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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1983

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WORK STARTING SOON ON TUEN MUN TOWN PARK

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WORK ON THE $85-MILLION TUEN MUN TOWN PARK WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH.

CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WORTH ABOUT $32 MILLION, WAS AWARDED TODAY BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO CHINA CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION.

IT WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED BETWEEN MR S.K. KWEI, PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN) AND MR GU TIAN XUN, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.

MR KWEI SAID THAT THE PROJECT FORMED PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP THE NEW TOWN.

IT CAME JUST OVER THREE MONTHS AFTER THE SIGNING OF A $86- MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM IN TUEN MUN.

THE PARK, WHICH WILL COVER ABOUT 11.5 HECTARES, IS IN THE TOWN CENTRE, ADJACENT TO THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THE MAJOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OF YAU OI, 01, ON TING AND SAN FAT.

+WORK ON THE FIRST PHASE, EXPECTED TO TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, COVERS A LARGE ORNAMENTAL LAKE, WITH BOATING FACILITIES AND AN ISLAND CAFE, AN AMPHITHEATRE FOR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCES, CHILDREN'S PLAY AND SITTING AREAS, A PAVILION, TOILET BLOCKS AND OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES, MR KWEI SAID.

+AN EXTENSIVE FOOTPATH SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE PARK AREA WHICH WILL BE SURROUNDED BY ATTRACTIVELY MOUNDED AND PLANTED AREAS.-

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FOOTBRIDGES OVER ADJACENT MAJOR ROADS, CONNECTING THE PARK TO THE TOWN CENTRE ON THE EAST SIDE AND TO SAN FAT ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURING COMMERCIAL AREA TO THE NORTH. ON COMPLETION, THESE FACILITIES WILL PROVIDE A SELF-CONTAINED PARK FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC.

THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TOWN PARK PROJECT, PLANNED TO START AFTER THE COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE, WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON A WATER FEATURE WITH STEPPED TERRACES AND DESCENDING POOLS LEADING DOWN TO A RIVERSIDE PROMENADE.

FURTHER GAMES AND PLAY AREAS FOR ACTIVE RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND ADDITIONAL FOOTBRIDGES ARE ALSO PROPOSED.

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