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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1987
MORE SPORTS FACILITIES IN THE PIPELINE FOR NORTH DISTRICT
MORE SPORTS FACILITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN NORTH DISTRICT WHEN A $100-MILLION MULTI-PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT IS COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, BAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE ENORMOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WOULD FURTHER IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND WAS A PROOF
TRE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO DEVELOP THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW
TOWN.
SPEAKING AT THE NORTH DISTRICT SECOND ATHLETIC MEET AT FUNG KAI SECONDARY SCHOOL, MR CHRUNG SAID THE PROJECTS INVOLVED WOULD BK LOCATED AT BITES ADJACENT TO THE TIN PING ESTATE OF THE FANLING/SHRUNG SHUI NEW TOWN.
"ONE OF THESE 18 AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE WITH A MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR STADIUM PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES AS BASKETBALL, BADMINTON AND SQUASH COURTS, AND DANCING AND CHANGING ROOMS.
"THE CENTRE, COVERING AN AREA OF 8,300 SQUARE METRES, WILL COST $23 MILLION. WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH AND IS EXPECTED ΤΟ COMPLETE BY MID-1989," HE SAID.
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THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WOULD BUILD A SPORTS COMPLEX NEXT ΤΟ THE CENTRE IN 1988-89, MR CHEUNG ADDED.
THE SPORTS COMPLEX WOULD HAVE A FULL-SIZE ORASSED SOCCER PITCH, AN EIGHT-LANK 400-METRE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK, A STAND FOR 2,500 SPECTATORS, RIGHT TENNIS COURTS AND FOUR BASKETBALL/VOLLEYBALL COURTS.
Η ΤΟ MAXIMISE THE UTILISATION OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX, FLOOD-LIGHTING WILL BE PROVIDED, MR CHEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT THE $55-MILLION PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1990-91.
IN LINE WITH THIS, A SWIMMING POOL COSTING
BE BUILT NEARBY.
TODAY'S EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO SPORTS ACTIVITIES THROUGH COMPETITION.
#32 MILLION WOULD
THE NORTH DISTRICT PROMOTE INTEREST IN
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