MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1986
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GROUP TO DISCUSS SPORTS SUBSIDIES
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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL MEET TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO DISCUSS THE PROCEDURES AND VETTING PRINCIPLES FOR SUBSIDISING SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.
THE MEETING WILL START AT 2.30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT THE TSUEN WAN MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING.
RESTAURANT SITE OFFERED IN SHA TIN *****
A REPLACEMENT FOR THE COLOURFUL SHA TIN FLOATING RESTAURANT WHICH WAS TOWED TO GUANGZHOU AT THE END OF 1984 COULD BE IN OPERATION IN A YEAR'S TIME.
A SITE ALONG THE SHING MUN RIVER NEAR WHERE THE PREVIOUS RESTAURANT WAS ANCHORED IS BEING OFFERED FOR TENDER BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR A SIMILAR RESTAURANT TO BE BUILT.
THE LANDS DEPARTMENT HAS JUST CALLED FOR TENDERS FOR A 7 709-SQUARE METRE SITE AT SHA TIN. THIS INCLUDES 6 000 SQUARE METRES OF SPACE ON LAND FOR USE AS CAR PARKS AND FOR LANDSCAPING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR SHA TIN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE SAID ALTHOUGH IT IS KNOWN AS THE +FLOATING RESTAURANT+ SITE, A SUITABLE VESSEL COULD NO LONGER BE OPERATED ON THE SHING MUN RIVER.
+ THE SITE OFFERED IS WITHIN THE RIVER SO THAT A MODERN CONCRETE STRUCTURE OF NOT MORE THAN THREE STOREYS CAN BE ERECTED OVER THE WATER AND SUPPORTED BY PILES,+ HE SAID.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT A BUILDING RESEMBLING A TRADITIONAL CHINESE FLOATING RESTAURANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH ALL THE UTILITIES SUCH AS POWER, WATER AND DRAINAGE.
/+THIS RESTAURANT