SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988
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SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK DECLARED OPEN
PARK
THIS
OPEN SO THAT VENUE ΤΟ CELEBRATE THE
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, (SATURDAY) MORNING DECLARED THE SHA TIN CENTRAL RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN CAN HAVE AN IDEAL MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.
THE SHING TUNNEL
ALONGSIDE LOCATED WITHIN A MAJOR RECREATIONAL BELT
STRETCHES FROM LION ROCK MUN RIVER, THE EIGHT-HECTARE PARK ROAD IN THE WEST TO SAND MARTIN BRIDGE IN THE EAST.
BUILT AT A COST OF $75 MILLION, THE PARK COMPRISES EACH WITH ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE FEATURES.
THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE PARK CONSISTS OF LINKING IT WITH THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL AND THE BRIDGE.
ARE THE
SIX AREAS,
A LARGE OPEN SPACE NEWLY-OPENED LEK YUEN
WITH AMPHITHEATRE
IT'S
MAIN FEATURES OF THIS AREA STRIKING YELLOW TENSIONED CANOPY AND THE CENTRAL CASCADE FOUNTAIN.
THAN THE PARK ALSO CONSISTS OF SEVERAL GARDENS CONTAINING MORE
AND SPECIES
VARIETIES, MANY OF 110,000 PLANTS AND A RANGE OF 400 WHICH ARE NOT COMMON TO HONG KONG.
AND
DISPLAY WATER
OTHER FEATURES OF THE PARK INCLUDE A LARGE ARTIFICIAL HILL
PLAYGROUND, A FLOWER ADVENTURE WATERFALL, A WESTERN-STYLE GARDEN, A CHINESE-STYLE ADVENTURE PLAY AREA AND A CHINESE-STYLE GARDEN.
ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS FOR CHILDREN IS JUNK MOORED ON LAND.
A 12-TON
FISHING
OF
WITH
RECREATIONAL
IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE
A NUMBER THE POLICY
THE OF
COUNCIL REGIONAL FACILITIES HAD RECENTLY BEEN BUILT IN SHA TIN.
CENTRE NEXT
THESE INCLUDED THE YUEN WO ROAD INDOOR RECREATION TO THE PARK AND THE HENG ON INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN MA ON SHAN.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT,
HE
SAID THE COUNCIL AS TO CONTRUCT A SECONDARY POOL AND A PADDLING POOL FOR THE SHA CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.
PLANNED TO TIN JOCKEY
DEVELOPING MA ON SHAN AND TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE RAPIDLY AREA, A SWIMMING POOL WOULD ALSO BE BUILT FOR ITS 200,000 RESIDENTS.
HEAVY RAINS IN AUGUST HAD STILL INCOMPLETE, BUT IT
HAVE
WAS
AN
AND ALSO
TO ENJOY
MR CHEUNG SAID THE UNPREDICTABLY RENDERED A SMALL SECTION OF THE PARK DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE OPENING SO THAT RESIDENTS COULD IDEAL VENUE TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL THE PARK'S MAGNIFICENT FACILITIES.
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