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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1981
NEW SPORTS CENTRE FOR SAI KUNG
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SAI KUNG IS TO HAVE A $6-MILLION SPORTS CENTRE TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR PROPER VENUES FOR SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
THE SAI KUNG TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND WILL HAVE A FLOODLIT STANDARD GRASS FOOTBALL PITCH AND A SIX-LANE, 400-METRE ALL-WEATHER RUNNING TRACK, AND THE FULL RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.
THERE WILL BE A FLOODLIT BASKETBALL COURT IN THE SPORTING COMPLEX WHICH CAN ALSO BE CONVERTED FOR USE FOR VOLLEYBALL AND TENNIS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE COVERED STANDS FOR MORE THAN 1 000 SPECTATORS, CHANGING ROOMS WITH HOT AND COLD SHOWERS AND TOILETS.
LOCATED ON RECLAIMED LAND IN THE NEW TOWN, THE SPORTS GROUND IS ADJACENT TO THE SAI KUNG POLICE STATION.
THE PROJECT COSTS $6 MILLION, OF WHICH $3 MILLION WAS DONATED BY SIR SHIU-KIN TANG.
WORK ON SITE FORMATION, DRAINAGE AND FOUNDATIONS STARTED LAST MONTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPORTING CENTRE, CONCEIVED IN 1969 TO REPLACE THE OLD SUB-STANDARD PLAYGROUND IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION NEXT SUMMER.
ON COMPLETION THE SPORTS GROUND WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE. IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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