Tsuen Wan Sports Centre to open on October 11 (with photos)

     Tsuen Wan Sports Centre, under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), will open for public use on October 11 (Thursday). With a total area of about 12 000 square metres, the new sports centre not only provides a wide range of leisure and sports facilities for members of the public, but is also a well-equipped indoor venue for staging sport competitions.

     The sports centre features a multi-purpose main arena on the second floor, with seating capacity for about 1 900 persons. The arena can be used as one basketball court or one volleyball court or four badminton courts. Ancillary facilities, such as a doping control room, are also available to facilitate the hosting of major local, regional and international sports events. A secondary hall with seating capacity for nearly 200 persons located on the ground floor can serve as a warm-up area, or be used as one basketball court or one volleyball court or four badminton courts.

     Furthermore, the sports centre provides Tsuen Wan District's first children's play room, with the ocean as the theme, as well as the first outdoor climbing wall in the district for sport climbing lovers to practise their skills on the 15-metre-high wall. Other facilities include a table-tennis room, multi-purpose activity rooms, dance rooms and a fitness room.

     Adjacent to Tsuen Wan Park, the sports centre is conveniently located at 53 Wing Shun Street, Tsuen Wan, and easily accessible by the MTR West Rail Line, bus or minibus. It will open from 7am to 11pm daily, except on the first and third Thursday of every month when it will be closed from 7am to 1pm for regular maintenance.

     Members of the public can reserve the facilities of the sports centre from October 1 via the Leisure Link computerised booking system, booking counters or self-service kiosks in accordance with the LCSD's booking procedure for leisure and sports facilities. For enquiries, please contact the venue staff at 2392 9570, or visit the LCSD website.