XN000022-1977-03-28 — Page 2

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1977

MORE AMENITIES AND RECREATION FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN

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EFFORTS WILL BE STEPPED UP IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO PROVIDE MORE AMENITIES AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN TO MAKE THE FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE IN.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. JAMES HAYES, WHEN HE ADDRESSED A LUNCH PARTY HE HOSTED FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS TODAY.

MR. HAYES SAID WORK ON THE $19.2 MILLION MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM IN TSUEN WAN WOULD START NEXT MONTH AND BE READY FOR USE IN 1979 TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED FACILITIES FOR THE INCREASING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.

OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS, HE SAID, INCLUDED A SPORTS GROUND IN NORTH KWAI CHUNG, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL IN SOUTH KWAI CHUNG, THE CONVERSION OF THE YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND TO A 10,000-SEAT STADIUM, THE TSO KUNG TAM RECREATION AND SPORTS CENTRE WHICH WILL BE OPERATIONAL IN 1978-79, AND THE CONVERSION OF THE 60-ACRE GIN DRINKERS BAY REFUSE TIP TO AMENITY USE.

+ IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, A COUNTRY CLUB WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONS TO THE FAMOUS MONASTERY BELT IN NORTH TSUEN WAN, WITH ITS PRIVATELY-PROVIDED RECREATIONAL AMENITIES,+ HE SAID.

MR. HAYES SAID THAT WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS, TOGETHER WITH MANY MORE MINOR AMENITIES, THE NET RESULT WILL BE THE CONTINUOUS

IMPROVEMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WHICH WILL BECOME A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND BRING UP YOUNG FAMILIES.+

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, HE SAID SOME NEW GOVERNMENT-BUILT AMENITIES WERE COMPLETED TO MATCH THE MASS OF CONCRETE+ THAT HAD GONE UP IN TSUEN WAN.

+THESE INCLUDE A TSUEN WAN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, THREE COMMUNITY HALLS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND A NUMBER OF OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, HE SAID.

BY THE +MASS OF CONCRETE, MR. HAYES WAS REFERRING TO THE THREE NEW HOUSING ESTATES AND SOME MAJOR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING ONES WHICH HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR 100,000 PERSONS.

+ IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THESE YEARS HAVE SEEN THE COMPLETION OF 22 NEW COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS (WITH 382 FLOORS) AND 41 NEW FACTORY BUILDINGS (WITH 258 FLOORS), WITH MANY OTHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HE ADDED.

ON THE COMMUNITY-BUILDING SIDE, MR. HAYES FELT THERE WAS THE NEED FOR AN INCREASING INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING AND MANAGING THE NEW TOWN.

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