SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1983
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NEW MARKET COMPLEX PLANNED FOR KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALERS
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OPERATORS AT THE KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALE MARKET WHO SUPPLIED SOME 100 000 TONNES OF VEGETABLES WORTH $250 MILLION TO HONG KONG ISLAND WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED LATER AT A GOVERNMENT WHOLESALE MARKET COMPLEX PLANNED FOR THE WESTERN RECLAMATION, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
DR RIDDELL-SWAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE INCEPTION CEREMONY OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WHOSE MEMBERS WERE MOSTLY VEGETABLE WHOLESALERS OPERATING AT THE MARKET.
DR RIDDELL-SWAN ALSO SAID THAT IN PLANNING THE PROJECT, DISCUSSION WITH THE KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALERS HAD BEEN MOST HELPFUL AND ASSURED THEM THAT THEIR VIEWS WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT.
WHILE OFFICIATING THE OATH-TAKING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION, DR RIDDELL-SWAN ADDED: +THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ORGANISATION WITH ITS OBJECTIVE OF LOOKING AFTER THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS WOULD DEFINITELY HELP TO PROMOTE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND THE BUSINESS OF THE WHOLESALE VEGETABLE TRADE. IT WOULD ALSO BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CONSUMERS WHO HAVE BEEN RELYING ON YOU FOR THEIR FRESH VEGETABLES.+
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT NEW OFFICES
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FOUR REGIONAL DIVISIONS OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ARE BEING MOVED INTO NEW OFFICES ON THE 25TH FLOOR OF PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE IN DUNDAS STREET, KOWLOON, TODAY (MARCH 5).
THEY ARE THE TWO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISIONS AND TWO TRANSPORT OPERATIONS DIVISIONS FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FOUR DIVISIONS WILL OPERATE IN THE NEW OFFICES FROM MONDAY (MARCH 7) AND THEIR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER WILL BE 3-309944.
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