1
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1985
TUEN MUN TOWN PARK OPENS THURSDAY
****
TUEN MUN TOWN PARK, LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE NEW TOWN, WILL BE OPENED TO RESIDENTS ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 29).
THE 11.5-HECTARE PARK IS SITUATED ON RECLAIMED LAND SOUTH OF PUI TO ROAD, NEXT TO THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OF YAU OI, ON TING AND SAN FAT.
CONSTRUCTED IN PHASES, STAGE ONE OF THE PROJECT, OCCUPYING 6.5 HECTARES, HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED.
THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR JIMMY CHOW, RECALLED THAT THE PARK WAS THE SITE OF A PUBLIC DUMP IN 1973.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO TRACE OF THIS RATHER UNPLEASANT ORIGIN ON THE SITE TODAY. INSTEAD, THERE ARE MANY SPECIAL FEATURES WHICH WILL NOT BE FOUND IN EXISTING PUBLIC PARKS, HE ADDED.
•
THESE INCLUDE A MAN-MADE LAKE FOR BOAT ROWING, A FULLY AUTOMATIC COMPUTER-CONTROLLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND AN AMPHITHEATRE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+ IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE IS AN ISLAND ON WHICH STANDS A CAFE BUILT IN THE STYLE OF A TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAGODA,+ MR CHOW SAID.
TWO ARCHED BRIDGES WHICH PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ISLAND HAVE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO ALLOW BOATS TO PASS.
PART OF THE LAKE IS ALSO SET ASIDE FOR MODEL BOATING ACTIVITIES. IT IS BOUNDED BY A STEPPED EDGE ON ONE SIDE AND A LINE OF BUOYS ON THE OTHER TO PREVENT MODEL BOATS FROM STRAYING INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE LAKE.
AT THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE LAKE IS THE AMPHITHEATRE, ALSO WITH A CHINESE PAGODA-TYPE ROOF, FOR THE STAGING OF THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL EVENTS.
FACING THE STAGE IS A SEMI-CIRCULAR STAND WITH SEATING FOR 600. A FURTHER 1 000 SPECTATORS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON THE GRASS MOUND BEHIND.
FOR YOUNGSTERS, THERE IS A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND WITH A VARIETY OF PLAY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A SPACENET FOR CLIMBING. OTHER FACILITIES IN THE EXTENSIVELY LANDSCAPED PARK INCLUDE SITTING-OUT AREAS, PAVILIONS AND A LOOKOUT POINT.
THE PARK IS CONVENIENTLY LINKED BY TWO FOOTBRIDGES TO THE TOWN CENTRE IN THE EAST, AND TO SAN FAT ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURING COMMERCIAL AREA IN THE NORTH.
/HEFERRING TO