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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1985

+ DUE TO SITE RESTRICTION, THIS $4.2 MILLION STAGE OF THE PROJECT OFFERS MAINLY PASSIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY.

HOWEVER, FACILITIES FOR ACTIVE RECREATION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF STAGE TWO ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION WAS WELL UNDER WAY.

+THIS PHASE OF WORK, WORTH $6.7 MILLION, IS BEING CARRIED OUT ON A SITE OF 1.6 HECTARES, HE SAID.

→IN THE MEANTIME, DESIGNS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF STAGE TWO ARE BEING PREPARED.

+THIS WILL FORM THE CREAM OF THE WHOLE PROJECT WITH A VARIETY OF NOVEL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO BE BUILT.

+AMONG THESE FACILITIES WILL BE AN ELEVATED CYCLING TRACK, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE BUILT IN AN URBAN COUNCIL PARK.

+APART FROM NORMAL CYCLING, IT IS DESIGNED ALSO FOR TRICK CYCLING BY EXPERIENCED CYCLISTS.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE ELEVATED CYCLING TRACK THERE WOULD BE A JOGGING TRACK WITH SEVEN FITNESS STATIONS.

+ THE DESIGNERS HAVE COME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE TWO-TIER TRACKS AS A WAY TO MAXIMISE THE USE OF SPACE,+ HE SAID.

+ IT WILL ENABLE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED ON ONE SITE WITHOUT CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD OR INTERFERENCE TO THE PARTICIPANTS.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID OTHER FACILITIES TO BE BUILT THERE WOULD BE TWO PAVILIONS AND A LANDSCAPED +ROCK GARDEN+ FEATURING ROCKS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES, AS WELL AS PLANTS AND FLOWERS.

HE SAID THE SECOND PHASE OF STAGE TWO WOULD COST $21.9 MILLION AND COVER AN AREA OF 2.68 HECTARES.

TUEN MUN SQUASH COURTS OPEN TOMORROW

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TUEN MUN WILL HAVE ITS FIRST PUBLIC SQUASH COURTS TOMORROW (MONDAY), WITH THE OPENING OF THE TUEN MUN SWIMMING POOL SQUASH COURTS.

MANAGED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE FOUR SQUASH COURTS, ALL AIR-CONDITIONED, WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM DAILY, INCLUDING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

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