SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1994
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URBCO WORKING WELL WITH DISTRICT BOARDS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CONSULTATIVE PROCESS WITH DISTRICT BOARDS HAS BEEN WORKING VERY WELL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNCIL PROJECTS IN URBAN AREAS, MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY.
+THROUGH INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS, WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC DISTRICTS AND THE TYPES OF FACILITIES BEST SUITED FOR DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, + HE SAID.
MR CHUNG'S COMMENTS CAME DURING A SITE VISIT TO FOUR URBAN COUNCIL PROJECT SITES ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
THE PARTY, INCLUDING URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AND OTHER COUNCILLORS, VISITED THE NAM LONG SHAN COOKED-FOOD CENTRE PROJECT AT ABERDEEN, THE SITE OF A TWO-PHASE PARK PROJECT AT WAH FU ESTATE, THE NEW WESTERN COMPLEX IN QUEEN'S ROAD AND THE LOCKHART ROAD COMPLEX IN WAN CHAI.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARDS WAS TODAY'S OUTCOME OF A PROPOSAL FOR A SOCCER PITCH AT THE PLAYGROUND PROJECT IN WAH FU ESTATE, MR CHUNG SAID.
+FROM OUR SITE VISIT TODAY WE DISCOVERED THAT THE AREA IS JUST NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BUILD EVEN A MINI-SOCCER PITCH,+ HE ADDED.
+ONE OF OUR COUNCILLORS, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, CAME ON THE VISIT AND AGREED THAT A FREE-KICK AREA SHOULD BE BUILT INSTEAD.+
OF THE FOUR SITES INSPECTED TODAY, THE NEW WESTERN COMPLEX BEING BUILT AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT $170 MILLION, IS THE LARGEST PROJECT IN THE COUNCIL'S CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE COMPLEX WILL HAVE MARKET STALLS; A COOKED-FOOD CENTRE, A DISTRICT LIBRARY. A DISTRICT CULTURAL CENTRE AND INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN LATE 1996.
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