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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1981

FANLING SQUASH COURTS OPEN NEXT SATURDAY

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STARTING NEXT SATURDAY (OCTOBER 31), SQUASH ENTHUSIASTS LIVING IN THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL HAVE THEIR OWN VENUE WHEN A NEW SQUASH COURT COMPLEX THROWS

ITS DOORS OPEN.

THE FANLING NEW TOWN SQUASH COURTS, BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE BETWEEN 7 AM AND 11 PM EVERY DAY.

ADVANCE BOOKINGS CAN BE MADE IN PERSON AT THE BOOKING OFFICE OF THE SQUASH COURTS FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 26), SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

LOCATED AT TAI PO ROAD AT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE FANL ING RAILWAY STATION, THE SQUASH COURT COMPLEX IS THE FOURTH OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE PROJECT, COSTING MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION, FUNDED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED, MR KWOK TAK-SENG, MEETS THE GROWING DEMAND FOR MODERN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWN OF FANLING.

BEING THE FIRST AIR-CONDITIONED SQUASH COURT COMPLEX, IT IS BUILT ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SUITABLE FOR BOTH TRAINING AND COMPETITION PURPOSES.

THE REAR WALL OF ONE OF THE COURTS IS MADE OF TRANSPARENT GLASS AND WILL ENABLE SPECTATORS TO WATCH THE GAME WITHOUT ANY VIEWING OBSTRUCTION. OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE CHANGING ROOM, TOILETS, SHOWERS WITH COLD AND HOT WATER AND LOCKERS FOR PLAYERS.

TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE SQUASH COURT COMPLEX, AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 31).

OFFICIATING WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN,

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FUNCTION WILL BE A DEMONSTRATION OF SQUASH GAMES BY MR TONY COOPER AND MR T. FARNWORTH REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT AND SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED RESPECTIVELY.

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