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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1983
THE AUDITORIUM FORMS PART OF THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX TO BE BUILT IN THREE STAGES ON A FOUR-HECTARE SITE IN THE TOWN CENTRE NEXT TO THE TOWN PARK.
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE AUDITORIUM, BEING STAGE ONE OF THE CULTURAL COMPLEX PROJECT, WILL BE THE 1 450-SEAT HALL WHICH IS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE ONE IN TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, BUT WITH A LARGE STAGE, PROPER SIDE STAGES AND A LARGER ORCHESTRAL PIT, MAKING IT MORE SUITABLE FOR LARGER SCALE ORCHESTRAL, OPERATIC, DANCE AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES. A LARGE ORCHESTRAL SHELL IS ALSO TO BE PROVIDED TO ALLOW THE PROPER PRESENTATION OF FULL SCALE ON-STAGE ORCHESTRAL WORKS.
MR LEI SAID, THE AUDITORIUM IS DESIGNED NOT ONLY FOR HIGHLY- PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES BUT ALSO FOR AS WIDE A RANGE OF DISTRICT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AS POSSIBLE.
+MEDIUM-SIZED, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROOMS ARE PROVIDED FOR SMALL SCALE PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ARTISTIC GROUPS AND FOR REGULAR REHEARSALS AND PRACTICES.+
THESE WILL INCLUDE A CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL WITH MOVABLE SEATING FOR 250 TO 300 PEOPLE, A LARGE PRACTICE ROOM WITH MOVABLE SEATING FOR 200 PEOPLE, AND TWO LECTURE ROOMS EACH ACCOMMODATING 145 PEOPLE,
APART FROM ACOUSTIC TREATMENT, MR LEI SAID, SOUND AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT WOULD BE PROVIDED IN ALL THESE ROOMS. MOREOVER, FILM PROJECTION FACILITIES WOULD ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL AND LECTURE ROOMS.
THE AUDITORIUM WILL ALSO HOUSE A 50-SEAT CONFERENCE ROOM WITH A WAITING ROOM AND SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION SYSTEM.
MR LEI SAID THAT ADJACENT TO THE AUDITORIUM WOULD BE A TWO-STOREY BLOCK TO BE OCCUPIED BY CHINESE AND EUROPEAN RESTAURANTS,
OTHER FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD STAGES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE TWO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BLOCKS, A LIBRARY, MAGISTRACY, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK FOR 850 VEHICLES, POST OFFICE AND A MARRIAGE REGISTRY AND A BUS STATION.
MR LEI SAID THAT THE WHOLE CULTURAL COMPLEX WOULD HAVE AMPLE OPEN SPACE WHICH WOULD BE LANDSCAPED AND DECORATED WITH AQUATIC FEATURES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR RELAXATION.
→THE MAIN BUILDINGS WILL BE ON THE PERIPHERY TO GIVE A PIAZZA EFFECT AT BOTH PODIUM AND GROUND LEVELS AND THE PODIUM IS PROVIDED WITH COVERED WALKS TO LIK UP THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS, HE ADDED.
THE AUDITORIUM WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHO WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION.
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