MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1989
"UNDER PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION ARE THE HONG KONG PARK, ESTIMATED TO COST MORE THAN $350 MILLION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A MAJOR LEISURE AND RECREATION AREAS PARTICULARLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI, THE LEI YUE MUN PARK IN EASTERN WHAMPOA PARK IN HUNG HOM.
"AS AND WHEN LAND BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE URBAN CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PROVIDING MORE PARKS AND LEISURE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO RELAX AND ENJOY, HE SAID.
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IN ORDER TO SUIT EVERY AGE AND TASTE AND TO ENABLE TO HAVE A RICHER LIFE, MR SO SAID THAT THE COUNCIL LAST ORGANISED 357 PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT AND 6 703 RECREATIONAL EVENTS AT A COST OF $14.1 MILLION.
DISTRICT AND
COUNCIL WILL GROUNDS FOR
THE PUBLIC YEAR ALONE AND SPORTS
TO
FOR THE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, MR SO SAID THAT IN ADDITION THE EXISTING 28 INDOOR GAMES HALLS AND 12 URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES SPREAD ALL OVER THE URBAN AREAS. THE COUNCIL HAD PLANS TO BUILD 21 INDOOR GAMES HALLS AND 103 NEW SQUASH COURTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
APART FROM EXCELLENT FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE MORE INTELLECTUALLY AND CULTURALLY INCLINED, THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR SPENT $44.7 MILLION IN SPONSORING AND PROMOTING VARIOUS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
"AND THIS YEAR, TO CELEBRATE
THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE AT TSIM SHA TSUI, THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS LAID ON A MONTH-LONG CULTURAL PROGRAMME AT THE CENTRE IN NOVEMBER FOR ALL ΤΟ ENJOY, MR SO SAID.
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THE COUNCIL
DOLLARS MUSEUMS
ALSO RUNS FIVE MUSEUMS. TWO MORE MULTI-MILLION THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE MUSEUM ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
OF ARTS
"IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL OPERATES 29 LIBRARIES, SPREAD ALL OVER THE URBAN AREAS.
"THESE LIBRARIES TOGETHER HOLD A TOTAL OF 2.2 MILLION VOLUMES OF BOOKS AND 116 275 VOLUMES OF VIDEO AND MUSICAL TAPES AND DISCS. LAST YEAR, WE HAVE THREE MILLION VISITORS TO OUR MUSEUMS AND 8.1 MILLION BOOKS BEING BORROWED FROM OUR LIBRARIES," HE SAID.
MR SO EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY AND VARIETY OF THE COUNCIL'S SERVICES, IT WAS NO WONDER THAT THE COUNCIL MBANT DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
IS
ΤΟ
"BUT THIS IS NO BAD THING. FOR IT MEANS THAT EVERY CITIZEN ABLE TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE COUNCIL'S SERVICES WHICH HELPS IMPROVE HIS QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAKES IT RICHER AND MORE COLOURFUL, THUS ENABLING HIM TO TREASURE LIFE IN HONG KONG MORE.' HE ADDED.
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URBAN SERVICES, EX-CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITALS. MR NGAN
CAPTION: PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE DIRECTOR OF JAMES SO (RIGHT) RECEIVING A SOUVENIR FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF SHING-KWAN, AT TODAY'S LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION.
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