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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1987
AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM INSTALLED AT SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL
RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT WILL ENJOY BETTER FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE SIEK YAM COMMUNITY HAL? AT NORTH KWAI CHUNG WITH THE OPENING OF ITS AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL WILL BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY HALL. OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TO BE INSTALLED WITH AIR-CONDITIONING UNDER AN UPGRADING SCHEME FOR EXISTING COMMUNITY HALLS AND CENTRES.
NEW THEFITORIES
ACCORDING ΤΟ THE SCHEME, THE CITY AND ADMINISTRATION WILL PROVIDE AIR-CONDITIONING ΤΟ ITS EXISTING 40 COMMUNITY HALLS AND CENTRES SO AS TO ENABLE ACTIVITIES WITH JARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS TO BE HELD AT THESE VENUES THROW ROUT THE YEAR AND TO INCREASE THE USE OF THESE HALLS.
SHEK YAM
OFFICER, TO MAKE
OFFICIATING AT THE RE-OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COMMUNITY HALL AFTER ITS RENOVATION, THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT MR BRIAN COAK, ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS USE OF THE HALL FOR ORGANISING SPORTS ACTIVITIES, VARIETY SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, SEMINARS, TALKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
MR COAK EXPECTED THE AIR-CONDITIONED HALL WOULD ATTRACT A HIGH UTILISATION RATE WHICH WAS ALSO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLATION PROJECT.
OF THE 40 CENTRES TO BE UPGRADED, INSTALLATION WORK FOR 15 CENTRES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR AT A BUDGET OF ABOUT $9 MILLION.
THE FIRST FOUR CENTRES TO BE INSTALLED WITH AIR-CONDITIONING ARE SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL AND KWAI FONG COMMUNITY HALL IN KWAI CHUNG, YUE WAN COMMUNITY HALL IN CHAI WAN AND WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY HALL.
OTHER CENTRES TO BE COVERED IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WILL BE WO CHE, TAI YUEN, KAI YIP, CHEUNG WAH, SHEK KIP MEI, CHOI WAN, SHEK WAI KOK, ON TING/YAU OI, SHUN LEE, LEK YUEN AND LOK WAH.
THE REMAINING 25 CENTRES WILL BE UPGRADED IN PHASES WITH A FURTHER BUDGET OF $18 MILLION.
MR COAK DISCLOSED TRAT BY 1989, ALL THE SEVEN EXISTING COMMUNITY HALLS IN THE KWAI TSING WOULD BE AIR-CONDITIONED AND THE FACILITY HAS BEEN INCLUDED INTO THE PLANS OF NEW HALLS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE RE-OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL WERE THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAUL CORSER; KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD AND CHAIRMAN OF SHEK YAM COMMUNITY HALL CHEONG-LAP.
CHAIRMAN, MR 110 TUNG-CHING, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHAN
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