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İJESDAY, MAY 8, 1984

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CYCLING TRACK FOR HO MAN TIN CHILDREN

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A CYCLING TRACK AND A SITTING-OUT AREA, BUILT ON A 5 000- SQUARE-METRE VACANT SITE, WILL BE OPEN TO CHILDREN IN HO MAN TIN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 6 PM ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FROM SATURDAY (MAY 12).

THE 160-METRE-LONG TRACK IN GOOD SHEPHERD STREET IS FUNDED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD AT $150 000, AND IS ONE OF VARIOUS PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

SPEAKING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, SAID BOTH THE TRACK AND THE SITTING-OUT AREA WERE BUILT TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS.

HE SAID MANY CHILDREN IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE RIDING BICYCLES WITHIN THE ESTATES, CAUSING INCONVENIENCE AND DANGER TO OTHERS AND THEMSELVES.

→PROVISION OF A CYCLING AREA IN HO MAN TIN WILL HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM,+ HE SAID.

MR TANG, HOWEVER, ALSO SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR PROPER MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CYCLING TRACK, AND EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE LOK TAO SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR AGREEING TO TAKE CARE OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING, AND GENERAL UPKEEP OF THE TRACK.

THE SITE HAD BEEN PROVISIONALLY EARMARKED FOR AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.

BUT PENDING A FINAL DECISION TO GO AHEAD WITH THE WORK, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS ABLE, THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AND URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, TO ACQUIRE IT FOR TEMPORARY USE, MR TANG SAID.

HE ADDED THAT ASIDE FROM THE CYCLING TRACK, A MULTI-PURPOSE PLAYGROUND IN CAMEL VILLAGE STREET, ALSO FINANCED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, WOULD BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.

ALSO PRESENT MR GORDON JONES.

TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE DISTRICT OFFICER,

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