Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 9 Apr 1972

Facilities Presently under construction at the University Campus are an Olympic-sized Swimming Pool and a Sports Field. The Swimming Pool, built next to the Benjamin Franklin Centre, is anticipated to be completed by September 1972. The Pool, 165’ X 60’ in area, will cater for 350 bathers at one time as well as for swimming, diving and water polo competitions of international standard. On completion, the planned facilities of the Benjamin Franklin Centre, a staff/ student activities centre, will be more complete. The Sports Field is located east of the University Health Centre and close to the railway. It will include a 400-metre circular track, a soccer field, ten tennis courts, two basket/volley ball courts and other common competitive sports facilities. There will also be a spectators stand with 3,000 seats of which 1,200 will be covered. Construction of the Sports Centre next to the Sports Field will begin in July 1973 and is scheduled for completion by July 1974. The Sports Centre will have a total usable area of 21,600 square feet of which 14,000 square feet will be devoted to a multi-purpose indoor Gymnasium with pullout bleachers. The Gymnasium will accommodate 4,700 seats, 3,700 indoor and 1,000 outdoor. In addition to the Gymnasium, the Sports Centre is equipped with changing rooms, offices, lecture room, seminar room and equipment store etc. Chung Chi College has a Sports Field and a Stadium with a spectators stand to accommodate 600 seats under cover. The Sports Field consists of a soccer High jump 高 跳 Lighting the torch 炬火點燃 field, a 400-metre running track, basket ball, volley ball, tennis, soft ball courts and an archery field. United College has an indoor Gymnasium with a sports area and spectators seating of 8,000 square feet in area in its Student/Staff Amenities Building. As for outdoor sports facilities, United College has a basket ball court. New Asia College will have the same sports facilities as United College at its Shatin campus by April 1973. Students of the University irrespective of College can make use of all available facilities. Committee on Physical Education In order to pool the Physical Education personnel and facilities in the three Colleges, the Senate has approved that a Committee consistin g of the following Physical Education staff be set up ： Mr. Chan Yiu-mo (U.C.) Miss Hon Kwai-yue (C.C.) Mr. Kwok Yuen-wah (C.C.) Mr. Lee Siu-lok (C.C.) —2 —