FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1985
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DB MEMBERS LOOK AT URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES
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MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE SHOUSON HILL NURSERY AND THE ABERDEEN INDOOR GAMES HALL IN WONG CHUK HANG TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
AT THE SHOUSON HILL NURSERY THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF MANAGER (LEISURE SERVICES), MR PETER RULL, ON HOW PLANTS ARE PRODUCED AND LATER PLANTED TO BEAUTIFY HONG KONG.
THE NURSERY, WHICH PRODUCES ABOUT 50 000 TREES EACH YEAR SUPPLIES THE VEGETATION USED FOR BEAUTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT IN GARDENS, SITTING-OUT AREAS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND PARKS MANAGED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. THE TREES, OF OVER 90 SPECIES, INCLUDE CONIFERS AND PALMS.
BOARD MEMBERS LATER VISITED THE ABERDEEN INDOOR GAMES HALL TO SEE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FACILITIES PROVIDED.
THE GAMES HALL, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 1 300 SQUARE METRES CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO BASKETBALL OR TENNIS COURTS, EIGHT BADMINTON OR THREE VOLLEYBALL COURTS, AND HAS A STAND FOR 300 SPECTATORS.
WHEN REQUIRED, THE GAMES HALL CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A GYMNASIUM, OR BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF SPORTS SUCH AS BANDBALL WEIGHT LIFTING, JUDO, TRAMPOLINING, DANCING, FENCING, OR AS A THEATRE OF MEETING PLACE.
BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT A NEW INDOOR GAMES HALL, TO BE BUILT IN CHAI WAN IN FUTURE, WOULD HAVE SIMILAR FACILITIES TO THAT OF THE ABERDEEN INDOOR GAMES HALL.
CARNIVAL TO SPREAD ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ROAD SAFETY BY PARTICIPATING IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WHICH OPENS WITH A CARNIVAL THIS SUNDAY (OCTOBER 27).
THE CARNIVAL IS PART OF A TWO-MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN THAT FOCUSES ON NEGLIGENCE OF DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE DANGERS OF JAYWALKING AMONG THE ELDERLY.
THE FUNCTION, TO BE HELD AT ABERDEEN SPORTS GROUND FROM 2 PM TO 5 PM, WILL FEATURE A VARIETY SHOW, PERFORMANCES BY FAMOUS LOCAL SINGERS, ACROBATIC PERFORMANCES, GAMES STALLS PUT UP BY THE SIX AREA COMMITTEES OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT AND A CUSHION TRAMPOLINE,
IN ADDITION, THE POLICE WILL PUT UP A MINIATURE ROAD JAR _: TOWN+, COMPUTER GAMES ON ROAD SAFETY AND A ROAD SAFETY LUS.
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