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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1983
HE NOTED THAT APART FROM THE MARKET. THE COMPLEX ALSO HOUSES A DISTRICT LIBRARY, A CULTURAL CENTRE WHICH IS THE FIRST CULTURAL FACILITY ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL IN THE DISTRICT, AND AN INDOOR GAMES HALL.
+THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THIS BUILDING WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE 85 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWN AREA, BUT ALSO THOSE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT,+ SIR JOHN SAID.
IN HIS SPEECH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THE SHORTAGE OF LAND HAS NOT DETERRED THE COUNCIL FROM PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
+IN FACT, IT IS THE COUNCIL'S POLICY TO UTILISE LAND TO THE MAXIMUM, PARTICULARLY BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEXES TO ACCOMMODATE CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER CITY · SERVICES, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE RETAIL MARKETING FACILITIES,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT SIMILAR COMPLEXES WILL BE EVENLY BUILT THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF RESIDENTS.
AFTER THE OPENING, SIR JOHN TOURED THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING AND LATER VIEWED AN EXHIBITION OF CERAMICS IN THE EXHIBITION HALL.
THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION.
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