TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1982
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MORE MARKETS FOR TUEN MUN
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THE FIRST FULLY-EQUIPPED NEW MARKET PROVIDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR TUEN MUN RESIDENTS WAS OPENED TODAY (TUESDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE KWONG CHOI MARKET, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, SAID PLANS WERE IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE MARKETS IN THE FAST-DEVELOPING NEW TOWN.
TWO OTHER NEW MARKETS ARE ALREADY BEING BUILT IN THE DISTRICT, MR SWEETMAN SAID. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE YAN 01 MARKET AT SAN HUI WHILE THE OTHER, NEAR CHI LOK FA YUEN, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 440 STALLS.
THERE ARE 84 STALLS IN ALL IN THE KWONG CHOI MARKET 24 FOR MEAT, FISH AND POULTRY AND 60 MINI-STALLS FOR VEGETABLE AND HABERDASHERY.
A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE MARKET IS THE PLEASANT ROOF-TOP GARDEN, HE SAID.
PARKING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED, AS A TEMPORARY CAR PARK HAS BEEN FORMED ALONGSIDE THE MARKET WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE TUEN MUN PROJECT MANAGER.
ALTHOUGH NEW, THE KWONG CHOI MARKET HAS A LINK WITH THE PAST, AS THE STALL HOLDERS HAVE BEEN HAWKERS FOR MANY YEARS IN TUEN MUN SAN HUI.
+THIS MARKET WILL THEREFORE PLAY A SMALL PART IN CREATING A NEW COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN TUEN MUN, MR SWEETMAN SAID.
MR SWEETMAN ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE SAN HUI CLEARANCE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE SOON.
TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS WERE IN HAND TO RESITE THE EXISTING MARKET AND HAWKER BAZAAR TENANTS, TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF THE MOST ELIGIBLE UNLICENSED STREET HAWKERS, SO THAT MARKETING FACILITIES FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE DISRUPTED.
+FIRST, THE EXISTING TUEN MUN MARKET AND ITS EXTENSION SECTION ARE TO BE RETAINED, HE SAID.
AN ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY MARKET WILL BE PROVIDED IN FRONT OF THE MARKET TO ACCOMMODATE ELIGIBLE HAWKERS SELLING MARKET-TYPE COMMODITIES.
IN ADDITION, TWO TEMPORARY HAWKER BAZAARS WILL BE PROVIDED NEAR SAN HUI - ONE FOR RESITING THE PRESENT TUEN MUN HAWKER BAZAAR AND THE OTHER TO TAKE IN ELIGIBLE STREET HAWKERS.
/TALKING ABOUT