WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989
GOVERNOR OPENS $300-MILLION REDEVELOPED KOWLOON PARK
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URBAN THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY COMMENDED BOTH THE
THEIR DEDICATION TO COUNCIL AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG.
SIR
PAID DAVID
THE TRIBUTE CEREMONY OF
WHEN THE $300-MILLION
HE
SPOKE AT THE REDEVELOPED KOWLOON
OFFICIAL OPENING PARK WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB AND MANAGED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
THE "IN REDEVELOPING
14-HECTARE
IMPRESSIVE PARK, SOME
NEW
RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET, SAID SIR DAVID.
"I
LARGEST OF
OF KONG; A
THESE INCLUDE A NEW INDOOR GAMES HALL WHICH IS THE ITS TYPE IN THE TERRITORY; A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WITH A CAPACITY 2 000 PEOPLE AND THE FIRST MOVABLE POOL FLOOR SYSTEM IN HONG BIRD LAKE; A SCULPTURE WALK AND A PIAZZA.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT ANOTHER MAJOR
CO-OPERATIVE VENTURE WOULD INTO HONG KONG
BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VICTORIA BARRACKS SITE PARK.
WILL
BE MAKING A MAJOR "ONCE AGAIN THE JOCKEY CLUB
BE RESPONSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINANCING OF THE PROJECT AND WILL
THAT THE RESULTS OF THIS FOR MANAGING THE CONSTRUCTION. I AM SURE
BEEN, NEXT COOPERATIVE VENTURE WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THIS ONE HAS HE ADDED.
H
THE URBAN COUNCIL, IN HIS SPEECH OF WELCOME, THE CHAIRMAN OF
OF KOWLOON PARK HAS "THE FORSGATE, SAID,
REDEVELOPMENT MR H.M.G. BECOME A REALITY AND ITS EXCELLENCE IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO SEE.
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THAT THE
RECOUNTING THE HISTORY OF THE PARK, MR FORSGATE SAID
THE 18605 WHEN IT WAS USED BY
SITE HAD BEEN OF IMPORTANCE SINCE THE MILITARY AS WHITFIELD BARRACKS.
OF
COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT "THE URBAN COUNCIL PROPOSED A
THE ROYAL HONG THE WHOLE SITE AND PLANNING WAS IN HAND IN 1986 WHEN
TO OFFER
SPONSOR 'THE COMPLETE GENEROUS MADE A KONG JOCKEY CLUB
FOR THE DESIGN REDEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON PARK PROVIDING $300 MILLION AND BUILDING OF THE PARK AS A TURNKEY PROJECT," SAID MR FORSGATE.
WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED YEARS AND WHICH
"THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE SUPPORT
OVER THE FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TRUST WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.'
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/ALSO SPEAKING