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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1977
PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING OF NEW TEMPORARY MARKET FOR TSUEN WAN
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TSUEN WAN'S NEW $1 MILLION TEMPORARY MARKET WILL BE OPENED FOR BUSINESS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
CONTRACTORS ARE NEARING COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AT THE
IT WILL REPLACE THE JUNCTION OF YAN CHAI AND TAK WAH STREETS.
EXISTING MARKET IN THE NEARBY HOI PA STREET AREA.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALSO FINALISING PLANS FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE TRADERS FROM THE OLD MARKET AREA TO THE NEW MODERN PREMISES.
OFFICIALS FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY MET LOCAL LEADERS AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE TRANSFER PLAN.
THIS WAS A FOLLOW-UP TO A SIMILAR MEETING HELD BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE LOCAL LEADERS LAST MARCH WHEN PLANS FOR THE SURVEY AND RESITING OF THE TRADERS WERE FIRST DISCUSSED.
ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE TSUEN WAN HAWKERS' ASSOCIATION.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID LATER: +THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE SENDING A LETTER TO TRADERS IN THE EXISTING MARKET WITHIN A FEW DAYS OUTLINING DETAILS OF THE RESITING PROPOSALS.
+THE DEPARTMENT HAS EXTENSIVELY SURVEYED THE OLD MARKET AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT ALL THOSE FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR RESITES IN THE TEMPORARY MARKET WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.
+WE ARE ALSO SETTING ASIDE A SPECIAL AREA ADJACENT TO THE NEW MARKET FOR FARMER-HAWKERS, SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS TRADE AT THE OLD MARKET FOR SOME YEARS CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO WITHOUT LOSING THE IR FARMER-HAWKER STATUS OR COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO A LEASE OF A MARKET STALL.
+ THE NEW TEMPORARY MARKET WILL OPEN UP A MORE SPACIOUS. BETTER-EQUIPPED AND MORE HYGIENIC AREA WHICH WILL GREATLY BENEFIT BOTH TRADERS AND SHOPPERS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ONCE THE OLD MARKET AREA SITE IS CLEARED, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS WOULD MOVE IN IMMEDIATELY TO START WORK ON A STREAMLINED PERMANENT MARKET.
IT WAS PLANNED FOR THIS MARKET TO BE OPENED BY THE END OF 1979, HE ADDED.
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