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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1985
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CHANGES WITHIN 0.5 PER CENT
PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS NOT INCLUDED.
NEW RECREATION CENTRE FOR KWAI CHUNG
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A NEWLY-BUILT INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG WILL BE OPENED ON JANUARY 28.
IT IS THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG TANG SHIU KIN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, LOCATED AT A 3 200-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT WO YI HOP ROAD NEXT TO THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND THE WO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUND.
BUILT AT A COST OF $16 MILLION, THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IS JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED $10 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT.
IT IS THE SECOND INDOOR RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS VENUE IN KWAI CHUNG, AND WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. IT IS NOW UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT WILL BE THE THIRD SPORT FACILITY BUILT WITH A DONATION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG AND MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD.
THE OTHER TWO FACILITIES ARE TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND AND SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND.
THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE NEW INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IS A 36 METRES X 36 METRES MULTI-PURPOSE GAMES ARENA OF GRANWOOD FLOOR ING.
IT CAN ALTERNATIVELY BE TURNED INTO TWO BASKET-BALL COURTS, TWO VOLLEY-BALL COURTS OR EIGHT BADMINTON COURTS.
THE ARENA CAN ALSO BE USED FOR FENCING, GYMNASTICS, JUDO. TABLE-TENNIS, TRAMPOLINE AND WEIGHT-LIFTING FOR TRAINING AS WELL AS COMPETITIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THERE IS