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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1985
MAJOR RECREATION GROUND FOR WONG TAI SIN
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A MAJOR RECREATION FACILITY FOR YOUNG AND OLD IS BEING BUILT BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AT A COST OF $49.5 MILLION ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER KAI TAK AMUSEMENT PARK AT WONG TAI SIN.
CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT IN CHOI HUNG ROAD IS NOW IN ITS FINAL STAGES, AND THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC NEXT MONTH,
FACILITIES INCLUDE TWO FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER PITCHES, A SITTING-OUT AREA, A JOGGING TRACK, A PAVILION AND AN ARBOUR, PLUS BENCHES AND PLANTERS.
MEANWHILE, PILING AND FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SCHEME HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND TENDERS WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURES INVOLVED.
IN THIS PHASE A TWO-HECTARE PLOT OF LAND ADJOINING PHASE ONE AND PREVIOUSLY TAKEN UP BY THE CHOI HUNG ROAD GARDEN WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATIONAL AREA.
IN LINE WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL'S POLICY ON CONSERVATION, ALL MATURE TREES WILL BE PRESERVED, IN ADDITION TO NEW GREENERY BEING PLANTED THERE.
FACILITIES FOR PASSIVE RECREATION IN THIS PHASE INCLUDE A FOUNTAIN, A PAVILION, SITTING-OUT AREAS, CHESS TABLES AND STOOLS, BENCHES AND PLANTERS.
FOR ACTIVE RECREATION THERE WILL BE A FITNESS STATION, A JOGGING TRACK TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE ONE IN PHASE ONE, A HANDBALL COURT. A VOLLEYBALL COURT, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AND FIVE TENNIS COURTS, INCLUDING TWO TO BE BUILT ON THE ROOFTOP OF AN INDOOR BADMINTON COMPLEX WHICH WILL HOUSE SIX COURTS.
A THREE-STOREY COMPLEX WILL ALSO BE BUILT DURING PHASE TWO. THE GROUND FLOOR AND PART OF THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BECOME A COOKED-FOOD CENTRE ACCOMMODATING FOOD STALLS NOW TRADING IN THE NEARBY COOKED-FOOD BAZAAR IN SHEUNG HEI STREET. THE REMAINDER OF THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BE ALLOCATED TO AN ANCILLARY GAMES HALL FOR DANCING, TABLE TENNIS, JUDO AND FENCING.
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE COMPLEX WILL BE USED AS AN INDOOR GAMES HALL WITH FOUR SQUASH COURTS, A FITNESS TRAINING ROOM AND A GAMES ROOM.
/FOR CHILDREN,