN, AND THE FACILITIES WILL SOON BE RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FOR FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL MATCHES AND ATHLETIC MEETS.
IN YUEN LONG STADIUM, A COVERED PERMANENT STAND WITH SEATS FOR ABOUT 2 000 SPECTATORS HAS BEEN BUILT TO REPLACE THE WOODEN STAND, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
REFURNISHMENT OF THE EXISTING UNCOVERED PERMANENT STAND, ACCOMMODATING ANOTHER 3 000 PEOPLE, HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED.
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNGER POPULATION IN YUEN LONG, THE PREVIOUS SIX-LANE RUNNING TRACK OF THE STADIUM HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO AN EIGHT-LANE, ALL-WEATHER TRACK.
WORK ON THE RUNNING TRACK, SHOT PUT CIRCLE, DISCUS-THROWING CAGE AND SAND PIT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NEW CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, A REFRESHMENT KIOSK, STORAGE ROOMS AND COMMITTEE ROOMS ARE ALSO PROVIDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID ADDING THAT THE COST OF THE WHOLE PROJECT WAS ABOUT $12 MILLION.
AT YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND, FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL WILL SOON BE PLAYED AT THE STANDARD TURFED SOCCER PITCH.
IT CAN HOLD AS MANY AS 4 000 SPECTATORS WHEN FIRST DIVISION FOOTBALL MATCHES ARRANGED BY THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
IS HELD AT THE SPORTS GROUND.
ERECTION OF NEW FENCING AND CROWD CONTROL FACILITIES WHICH COST ABOUT $1.25 MILLION ARE NEARLY COMPLETE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF WAN TSUI ROAD
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WAN TSUI ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH LIN SHING ROAD AND A POINT 40 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH WAN TSUI LANE IN CHAI WAN WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1 AM AND 6 AM ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (DECEMBER 29 AND 30) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBRIDGE.
DURING THE CLOSURE, CMB ROUTE 82 (BETWEEN CHAI WAN EAST AND NORTH POINT FERRY) WILL BE DIVERTED VIA CHAI WAN ROAD.