Hong Kong Jockey Club to Keep Olympic Games Land

Source: CRIENGLISH.com

Hong Kong Jockey Club looks set to keep 44,000 square meters of government land in Sha Tin after the equestrian events for the Beijing Olympics.

In a paper to the Legislative Council's home affairs panel, the local government said it intended to let the club keep a site on the northwest side of the Sports Institute next to Sha Tin racecourse which consists of former golf practice facilities and two football pitches.

The site has been proposed as home for the Games' stables and training facilities.

The club is set to spend 800 million HK dollars hosting the event.

It also needs the site as part of a plan to replace stable blocks that have been damaged because of "settlement" problems.

The club's facilities were built on reclaimed land 30 years ago.

The government paper also said that the equestrian facilities would be welcomed by the international sports community.

It said key stakeholders, including the Sports Institute's board and national sports associations, had no objection to the plan.

Liang Tao, CRI News, Hong Kong

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