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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1976

WORK ON ANOTHER MAJOR INDOOR GAMES CENTRE BEGINS NEXT MONTH

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK NEXT MONTH ON ANOTHER MAJOR INDOOR GAMES CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS.

THE 12-STOREY COMPLEX, COSTING AN ESTIMATED $27 MILLION, IS TO BE BUILT ON A 2,910-SQ. METRE SITE AT MORRISON HILL BETWEEN OF KWAN ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.

TENDERS FOR THE PRELIMINARY SITE FORMATION WORKS ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.

MR. C.S. LEE, A SENIOR P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THE COMPLEX SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1978.

+ IT WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING - FROM TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON TO ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EVENTS,+ HE SA ID.

+ IN ADDITION TO TRAINING ROOMS, LECTURE AND COMMITTEE ROOMS, THERE WILL ALSO BE WARM-UP GYMNASIUMS, CHANGING ROOMS AND HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITING TEAMS,+ HE SAID.

ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE COMPLEX, MR. LEE SAID, WOULD BE A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM WITH SEATS FOR SOME 3,900 SPECTATORS.

THE STADIUM WILL TAKE UP THE THIRD TO FIFTH FLOORS OF THE 12-STOREY COMPLEX AND WILL PROVIDE A CENTRE ARENA OF ABOUT 290 SQ. METRES.

THE HOSTELS WILL OCCUPY THE UPPER FLOORS WHILE THE LOWER FLOORS WILL PROVIDE SUCH FACILITIES AS WARM-UP GYMS, TABLE TENNIS PRACTISING HALLS, CHANGING ROOMS AND SHOWERS, CONFERENCE ROOMS AND MEETING ROOMS.

ANOTHER LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COMPLEX TOGETHER WITH TWO SQUASH COURTS AND FACILITIES FOR TABLE TENNIS,

THE NEW SPORTS COMPLEX IS THE FOURTH TO BE BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE COMPLETED THREE INDOOR GAMES HALLS AT MORSE PARK, CHEUNG SHA WAN AND BOUNDARY STREET, PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SUCH SPORTS AS BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON, GYMNASTICS, BOXING, JUDO, TABLE TENNIS, WEIGHTLIFTING, FENCING AS WELL AS FOLK DANCING AND YOGA.

WORK WILL ALSO BEGIN SOON ON A 15,000-SEAT MULTI-PURPOSE INDOOR STADIUM AT HUNG HOM.

THIS GIANT COMPLEX WILL BE IN THE FORM OF AN INVERTED PYRAMID ON A PODIUM NEAR THE NEW HUNG HOM RAILWAY STATION AND WILL PROVIDE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FACILITIES FOR SPORTING EVENTS AS WELL AS CONVENTIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.

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