FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1985
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PROPOSED PROMENADE FOR ABERDEEN WATERFRONT
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MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S WORKS PROJECT COMMITTEE HAVE PROPOSED THAT AN ENLARGED PROMENADE WITH A BASKETBALL COURT. SHOULD BE BUILT IN THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THE COMMITTEE MET YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) TO CONSIDER VIEWS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN ABERDEEN CENTRE WHO WANT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT WOULD SUIT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BUILD A MINI-SOCCER PITCH AND AT LEAST ONE BASKETBALL COURT IN THE SITE,
AT THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A MINI-SOCCER PITCH MIGHT NOT BENEFIT RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, A BASKETBALL COURT, SURROUNDED BY TREES WOULD MEET THE DEMANDS FOR ACTIVE SPORTS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS' WISHES TO HAVE A GREEN BELT ZONE.
PLANTS AND TREES, SURROUNDING THE BASKETBALL COURT WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A BUFFER TO SCREEN OFF ANY NOISE THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO ARCHITECTS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING OF RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ABERDEEN WATERFRONT.
TSANG TAI UK RECREATION GROUND OPENS
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THE TSANG TAI UK RECREATION GROUND, WHICH FEATURES THE ONLY ARTIFICIAL TURF SOCCER PITCH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND.
BUILT ON A 2.47-HECTARE SITE AT A COST OF $12.8 MILLION, THE MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX IS LOCATED NEXT TO TSANG TAI UK.
APART FROM THE SOCCER PITCH, THERE ARE SIX TENNIS COURTS, THREE BASKET CUM VOLLEYBALL COURTS, EIGHT CONCRETE TABLE TENNIS TABLES, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, SITTING-OUT AREAS AND REFRESHMENT KIOSK.
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