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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1975.

MORE FACILITIES AT MORSE PARK NEXT YEAR

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MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED AT MORSE PARK, THE LARGEST PARK IN HONG KONG, WHEN AN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME IS COMPLETED THERE EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE SITE FOR THE SCHEME OCCUPIES AN AREA OF OVER 400,000 SQUARE FEET AND IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF AREA TH OF THE PARK AT THE CORNER OF FUNG MO STREET AND TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD IN KOWLOON.

THE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER SIX FOOTBALL PITCHES - THREE BEING TARMAC SURFACED FOR MINI-SOCCER -- AND TWO FULL SIZE TURFED PITCHES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FULL SIZE PITCH WHICH WILL BE ARTIFICIALLY TURFED.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF MAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

MORSE PARK, WITH AN AREA OF 44 ACRES, PROVIDES A MUCH-NEEDED +BREATHING SPACE+ FOR RESIDENTS IN NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES WANG TAU HOM, LOK FU, WONG TAI SIN AND TUNG TAU.

THE PARK WAS BUILT IN TWO STAGES, THE FIRST WAS COMPLETED AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1967 WHILE THE SECOND OPENED TWO YEARS LATER.

THE FIRST STAGE INCLUDED AN OPEN AIR THEATRE, A SMALL MOTOR BOAT POOL, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, A ROLLER SKATING RINK A FOUNTAIN AND GARDENS. THE SECOND STAGE CONSISTED OF SEVEN FOOTBALL PITCHES, THREE FLOODLIT BASKETBALL COURTS, CONTOURED GARDENS AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

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