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generated by an increase in population and increase real estate development and at the same time to resite on-street hawkers both legal and illegal. Whenever the Markets and Abattoirs Select Committee plans any market project, particular attention is paid to economic use of land and financial resources and to maintain regular consultation with the trade. Accordingly, we see the necessity of formulating a comprehensive long term plan (10 years) for market development and redevelopment. This ambitious plan will help the Council to improve, if not solve, the hawkers problem and to fulfil the role played by the Council in providing markets to cope with the shopping habits of the housewives in Hong Kong.
Since 1973 there were 7 permanent and temporary markets completed in Hong Kong and Kowloon and the 10-year Development/Redevelopment Programme I mentioned earlier, although still at its drafting stages, envisages that further market projects will be under planning within the next 10 years.
2 are now under construction, the Tin Wan Market and the Bowrington Road Market and can be expected to be made available within the next two years. For the intermediate term, there are also some 20 market projects which are under active planning. Examples of these are the Aberdeen Market, Kowloon City Market and Lockhart Road Market.
The programme also includes a Scheme to redevelop some 30 existing old markets.
In the longer term, there are, in addition, some 30 market proposals under current consideration by the USD and other Government departments.
The old thinking of ground-floor-only markets formerly favoured by the trade is no longer acceptable and valid. We have been able to convince the trade. Land made available to the Urban Council must be placed to maximum use both for the work of the Council and also for public good. Therefore a number of joint ventures will be planned (in fact some are already under way) so that market sites will form the subject matter of joint use or multi-purpose buildings with Government, Housing Society and the Housing Authority. Some even with private owners.
Mr Chairman, may I table a schedule showing some details of these projects.
ADJOURNMENT-4.30pm
CHAIRMAN (in English):- That concludes the business of today's meeting. Council stands adjourned until Tuesday, 12 June 1979, at 4.00pm
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Markets Completed since 1973
Hong Kong
- Shek Tong Tsui Market
- Smithfield Temporary Market
- Centre Street Market
- Yue Wan Market
Appendix II
Market projects under Construction
Hong Kong
- Tin Wan Market
- Bowrington Road Market
Appendix III
Kowloon
Market Projects under Active Planning
- Mong Kok Market
- Hai Phong Road Market
- Wong Tai Sin Market
(Where schedules of accommodation have been drawn up but construction works have not been started.)
(4) Where the projects have been farmed out to private architects through the Architectural Office:
Hong Kong
- Aberdeen Market
- Lockhart Road Market
(B) Others:
Hong Kong
- Sai Wan Ho Market
- New Western Market
- Centre Street Market Extension
- Yue Kwong Road Market
- Wong Nei Chung Market
- Wan Chai Market
- Hawker Centre at Queen's Road East
Kowloon
- Kowloon City Market
- Kwun Chung Market
- Yau Ma Tei Market Extension
- Waterloo Road Market
- Ngau Chi Wan Market
- Ngau Tau Kok Market
- Hung Hom Market
- Po On Market
- Sham Shui Po Market
- Sai Yee Street Market
- To Kwa Wan Market