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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1986

+ THE PARK IS DIVIDED INTO SIX AREAS. THE FIRST AREA, AT THE WEST END, INCLUDES A HILL WITH A WATERFALL AND A STREAM RUNNING THROUGH A MINIATURE RAVINE. IN STYLE IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE A SOOCHOW GARDEN.+

BESIDES PROVIDING THE SETTING FOR THE WATERFALL, AND HOUSING THE PUMP WHICH WILL RECIRCULATE THE WATER IN THE STREAM, THE HILL WILL ACT AS NATURAL SOUNDPROOFING, CUTTING OFF TRAFFIC NOISE FROM NEARBY ROADS.

PATHS WILL LEAD INTO THE NEXT SECTION, A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA. +THIS WON'T CONTAIN THE NORMAL SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS, FOUND IN MOST PLAY AREAS, MR FROST SAID.

+ INSTEAD THERE WILL BE BIG, MASSIVE STRONG STRUCTURES SUCH AS A FORT, A WALL AND A SHIP, BUILT MAINLY OF OLD SLEEPERS FROM THE KCR LINES AND JUST INVITING CHILDREN TO CLIMB ALL OVER THEM,+

THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OPEN PLAY AREA WHERE CHILDREN CAN RUN AROUND AND LET OFF STEAM, THROW FRISBEES OR ENGAGE IN OTHER UNORGANISED SPORTS.

AFTER FUN COMES FORMALITY FOR THE PATHS FROM THE PLAY ARE A LEAD INTO A RIGIDLY LAID OUT GARDEN OF HERB BEDS AND FRUIT TREES.

+THIS GARDEN WILL BE VERY FORMAL, VERY RIGID BESIDES BEING A PLEASANT PLACE TO WALK IT WILL ALSO HAVE GREAT EDUCATIONAL VALUE BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY OF HERBS AND TREES GROWING THERE, HE SAID.

NEXT TO IT WILL BE ANOTHER GARDEN TO BE KNOWN AS THE BIRD GARDEN. + IT'S NOT INTENDED AS AN AVIARY, BUT THERE WILL BE BIRDS ON THE POOL IN THE CENTRE, HE ADDED.

THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE PARK IS ALREADY THE MOST VISIBLE. CAN EASILY BE SEEN FROM THE OPPOSITE RIVER BANK BECAUSE OF THE BRIGHT YELLOW POLYESTER BANDSTAND ROOF AND COVERED WALKWAY WHICH WAS ERECTED RECENTLY.

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THE TENSILE ROOF, DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND TYPHOONS, HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY AN AMERICAN FIRM. IT IS THE CENTRE-POINT OF A BIG PAVED COURTYARD AND AMPHITHEATRE DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES.

THIS OPEN PLAZA IS CONNECTED BY STAIRS TO THE CULTURAL COMPLEX WHICH ADJOINS THE PARK, AND ALSO LEADS DIRECTLY INTO THE TOWN CENTRE BUILDINGS.

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