The government has launched a public tender for the first-phase construction of its project to build a sports park, i.e., a park featuring various sporting facilities, on the plot of land where the now-defunct greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) and its adjacent, currently still in-use Lin Fong Sports Centre are located.
The tender was announced in a notice published by the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.
According to the notice, potential bidders are required to submit their quotations by August 13. The bureau will unseal the submitted bids the next day.
The winning bidder will be required to complete the project’s first-phase construction within 1,014 working days.
The bureau also updated details of the sports park project on its website yesterday.
The sports park project will be carried out in two phases.
According to the website, the Lin Fong Sports Centre, including its indoor swimming pools and outdoor running track and football pitch, will remain open during the sports park project’s first phase, only after which the current sports centre will be demolished in the project’s second phase.
The Lin Fong Sports Centre, next to the former dog racetrack, comprises a pavilion and a running track plus a football pitch. The pavilion situated at the area’s southern tip includes various facilities such as swimming pools, table tennis tables, a gym, and areas used for various other sporting activities.
In the first phase, the existing buildings and other structures once used for dog-racing purposes will be demolished, where three new pavilions will be constructed, according to the DSOP website.
According to the website, only after the completion and opening of the three pavilions in the first phase, will the second phase be carried out, during which the current Lin Fong Sports Centre’s pavilion, as well as its running track and football pitch, will be demolished, after which a pavilion for children will be built where the current pavilion is located, while a revamped running track and a football field will be laid where the current ones are located.
According to the website, a public carpark will be built under the sports park, where 69 parking spaces for cars and 166 parking spaces for motorcycles will be set up under where the project’s first phase will be carried out, while 415 parking spaces for cars and 425 parking spaces for motorcycles will be set up under where the project’s second phase will be carried out.
The website points out that the ex-greyhound racetrack plot in Fai Chi Kei where the sports park will be built covers an area of 40,425 square metres.
The two images downloaded from the Public Works Bureau’s (DSOP) website yesterday shows the artist’s rendition and design of the future sports park.
