MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1985
FIRST BOATING PARK MAY OPEN EARLIER
***
THE TERRITORY'S FIRST BOATING PARK AT WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD WILL PROBABLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE MAY, PROVIDED THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST WEEKS CONTINUES.
THE PARK WHICH MEASURES 6.5 HECTARES, IS CONVERTED FROM THE NOW DEFUNCT WONG NAI CHUNG RESERVOIR BUILT SOME 85 YEARS AGO.
+CONSTRUCTION WORK, AT A COST OF $4.5 MILLION, BEGAN IN LATE 1982 AND IS ALMOST COMPLETED,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL. +WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR IS MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO FILL IT UP BEFORE IT CAN BE OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE.+
THE FACILITIES AT WHAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PROVE A HIGHLY POPULAR RESERVOIR PARK INCLUDE A BOATING PAVILION, SHEDS FOR CANOES AND LIFE-SAVING BOATS, A REFRESHMENT KIOSK, AND SITTING-OUT AREAS WITH A FITNESS STATION.
OTHER FACILITIES PROVIDED AT THE PARK ARE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND A PUBLIC CAR PARK.
TENDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF BOAT HIRING SERVICE WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY.
NEW MARINE OFFICE FOR SAI KUNG
***
A NEW MARINE OFFICE WILL BE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE MR CHAN YUE-YAN, IN SAI KUNG ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 27) AFTERNOON, ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING,
IT WILL REPLACE THE OFFICE SET UP IN THE FISH WHOLESALE MARKET IN SAI KUNG SINCE 1971, A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO CATER TO THE FLOATING COMMUNITY WHICH, AT THAT TIME, CONSISTED MAINLY OF FISHING VESSELS.
SINCE THEN, THE OFFICE HAS GREATLY INCREASED THE SCOPE OF ITS WORK.
APART FROM BECOMING A REGIONAL FOCAL POINT FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF VESSELS, IT HAS PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN BOTH PORT SHELTER AND ROCKY HARBOUR.
/SAI KUNG