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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1977

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CHEUNG SHA WAN SPORTS GROUND

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK SHORTLY ON A 40,000 SQUARE METRE SPORTS GROUND AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IN KOWLOON,

IT IS LOCATED AT A NAMED CHEUNG SHA WAN SPORTS GROUND,

+ SITE BOUNDED BY LAI CHI KOK ROAD, HING WAH STREET AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.

MR. S.C. KWAN, ACTING CHIEF P.A.D. ARCHITECT, SAID THAT THE SPORTS GROUND WOULD BE BUILT IN TWO STAGES.

+STAGE ONE, COVERING AN AREA OF 20,000 SQ. METRES AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAI CHI KOK ROAD, WILL CONSIST OF A MINI-SOCCER PITCH, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS, ONE BASKET-CUM-VOLLEYBALL COURT, A SERVICE BUILDING AND SITTING-OUT AREAS WITH PAVILION AND WOODEN ARBOURS.

+THE SECOND STAGE WILL INCLUDE A FULL-SIZED TURFED FOOTBALL PITCH, A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK, AND FACILITIES FOR SHOT PUT AND HIGH JUMP, SPECTATORS' STAND AND CHANGING ROOMS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED,+ MR. KWAN SAID.

TENDERS FOR STAGE ONE OF THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE P.W.D.

WORK ON THIS STAGE WILL BEGIN EARLY IN NOVEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

+ON COMPETION, THE PROJECT, FINANCED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, WILL PROVIDE THE MUCH-NEEDED SPORTS FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE DENSELY POPULATED AREA,+ MR. KWAN SAID,

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