WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1983
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$70-MILLION UC COMPLEX BEING BUILT
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IF ALL GOES WELL, RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE EASTERN PART OF WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT WILL HAVE A MULTI-PURPOSE COMPLEX OF THEIR OWN IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
IT WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY RETAIL MARKETING FACILITIES AND A COOKED FOOD CENTRE, BUT ALSO A VARIETY OF AMENITIES FOR INDOOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PURSUITS.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY OF THE URBAN COUNCIL NGAU CHI WAN COMPLEX TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, SAID THE COMPLEX WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1985 AT A COST OF SOME $70 MILLION.
PILING WORK ON THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS IS DUE TO START IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR TO ENABLE THE MARKET TO BE OPENED BY THE END OF 1984, HE SAID.
+WHEN THE MARKET IS OPENED, IT WILL ACCOMMODATE ALL THE SURVEYED AND ELIGIBLE ON-ROAD HAWKERS IN THE VICINITY,+ MR WILSON SAID.
+THIS SHOULD MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN CLEAR ING OBSTRUCTIONS AND IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.+
MR WILSON TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS PLANS FOR SIMILAR NEW MARKETS THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS.
THE SPEED WITH WHICH THESE PROJECTS CAN BE COMPLETED DEPENDS ON THE PACE OF BUILDING AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE NECESSARY FUND.
+WITH ANY LUCK, THE FACE OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED LONG BEFORE THE END OF THIS DECADE,+ HE ADDED.
EARLIER IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, STATED THAT THE BUILDING OF THE COMPLEX SERVES AS ANOTHER PROOF THAT THE COUNCIL IS DETERMINED TO MAKE HONG KONG A BETTER AND HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
HE PLEDGED THAT THE COUNCIL IS PRESSING AHEAD WITH ITS EXTENSIVE ON-GOING MARKET BUILDING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS SO AS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MR WILSON FOR HAVING BEEN +THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE MAXIMUM UTILISATION OF PRECIOUS LAND SOURCES+ DURING HIS YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES.
THE URBAN COUNCIL NGAU CHI WAN COMPLEX IS IDEALLY SITED OVER THE TOP OF THE CHOI HUNG MTR STATION,
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