WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1934
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WATER SPORTS GETTING POPULAR
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING VISITED THE TAI MEI TUK WATER SPORTS CENTRE LOCATED ON THE HEADLAND BESIDE THE MAIN DAM OF THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR IN TAI PO.
THE CENTRE, MANAGED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, LAST MONTH (JULY) SAW ONE OF ITS BUSIEST PERIODS OF THE YEAR, WITH ABOUT 4 500 VISITORS MAKING USE OF THE FACILITIES THERE, MR OXLEY WAS TOLD BY THE CENTRE MANAGER, MR THOMSON CHAN.
IT IS
+THE BOOKS ARE PRETTY FULL FOR THE COMING FEW MONTHS. ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE GROWING POPULARITY OF WATER SPORTS IN HONG KONG, + MR CHAN SAID.
MR OXLEY WAS SHOWN VARIOUS FACILITIES THERE, INCLUDING A DORMITORY FOR MORE THAN 100 CAMPERS, A BOAT-SHED FOR CANOES, DINGHIES AND WINDSURF ING BOARDS, A SLIPWAY AND A RECENTLY BUILT LADDER FOR TRANSPORTING BOATS INTO AND OUT OF THE SEA.
THE CENTRE IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE PAT SIN RANGE TRAILS, AND HAS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TOLO HARBOUR AND A VAST PICNICKING AREA.
PARKING METERS FOR CHAI WAN
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THIRTY-TWO PARKING METERS WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG CHAI WAN ROAD TOMORROW (AUGUST 16) AND PARKING FEES WILL BE CHARGED FROM 8 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE NEW METERS ARE OF THE TWO-HOUR TYPE, AND THE CHARGE IS $1 FOR HALF AN HOUR.
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