MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1985
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FISHING JUNK FOR SHA TIN PARK
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A FULL SIZE FISHING JUNK ESPECIALLY BUILT AS A PLAY
FEATURE WAS +GROUNDED+ AT THE SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK TODAY (MONDAY).
THE $215 000 VESSEL WAS TOWED ALONG SHING MUN RIVER AND LIFTED TO THE PARK, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, FROM THE NEARBY BANYAN BRIDGE.
THE 12-TONNE FISHING JUNK, MEASURING 13 METRES LONG AND 4.5 METRES WIDE, WAS BUILT BY SUN KWAN HING SHIPYARD.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE BOAT WOULD LATER BE PLACED ON A CONCRETE CRADLE IN ONE OF THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS IN THE PARK.
*THE CRADLE WILL THEN BE BURIED IN SAND, AND THE BOAT WILL STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF A SANDPIT WITH ITS BOW HANGING OVER A PADDLING POOL. MASTS AND SAILS OF THE BOAT WILL ALSO BE FITTED,+ HE SAID.
THE CENTRAL PARK, COSTING ABOUT $50 MILLION, IS BEING BUILT ON A TEN-HECTARE SITE ALONG THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE SHING MUN RIVER.
+ IT IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN, BETWEEN THE TOWN CENTRE BUILDINGS AND THE RIVER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THE MAJOR FEATURE OF THE PARK WILL BE A PAVED PLAZA PROVIDING A SETTING FOR THE FUTURE NEW TOWN CULTURAL COMPLEX, WITH FOUNTAINS, AN OPEN-AIR BANDSTAND THEATRE AREA WHICH WILL BE COVERED BY AN AWNING, AND ROWS OF TREES TO PROVIDE SHADE, HE SAID.
OTHER FEATURES WILL INCLUDE A LARGE ARTIFICIAL HILL AND WATERFALL, A TROPICAL GARDEN, ADVENTURE PLAY AREAS, POOLS, PONDS AND FOUNTAINS, PAVILIONS AND EXTENSIVE TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING AREAS.
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IN ADDITION, A CONTINUOUS PROMENADE AND CYCLE TRACK WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE 800-METRE RIVER FRONTAGE.
*THEY WILL FORM PART OF AN EXTENSIVE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE TRACK SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WORK ON THE PARK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TEPRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IS EXPECTED TU BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER.
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