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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1988

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SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK DECLARED OPEN

PARK

THIS

OPEN SO THAT VENUE ΤΟ CELEBRATE THE

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, (SATURDAY) MORNING DECLARED THE SHA TIN CENTRAL RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN CAN HAVE AN IDEAL MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

THE SHING TUNNEL

ALONGSIDE LOCATED WITHIN A MAJOR RECREATIONAL BELT

STRETCHES FROM LION ROCK MUN RIVER, THE EIGHT-HECTARE PARK ROAD IN THE WEST TO SAND MARTIN BRIDGE IN THE EAST.

BUILT AT A COST OF $75 MILLION, THE PARK COMPRISES EACH WITH ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE FEATURES.

THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE PARK CONSISTS OF LINKING IT WITH THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL AND THE BRIDGE.

ARE THE

SIX AREAS,

A LARGE OPEN SPACE NEWLY-OPENED LEK YUEN

WITH AMPHITHEATRE

IT'S

MAIN FEATURES OF THIS AREA STRIKING YELLOW TENSIONED CANOPY AND THE CENTRAL CASCADE FOUNTAIN.

THAN THE PARK ALSO CONSISTS OF SEVERAL GARDENS CONTAINING MORE

AND SPECIES

VARIETIES, MANY OF 110,000 PLANTS AND A RANGE OF 400 WHICH ARE NOT COMMON TO HONG KONG.

AND

DISPLAY WATER

OTHER FEATURES OF THE PARK INCLUDE A LARGE ARTIFICIAL HILL

PLAYGROUND, A FLOWER ADVENTURE WATERFALL, A WESTERN-STYLE GARDEN, A CHINESE-STYLE ADVENTURE PLAY AREA AND A CHINESE-STYLE GARDEN.

ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS FOR CHILDREN IS JUNK MOORED ON LAND.

A 12-TON

FISHING

OF

WITH

RECREATIONAL

IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE

A NUMBER THE POLICY

THE OF

COUNCIL REGIONAL FACILITIES HAD RECENTLY BEEN BUILT IN SHA TIN.

CENTRE NEXT

THESE INCLUDED THE YUEN WO ROAD INDOOR RECREATION TO THE PARK AND THE HENG ON INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN MA ON SHAN.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT,

HE

SAID THE COUNCIL AS TO CONTRUCT A SECONDARY POOL AND A PADDLING POOL FOR THE SHA CLUB PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.

PLANNED TO TIN JOCKEY

DEVELOPING MA ON SHAN AND TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE RAPIDLY AREA, A SWIMMING POOL WOULD ALSO BE BUILT FOR ITS 200,000 RESIDENTS.

HEAVY RAINS IN AUGUST HAD STILL INCOMPLETE, BUT IT

HAVE

WAS

AN

AND ALSO

TO ENJOY

MR CHEUNG SAID THE UNPREDICTABLY RENDERED A SMALL SECTION OF THE PARK DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE OPENING SO THAT RESIDENTS COULD IDEAL VENUE TO CELEBRATE THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL THE PARK'S MAGNIFICENT FACILITIES.

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