China News Service, Hong Kong, August 13-The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said during an inspection of the Kai Tak Development Zone on the 13th that after the completion of the Kai Tak Sports Park, Hong Kong will be able to host more international events, which is conducive to the professionalization and industrialization of sports.

  The Kai Tak Sports Park, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2023, has an international all-weather sports competition and performance venue that can accommodate 50,000 spectators, an indoor stadium with 10,000 seats, and a public sports field with 5,000 seats. There are seaside promenades and so on.

  Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor learned that the piling works and preliminary design of the project have been substantially completed, and the superstructure works and detailed design of the project are currently in progress.

She said, “The Kai Tak Sports Park is a huge investment by the government in sports infrastructure. It covers an area of ​​28 hectares in the urban area and the construction cost is 31.9 billion yuan (HK$). After completion, it will greatly enhance the sports development of Hong Kong.”

  Athletes from Hong Kong, China, achieved the best results in Hong Kong history in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics.

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the SAR government has recently announced a number of measures, including how to promote the development of the sports industry on the basis of elite, popularized and event-oriented sports.

  After learning about the construction progress of the Kai Tak Sports Park, Carrie Lam also visited the Kai Tak Sky Garden and the Kai Tak River where the improvement works have been completed.

She also listened to the staff to report on the progress of the entire Kai Tak Development Area.

  The Kai Tak Development Area is an important part of the "Enabling Kowloon East" announced by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2011. The plan uses the new Kai Tak Development Area to drive the old Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay industrial areas, hoping to transform Kowloon East into Hong Kong. The second core business district.

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