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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1983
CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTRE FOR MONG KOK RESIDENTS
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A CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTRE WILL BE READY FOR USE IN MONG KOK IN A YEAR'S TIME, PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THE LIM POR YEN CENTRE IN IVY STREET, BEING BUILT AT A COST OF $6 MILLION, WILL HAVE A GYMNASTIC HALL, A SQUASH COURT, A FITNESS TRAINING CENTRE, A TABLE-TENNIS HALL, AND DANCING AND MUSIC ROOMS.
THE CENTRE IS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE CLUB HAS DONATED $3 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT, WITH THE BALANCE BEING RAISED BY MR LIM POR-YEN AND THE ASSOCIATION.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, DESCRIBED THE CENTRE AS AN +INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE RESIDENTS.
HE SAID IT WOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AND SPORTS POTENTIAL OF THE DISTRICT.
+ IN DISTRICTS SUCH AS MONG KOK WHERE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE SCANTY, THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE CULTURAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING OF A LUXURY,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE ASSOCIATION AND THE CLUB WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED IF ORGANISATIONS WITH THE COMMON INTEREST OF SERVING THE PUBLIC PUT THEIR EFFORTS TOGETHER.
+THE IDEA TO BUILD A CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTRE HAS BEEN IN THE MIND OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS,+ HE SAID.
THE ASSOCIATION HAD COME A LONG WAY IN OVERCOMING MANY OBSTACLES - FROM IDENTIFYING A SITE, OBTAINING IT FROM THE LAND AUTHORITY, DESIGNING THE BUILDING, AND PILING TO AWARDING TENDERS FOR THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, HE POINTED OUT.
+ THE IMAGINATION AND INITIATIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR LAM KIN-MING, HAVE MET WITH THE GENEROUS AND ENCOURAGING SUPPORT OF THE JOCKEY CLUB CHARITIES FUND WHICH DONATED A SUM OF $3 MILLION TO GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE DRAWING BOARD.+
MR AKERS-JONES ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MR LIM POR-YEN AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR UNFAILING AND EQUALLY GENEROUS SUPPORT, WITHOUT WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.+
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