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Saturday, June 2, 1973
NEW TEMPORART VEGETABLE MARKET FOR KOWLOON
A temporary wholesale market will be built in Cheung Sha Wan to
provide facilities for the handling of imported vegetables in Kowloon.
The market, occupying about 140,000 square feet, will be situated
along the waterfront south-west of Lai Chi Kok Road and by the side of the
existing temporary sand depot.
It will have accommodation for market stalls, a management office,
and other facilities such as a canteen, kitchen, and toilets.
The construction work is expected to begin in early July this year
and be completed in three months.
On completion it will relieve the heavy volume of trading now being
experienced at the Kennedy Town market on Hong Kong Island.
For longer term prospects, plans are already in hand to construct
a new Cheung Sha Wan wholesale market complex.
This complex, expected to occupy part of the temporary market site,
will handle other primary products in addition to vegetables, including fruit,
poultry, fresh water fish, and various types of shell fish.
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