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Two views of the interior of the stadium.

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Princess Elizabeth Wedding Fund, wherever possible. I am sure you will Association's staff: a new Canteen which was given on the understand- agree with me that this stadium is a designed to serve underprivileged ing that it would be used in connec- magnificent one. It is the brain- children with cheap meals; a newly tion with a Youth Centre.

child of the architect, Mr. G. D. Su, renovated playground with children's "There have, however, been finan- and structurally, I am informed, con- swings, a miniature football pitch cial difficulties. And who doesn't tains the widest unsupported span in with stands, which it is intended, have them? Fortunately in this case the Colony, and it also is noteworthy should be freely available to the gen- they are not of a serious or insur- that this is, I believe, the first time eral public for recreational purposes, mountable nature. When the final its unique shell construction has been whether games are in progress or not; contract figures were obtained it was attempted in Hongkong.

and last but not least, public conveni- found that the cost would exceed the

"The Centre is adorned by a paint- ences. available resources. Costs were there-

This upon reduced as much as possible, for ing of Her Majesty the Queen.

"No-one will, I think, dispute the example it has been decided not to painting was carried at the head of contention that all these facilities put windows at either end of this the Chinese Coronation procession and services I have enumerated are and has been graciously presented to both desirable and necessary. I won- the Centre by the Committee under der when, if ever, it would have been "However, in the end it was а

the chairmanship of Mr. Tse Yu- question of whether the scheme was chuen which was responsible for the found possible to raise all the funds curtailed to the extent of excluding procession.

necessary, or to have found suitable one or more organisations, or whether

sites available in this vicinity for all a generous offer from the Hongkong

"With the Association I believe that these enterprises, had not the Chil- and Shanghai Banking Corporation this stadium will prove suitable for dren's Playground Association em- should be accepted to provide the As- all sports which can possibly take bodied them in this one all embrac- sociation with overdraft facilities up place under cover.

It will also pro- ing project. to $160,000 until such time as the vide the Association with the means

"I would add that there has been Association was able to pay it off. The to earn some income to help defray

of play- Association, rightly in my opinion, the cost of maintaining the Centre, practically no alienation

for non-recreational decided to complete the scheme in its for it is hoped that they won't have ground space

plans present form and accepted the kind to call upon any of the organisations purposes, as a study of the offer from the Bank.

using the Centre to contribute to- will show. I think you will agree that This afternoon it is more economical and makes for wards its upkeep.

stadium, apart from the

you are greater efficiency to have all welfare really also present at the opening of activities, serving a given area, con-

new public library, to which the centrated whenever possible." Jaycees will shortly be giving 10.000

Architect: Mr. G. D. Su books; a new Government Social Wel- fare Office; a new headquarters for the Mongkok Kai Fong Association; a new Family Welfare Society office: "In designing this Centre all the a new Boys' and Girls' Club; a new facilities available in Wanchai have Bath House for Juveniles (with hot been provided with improvements and cold water); new quarters for the

"Government also assisted by agree- ing to re-imburse the Association for improvements to the playground it self as well as meeting the cost of surfacing the playground. As a result the maximum that will have to be borrowed will be $100,000. This debt will be repaid as soon as possible.

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