FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1984
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MARKET AND INDOOR GAMES HALL COMPLEX BEING BUILT
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THE FIRST MARKET-AND-INDOOR-GAMES HALL COMPLEX IN HONG KONG TO INCLUDE AN AUDITORIUM BLOCK IS TO BE BUILT AT NGAU CHI WAN,
THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) AWARDED A $45-MILLION CONTRACT TO WANG CHONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE MARKET COMPLEX WILL BE BUILT ON A 4 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE AT CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD ABOVE CHOI HUNG MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES IN ADDITION TO THE MARKET A SIX-STOREY MAIN BUILDING WHICH WILL BE LINKED BY ESCALATORS TO THE MARKET.
THE UPPER FLOORS OF THIS MAIN BUILDING WILL PROVIDE TWO LIBRARIES, OFFICES AND SPACE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
THERE WILL BE A LECTURE HALL, FOUR MUSIC PRACTICE ROOMS A PAINTING STUDIO AND AN EXHIBITION HALL, AS WELL AS A COOKED FOOD CENTRE WITH 17 STALLS.
THE 430-SEAT AUDITORIUM, WHICH WILL BE DESIGNED ON SIMILAR LINES TO THE CITY HALL AUDITORIUM, WILL BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE MAIN BUILDING.
THE TWO-STOREY MARKET BUILDING WILL ACCOMMODATE 400 STALLS, A REFUSE COLLECTION CHAMBER, AN ICE STORE, OFFICES AND PUBLIC TOILETS. IT WILL BE OPERATED BY ELIGIBLE HAWKERS FROM THE VICINITY WHO HAVE BEEN SURVEYED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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RAMPS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO HELP DISABLED PEOPLE ENTER
A FOOTBRIDGE WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO CONNECT PING SHEK ESTATE AND THE MARKET AT THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL.
THE INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL OCCUPY MORE THAN 720 SQUARE METRES ON TOP OF A PODIUM AND HAVE A STANDARD VOLLEYBALL OR BASKETBALL COURT AND FOUR BADMINTON COURTS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE FACILITIES FOR GYMNASTIC ACTIVITIES.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN MID-1986.
MORE SCHOOL PLACES FOR NORTH DISTRICT
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MORE THAN 1 000 URGENTLY-NEEDED SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES WILL BE ADDED TO NORTH DISTRICT UPON FULL COMPLETION OF THE KAP YAN DIRECTORS' COLLEGE, RUN BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE COLLEGE