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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1985
THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON A SITUATION REPORT ON THE PROPOSED SMITHFIELD MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING IN KENNEDY TOWN.
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE PROGRESS REPORTS OF BOARD'S VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD AT 2.30 PM ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 31)
IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF THE HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, HONG KONG.
MAGIC FOUNTAIN A NEW ATTRACTION AT GARDENS
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THE LATEST ACQUIREMENT IN THE POPULAR HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS IS NEITHER ANOTHER RARE SPECIES OF MONKEY NOR A WILD BIRD, BUT A NEW FABULOUS FOUNTAIN TERRACE.
BUILT AT A COST OF $5.5 MILLION, THE 6 210-SQUARE- METRE FOUNTAIN TERRACE WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AS FROM FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 1).
+VISITORS TO THE GARDENS WILL SURELY BE FASCINATED BY THE KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEWS IT OFFERS AS THE FOUNTAIN IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL NEVER GIVE THEM A DULL MOMENT, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY.
HE SAID THE FOUNTAIN WAS BUILT IN A 400-SQUARE-METRE POOL WITH A TWO-TIER CASCADE. ON TOP OF THE UPPER TIER OF THE CASCADE ARE FOUR HUGE-SIZE DANDERLION-SHAPED WATER JETS.
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ON THE NORTH-EAST AND NORTH-WEST SIDES OF THE FOUNTAIN, THERE ARE TWO LOW WALLS WHICH ARE JUST HIGH ENOUGH TO CONCEAL THE CASCADE, BUT NOT THE DANDERLION-SHAPED JETS. FRONT OF THE WALLS IS A ROW OF WATER JETS EMITTING WATER COLUMNS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN FROM ONE PARTICULAR DIRECTION IN THE GARDENS.
THE MAIN PART OF THE FOUNTAIN, WHICH IS FACING THE VIEWING PLATFORMS OF THE GARDENS, IS FITTED WITH TWO ROWS OF MUSHROOM-SHAPED WATER JETS WITH THE TWO-TIER CASCADE AS THE BACKDROP.
/+EVEN LOOKING
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