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d)
e)
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A 187 acre pleasure park and oceanarium
in magnificent scenery on a southern
promontory of Hong Kong Island is nearing
completion.
A network of some 200 community, social and
youth centres, and games halls, and numerous
supporting clubs has been established by
the Government and Urban Council and sub-
vented agencies and the number is steadily
growing.
The Government has a target of one swimming
pool complex per 250,000 people
each
complex containing a sufficiently large number
of pools to cater for up to 20,000 attendances
in one day. Seven are already in operation and
two more are under construction.
f) A District Recreation Service has been set
g)
up to organise and maximise the use of
facilities for recreation in urban and rural
areas.
In parallel, in order to provide a week-end
lung for the urban population, the Government
is building picnic sites and country parks
are being established in wide areas of the
unspoilt New Territories (the number of
visitors to country-side recreation areas
exceeds 2 million a year), and a service to
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