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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1976

MORRISON HILL INDOOR STADIUM

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY INVITED TENDERS FOR THE FOUNDATION WORKS FOR THE $27 MILLION MORRISON HILL INDOOR STADIUM IN WAN CHAI.

THE 12-STOREY COMPLEX IS TO BE BUILT ON A 2,910-SQ. METRE SITE BETWEEN OF KWAN ROAD AND QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS.

MR. C.S. LEE, A SENIOR P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID SITE FORMATION WORKS WERE PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND ACTUAL BUILDING WORKS WERE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN AUGUST.

+ THE COMPLEX WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF 1978 AND SHOULD PROVIDE A MAJOR NEW SPORTING GROUND FOR THE YOUNG, + HE SAID.

+ IT WILL HAVE FACILITIES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY MAJOR SPORT FROM TABLE TENNIS AND BADMINTON TO ATHLETIC AND GYMNASTIC EVENTS.

+ IN ADDITION TO TRAINING ROOMS, LECTURE AND COMMITTEE ROOMS, IT WILL HAVE WARM-UP GYMNASIUMS, CHANGING ROOMS AS WELL AS HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITING TEAMS, HE SAID.

ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE COMPLEX, SAID MR. LEE, WOULD BE A LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM WITH SEATS FOR NEARLY 4,000 SPECTATORS.

THE STADIUM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A CENTRE ARENA OF ABOUT 290 SQUARE METRES, WOULD TAKE UP THE THIRD TO FIFTH FLOORS OF THE 12-STOREY BUILDING, HE SAID.

+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, AS WELL AS CONFERENCE ROOMS, HE SAID.

IN THE BASEMENT, ANOTHER LARGE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL WOULD BE PROVIDED TOGETHER WITH TWO SQUASH COURTS AND MORE FACILITIES FOR TABLE TENNIS, HE SAID.

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