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The following is issued on behalf of the Provisional Regional Council:

The Provisional Regional Council's Tuen Mun Golf Centre now reopens for public use with the completion of the construction of a golf net at the driving range.

Located at Lung Mun Road adjacent to the Light Railway Transit Depot Station, the Golf Centre consists of 91 golf driving bays, a putting green, pro shops, a cafeteria and a car park.

The five-hectare Tuen Mun Golf Centre is the first public golfing facility in the territory. It opens daily from 8 am to 10 pm except Monday and Thursday on which the centre opens from 1 pm to 10 pm.

Members of the public are welcome to visit the centre. The fee for hiring a driving bay per hour, a practice green per hour, 30 golf balls and a golf club is $12 each. People aged 60 or above and students are eligible for concessionary rate during non-peak hours.

For enquiries, please call 2466 2600.

End/Thursday, September 9, 1999

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