SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1981
TSUEN WAN MARKET OPENS TODAY
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THE $13 MILLION TSUEN WAN MARKET WAS OPENED TODAY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO TZE-PING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR HO SAID THIS DEMONSTRATED THE STRENUOUS EFFORT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN BUILDING MORE AND MORE NEW MARKET COMPLEXES ON THE SITES FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY OBSOLETE AND PRIMITIVE MARKETS UNABLE TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF A MODERN COMMUNITY.
MR HO APPEALED TO STALL HOLDERS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE REFUSE CONTAINERS AVAILABLE AT THE MARKET AND TIDY-UP THE SURROUNDINGS OF THEIR STALLS EVERYDAY.
HE ALSO URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS TO CO-OPERATE IN KEEPING THE MARKET AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT CLEAN.
ALSO OFFICIATING WERE THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES MR ALLAN BRISTOW AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (SOUTH REGION OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON.
JOINING THE PARTY AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER OF TSUEN WAN, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, THE PROJECT MANAGER OF TSUEN WAN, MR FONG CHUN-NAM, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TSUEN WAN, MR LI TIN-MING.
TENDERS FOR SITTING OUT AREAS IN KWUN TONG
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SITTING OUT AREAS IN KOWLOON.
THE LARGEST AREA, OF ABOUT 1 000 SQUARE METRES, IS IN HOI BUN ROAD, FACING THE KWUN TONG TYPHOON SHELTER.
WORK WILL INCLUDE ARBOURS, PARK BENCHES, BAMBOO RAILINGS AND A PAVILION.
IS IN WAI YIP
THE SECOND AREA, OF ABOUT 470 SQUARE METRES, STREET, THE SITTING OUT AREA WILL INCLUDE FLOWER BEDS, A PAVILION, CONCRETE BENCHES, ARBOURS AND CHESS TABLES.
WORK ON BOTH PROJECTS IS EXPECTED TO START IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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