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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1984

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MR WONG DESCRIBED THE 6.2-HECTARE RESERVOIR PARK AS +THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THAT WILL GIVE A NEW DIMENSION TO THE MANY AND VARIED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ALREADY PROVIDED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.+

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, MR KENNETH LO, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE PARTY, SAID THE NEW BOATING PARK WAS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE DONE TO EXPAND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.

+THE WONG NAI CHUNG RESERVOIR PARK IS BEING BUILT BY CONVERTING A DISUSED RESERVOIR, AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY SIMILAR FACILITIES CANNOT BE BUILT IN EXISTING RESERVOIRS, + HE SAID.

+ IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE RESERVOIRS BEING USED FOR FISHING AND RECREATIONAL BOATING.+

FROM THERE THE PARTY DROVE TO THE WAN CHAI TRAINING POOL WHICH IS THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT AND HEATED TRAINING POOL BUILT IN HONG KONG. MEASURING 50 M BY 25 M, THE 10-LANE POOL IS EQUIPPED WITH UNDERWATER FLOODLIGHTS AND VIEWING BAYS.

+THESE SPECIAL FEATURES WILL BE A BIG BOOST TO SERIOUS COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS WHO NEED TO TRAIN ALL-YEAR ROUND,+ SAID MR LO.

+ALSO, UNDERWATER VIEWING BAYS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR SWIMMERS AND ATHLETES IN VARIOUS AQUATIC SPORTS.+

THE POOL WHICH IS PART OF THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION RECREATION CENTRE, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY FOR ORGANISED TRAINING.

THE COUNCILLORS LATER INSPECTED TWO OTHER PROJECTS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC TOILET AND SITTING-OUT AREA AT LAN KWAI FONG IN CENTRAL AND THE CHUN SING STREET TEMPORARY RECREATION GROUND IN WESTERN.

ALSO TAKING PART IN TODAY'S VISIT WAS MR TONG KAM-BIU. COUNCILLORS WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR MICHAEL SUEN, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

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