THURSDAY, SEPT. BER 1, 1983
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MR LE SAID THAT THE SHA TIN CULTURAL COMPLEX WOULD BE BUILT ON A 20 000-SQUARE METRE SITE BETWEEN THE RAILWAY STATION AND THE SHING MUN RIVER.
IT WILL BE THE THIRD CULTURAL COMPLEX IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE FIRST ONE IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WAS COMPLETED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHILE THE SECOND ONE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MR LEI SAID THE PROJECT WOULD COST ABOUT $125 MILLION, INCLUDING FOUNDATION WORK.
THE CULTURAL COMPLEX WILL CONSIST OF A MULTI-PURPOSE
1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM, A PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A RESTAURANT.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A MARRIAGE REGISTRY BENEATH THE RESTAURANT AND OUTDOOR TERRACES EXTENDING TO THE ADJACENT TOWN PARK.
MR LEI SAID THE COMPLEX WOULD BE AN IMPROVED DESIGN TO THE ONE IN TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, WITH A LARGER STAGE, PROPER SIDE STAGES AND AN ORCHESTRAL PIT FOR LARGE SCALE ORCHESTRAL, OPERATIC, DANCE AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
THE STAGE WILL FEATURE A MOVABLE ACOUSTICAL SHELL DESIGNED FOR ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCES WHEN THE SIDE STAGES ARE NOT NEEDED.
+THE AUDITORIUM IS NOT ONLY DESIGNED FOR HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES BUT ALSO FOR A WIDE RANGE OF DISTRICT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, MR LEI SAID,
+MEDIUM-SIZED, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROOMS ARE PROVIDED FOR SMALL SCALE PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL ARTISTIC GROUPS AND FOR REGULAR REHEARSALS AND PRACTICES.+
THESE INCLUDE A CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL FOR 250-300 PEOPLE, A LARGE PRACTICE ROOM FOR 200, A LARGE REHEARSAL ROOM FOR 200, AND TWO LECTURE ROOMS, EACH ACCOMMODATING 145 PEOPLE.
ACOUSTIC TREATMENT, SOUND AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED IN ALL THESE ROOMS.
FILM PROJECTION FACILITIES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL AND LECTURE ROOMS, WHILE A CONFERENCE ROOM HAVING A SEATING CAPACITY OF UP TO 50 PERSONS WITH WAITING ROOM AND SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
THE LANDSCAPED PODIUM IS LINKED BY COVERED WALKS TO BUILDINGS WITHIN THE COMPLEX AND THE SURROUNDING LOW-RISE BLOCKS.
+UPON COMPLETION, THE PROJECT, DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WILL FORM PART OF THE TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWN, HE SAID.
→THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL FACILITIES WILL FULFIL THE CULTURAL ASPIRATIONS OF, AND FOSTER A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWNS.+
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