SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9,
1985
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PRAISE FOR CLEVER DESIGN OF OLD-NEW PLAYGROUND
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THE CLEVER WAY THAT OLD FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS FROM THE FORMER KAITAK AMUSEMENT PARK HAVE BEEN ADAPTED IN THE DESIGN OF THE NEW CHOI HUNG ROAD PLAYGROUND WON PRAISE TODAY.
→THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS SAVED A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY THANKS TO THE IMAGINATIVE DESIGN, SAID MR SAMUEL WONG, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE.
+THIS IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF COMBINING PRACTICALITY WITH ECONOMY.+
A LARGE PARTY OF URBAN COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD TODAY MADE A THOROUGH SITE VISIT TO THE PROJECT AS PART OF A TOUR OF NEW AND ONCOMING URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT,
HAVING INSPECTED THE PLAYGROUND WITH ITS CHINESE PAVILION AND DELIGHTFUL LANDSCAPED GARDEN, COUNCILLOR MISS CECILIA YEUNG SAID SIMPLY: IT'S BEAUTIFUL,
ANOTHER COUNCILLOR, MR LAM CHAK-PIU, THOUGHT THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH INCLUDES FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER PITCHES, IS A +WONDERFUL OAS IS THAT WILL BE HIGHLY POPULAR WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEARBY HOUSING ESTATES.+
CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG SAID: +WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD TOOK THE TIME TO ACCOMPANY US AND GIVE US THE IR VIEWS.
+THEY HAVE MADE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS WHICH WE HOPE TO INCORPORATE WHEN THE PLAYGROUND GOES INTO FULL USE AND WE CAN LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS.
+ALL IN ALL, HOWEVER, THIS IS A WONDERFUL NEW FACILITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT, AND MONEY WELL SPENT.+
ENCOURAGING RESPONSE TO POSTER DESIGN CONTEST
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ABOUT 550 ENTRIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE ROAD SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION HELD DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
COMMENTING ON THE RESPONSE TO THE COMPETITION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY COMMITTEE SAID THIS WAS ENCOURAGING JUDGING FROM THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES RECEIVED, AND THE STANDARD OF THE SUBMISSIONS WAS GENERALLY HIGH.
THE COMPOFITION,
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