FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1978
OTHER FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, MEETING ROOMS, GENERAL OFFICES, A LARGE EQUIPMENT STORE, FURNITURE STORE, CONTROL BOOTHS, BOOKING OFFICES AND TOILETS.
MR. STEAN SAID THAT THE STADIUM TO BE BUILT ON THE PODIUM ABOVE THE TRACK OF THE HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINUS WOULD BE IN THE SHAPE OF AN INVERTED PYRAMID BUILT BELOW THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
WORK ON THE 10,000 SQUARE METRE ROOF FRAME HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE FRAME, WEIGHING ABOUT 1,300 TONNES, WAS RECENTLY LIFTED FROM GROUND LEVEL TO A HEIGHT OF 23 METRES TO REST ON TEMPORARY STEEL TOWERS.
MR. STEAN SAID THAT THE SPECTATOR STAND AND INTERIOR OF THE STADIUM WOULD BE BUILT BENEATH IT.
ONCE THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED, HE ADDED, THE ROOF WOULD THEN BE LOWERED ONTO THE CONCRETE RIM OF THE SPECTATOR STAND, AND THE TEMPORARY STEEL TOWERS SUPPORTS CUT AWAY.
THE STADIUM SHOULD BE READY BY THE BEGINNING OF 1981 WHEN IT WILL BE HANDED OVER TO URBAN COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT.
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