Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will host the 2025 National Games. The Kai Tak Sports Park, which is under construction in Hong Kong, is one of the important venues for the National Games. The original target was to complete construction in the second half of 2023.
Government Sports Commissioner Yang Deqiang said in a radio program today (21st) that some projects in the sports park are affected by the epidemic, and the project has been postponed for 9 months to 1 year. It will be completed as scheduled by the end of next year.
The construction cost of Kai Tak Sports Park is 31.9 billion yuan and is expected to be completed in 2023.
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Yang Deqiang said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that the epidemic affected the supply of construction materials for the main stadium and indoor gymnasium of the sports park. In addition, many workers were diagnosed or listed as close contacts at the peak of the epidemic, which affected the progress of the project. However, it is emphasized that it will not affect the 2025 National Games co-hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.
He continued to point out that even if the main stadium is postponed to the second half of 2024, there will still be about half a year of trial operation, which will have no impact on the preparations for the event.
Yang Deqiang said that some projects in the sports park were affected by the epidemic, and the projects were delayed for 9 months to 1 year.
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The sports park contractor hopes to recover the progress after applying for importing foreign workers
He also pointed out that the concrete structure project of the sports park has been basically completed, but the contractors have difficulties in recruiting skilled workers such as water, electricity and fire installations. back to progress.
The Labour Department earlier replied to "Hong Kong 01" on the importation of foreign workers into sports parks, stating that the application involves mechanical and electrical-related types of work, and the prescription will be made after a comprehensive assessment of various factors and the opinions and justifications provided by members of the LAB. Decide to approve or reject the application.
The Kai Tak Sports Park project team replied at the time that it had held local open recruitment for a total of four weeks, but the response did not reach the expected target. In addition, the manpower supply is relatively short, and the contractors of other construction projects in Hong Kong are also scrambling to hire skilled workers to catch up with the progress, making the manpower supply even tighter.
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