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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1980

OCCUPYING AN AREA OF SOME 2 400 SQUARE METRES, THE GAMES HALL IS LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF HING FONG ROAD AND KWAI ON ROAD NEAR KWAI FONG ESTATE.

MR JOHN LAINE, PWD'S PROJECT ARCHITECT, SAID THE HALL HAD A CENTRAL GAMES AREA CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING TWO BASKETBALL COURTS OR THREE VOLLEYBALL COURTS OR EIGHT BADMINTON COURTS, AND GRANDSTAND FOR 300 SPECTATORS.

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IN ADDITION, HE SAID, THERE WOULD BE CHANGING ROOMS AND TOILETS, OFFICES, A SEPARATE GAMES ROOM, TRAINING ROOM AND A TABLE-TENNIS ROOM.

THE HALL WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT ON COMPLETION IN SEPTEMBER.

FINAL WORK ON TYPHOON SHELTER

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WORK WILL START SHORTLY ON THE FINAL STAGE OF THE NEW $40 MILLION CHEUNG CHAU TYPHOON SHELTER.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE PWD CIVIL ENGINEER ING OFFICE.

MR TSANG NAI-LOK, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, SAID ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, A GROSS TYPHOON SHELTER AREA OF SOME 63 HECTARES WOULD BE PROVIDED.

17 WOULD MEET THE DEMAND FOR SHELTERED ANCHORAGE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN APPROACHES TO HONG KONG HARBOUR, HE ADDED.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL BEGIN IN JUNE AND TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND.

THESE RUBBLE BREAKWATERS WILL BE ABOUT 600 METRES, 320 METRES AND 230 METRES LONG RESPECTIVELY AND WILL REST ON FOUNDATIONS WHICH ARE NEAR COMPLETION.

MR TSANG POINTED OUT THAT THE POSITION OF THESE BREAKWATERS HAD BEEN DETERMINED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND WAS AGREEABLE TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE FISHERMEN BASED ON CHEUNG CHAU.

ASSOCIATED WORKS UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 13 MOORING DOLPHINS AND FOUR LIGHT BEACONS WITHIN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.

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