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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1982
MORE MARKETS FOR NEW TERRITORIES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO EMBARK ON A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO BUILD MORE THAN 30 MODERN MARKETS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO KEEP PACE WITH THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS.
THE AIM IS ALSO TO ACCOMMODATE UNLICENSED ON-STREET HAWKERS, ENABLING AT THE SAME TIME MORE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO BE CARRIED OUT AGAINST ILLEGAL HAWKERS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.
FREEING THE STREETS FROM HAWKER OBSTRUCTION WILL PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TWO NEW MARKETS WERE OPENED BY THE NTSD IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE $14 MILLION TSUEN WAN MARKET AND THE $4 MILLION KWONG CHOI MARKET IN TUEN MUN,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID FIVE MORE NEW MARKETS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATION LATER THIS OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
IN KWAI CHUNG, CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON A NEW MARKET AT WING FONG STREET AND SHEK YAM ROAD.
WORK ON THE WING FONG STREET MARKET WILL BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST, AND ON THE OTHER BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
TWO MODERN MARKETS AT TUEN MUN ARE ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION THE YAN OI MARKET AT SAN HUI WILL BE READY IN OCTOBER AND THE OTHER BEING BUILT NEAR TO CHI LOK FA YUEN IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AT SAI KUNG, CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON A MARKET AT TUI MIN HOT, WHICH WILL BE READY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IN YUEN LONG, PILING WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE $61-MILLION, MULTI-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX COMPRISING 420 MARKET STALLS, DISTRICT LIBRARY, TWO SQUASH COURTS AND OFFICES FOR LOCAL URBAN SERVICES OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE MARKET, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WILL TAKE TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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