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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1986
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ANOTHER MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS THE KOWLOON BAY SPORTS COMPLEX COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF 5.7 HECTARES.
ON ITS COMPLETION BY EARLY 1987, HE SAID, KWUN TONG WOULD HAVE THE FIRST SPORTS COMPLEX OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IN KOWLOON.
+THE $50 MILLION PROJECT WILL HAVE SUCH FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES AS A FULL-SIZE 100 X 64 METRE GRASSED INFIELD FOOTBALL PITCH, AN EIGHT-LANE 400 METRE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK AND FACILITIES FOR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, AS WELL AS A SPECTATOR STAND TO ACCOMMODATE 1 500 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.
+SINCE IT WILL SERVE AS A REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE FOR KOWLOON EAST, FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND OTHER NATIONAL SPORTS BODIES WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY.
+HOWEVER, WHEN NOT BEING USED FOR ORGANISED SPORTS MEETS THE SPORTS COMPLEX WILL BE OPENED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR JOGGING.
+OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, ONE HARD-SURFACED MINI-SOCCER PITCH, TWO BASKETBALL-CUM- VOLLEYBALL COURTS, A LANDSCAPED GARDEN AND A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND.+
ALSO IN THE PIPELINE FOR KWUN TONG WAS THE $3.8 MILLION KWUN TONG FERRY PIER SQUARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
+CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND THE PROJECT WILL COMPRISE A POND, A CASCADE, A CHINESE PAVILION, ARBOURS AND A LANDSCAPED SITTING-OUT AREA FOR PASSIVE RECREATIONAL PURPOSES,+ HE ADDED.
NEW URBAN COUNCIL SPORTS CENTRE IN NORTH POINT
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THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE FORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT BUILDING IN JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT, HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO AN URBAN COUNCIL SPORTS CENTRE AND WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE NEW CENTRE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE CITY LIONS CLUB SPORTS CENTRE IN SPORTS ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY, WHICH WILL BE CLOSED DOWN AS FROM TOMORROW AND HANDED BACK TO THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB,
/+ALL ACTIVITIES