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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1983
YAN OF MARKET IN TUEN MUN TO OPEN SOON
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THE THIRD NEW MARKET IN TUEN MUN, MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS NEARING COMPLETION AND WILL OPEN IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
COSTING ABOUT $4.25 MILLION, THE YAN OI MARKET IS LOCATED ON A 1 744-SQUARE-METRE SITE ADJACENT TO CHI LOK FA YUEN.
IT WILL HAVE 28 STALLS FOR SELLING FISH, MEAT, POULTRY, SIU ME! AND LO MEI AND 80 MINI STALLS FOR SELLING VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND OTHER DRY GOODS.
THE STALLS WILL BE ALLOCATED AT A RESTRICTED AUCTION TO ELIGIBLE TRADERS CURRENTLY IN THE TEMPORARY MARKET AND A HAWKER BAZAAR IN TUEN MUN WHICH WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ON THE ROOF OF THE MARKET COMPLEX, THERE WILL BE A REST GARDEN WITH FLOWER BEDS, ARBOURS, BENCHES AND ́A NUMBER OF PLAY EQUIPMENT FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN TO ENJOY.
THE MARKET WILL ALSO HAVE AN ICE STALL WHICH WILL BE LET BY PUBLIC AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE MARKET ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 3) AT 11.30 AM,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WILL BE ABLE TO START BUSINESS ON APRIL 1 ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. THE UPSET MONTHLY RENTAL WILL BE $900.
POTENTIAL BIDDERS WHO MUST BE OVER 21 ARE REQUIRED TO BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE AUCTION VENUE.
FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION OF THE TUEN MUN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, TELEPHONE 0-820800 EXT. 231.
SALE OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS ***
THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $262 300 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, 8TH FLOOR SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 329 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $87 000.
ANOTHER NUMBER CW 1 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $38 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 EACH FOR CX 550, CX 522, CX 521, CX 511, CX 410, CX 411, CX 450, CX 451, CX 902,
901, cx 1011, CX 489 AND AX 1132.
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