MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1985
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MORE COMMUNITY, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN
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A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, A TWO-STOREY MARKET AND A RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE JUNCTION OF ON YAT STREET AND TSUEN KING CIRCUIT IN TSUEN WAN,
THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL HAVE ONE LEISURE POOL,
A TRAINING POOL AND A PADDLING POOL.
THE TWO-STOREY MARKET BUILDING, WHICH WILL HAVE 47 STALLS AND 252 MINI-STALLS IS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE HAWKERS FROM THE TAK WAH STREET TEMPORARY MARKET.
THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE WILL HAVE A GARDEN WITH PLAY EQUIPMENT AND A SITTING-OUT AREA.
THE SITE, COVERING 7 700 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE LANDSCAPED.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.
HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LIMITED WILL DONATE $5 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE PROJECT.
CHEONG-LEEN TALKS ABOUT HK'S TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID IN HEIDELBERG, WEST GERMANY, THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN PROMOTING MAJOR CULTURAL AND OTHER ARTISTIC EVENTS OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WITH A VIEW TO ENRICHING THE LIFESTYLE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.
+CASES IN POINT ARE THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF ASIAN ARTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, HE SAID,
SPEAKING AT THE SEVENTH OVERSEAS CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHINESE TOURIST ASSOCIATION, MR CHEONG-LEEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE MANY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID HONG KONG HAD A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE BECAUSE OF ITS LARGE CHINESE POPULATION. AMONG THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS WIDELY CELEBRATED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE BUN FESTIVAL AND THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.
/MR CHEONG-LEEN
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