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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1977
DOLLAR
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PERMANENT MARKET FOR TSUEN WAN
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PILING WORK WILL BEGIN IN DECEMBER ON THE NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PERMANENT MARKET IN TSUEN WAN.
CONTRACT FOR THE WORK, COSTING JUST UNDER $1 MILLION, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE WAH YIP PILING AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
MR. C.S. CHIU, CHIEF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT PILING WORK WOULD TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE, FOLLOWED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.
+THE TWO-STOREY MARKET WILL BE BUILT ON A 3,620-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE CORNER OF TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET AND CHUNG ON STREET.+
+IN ADDITION TO THE 200 ODD VEGETABLE HAWKER STALLS, THE GROUND FLOOR WILL HAVE A MARKET OFFICE, REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND A PUBLIC LATRINE,+ HE SAID.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 42 MEAT, FISH AND POULTRY STALLS AND 29 COOKED FOOD STALLS.
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE MARKET WOULD BE THE TWO ESCALATORS. THEY ARE TWO OF THE FIRST TO BE FITTED IN NEW MARKETS.
THE ROOF WOULD BE USED AS A PLAYGROUND WITH FLOWER BEDS AND BENCHES.
MR. CHIU SAID THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S PLAN IN MAKING FULL USE OF AVAILABLE SPACE WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM THE FUNCTION OF MARKETS.
MEANWHILE, AT A MEETING TODAY WITH LOCAL RURAL LEADERS THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE EXPLAINED THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO RESITE TRADERS FROM THE OLD MARKET AREA WHICH IS TO BE CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE PROJECT.
A NEW TEMPORARY MARKET HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE NEARBY JUNCTION OF YAN CHAI AND TAK WAH STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRADERS BEFORE THE PERMANENT MARKET IS COMPLETED, A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID. THE TRADERS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MOVE FROM THE OLD MARKET AREA BEFORE DECEMBER 1.
+THE NEW TEMPORARY MARKET OPENS UP A MORE SPACIOUS BETTER-EQUIPPED AND MORE HYGENIC AREA WHICH WILL GREATLY BENEFIT BOTH TRADERS AND SHOPPERS, HE SAID.
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