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UPON COMPLETION, IT WILL PROVIDE MARKET, RECREATIONAL
IT WILL ALSO AND LIBRARY FACILITIES ALL UNDER ONE ROOF. ACCOMMODATE THE HAWKERS NOW TRADING IN THE HAWKER PERMITTED PLACE IN THE VICINITY THUS CONTRIBUTING TO A CLEANER AND MEATER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
THE PROJECT, ESTIMATED TO COST $47.3 MILLION, OCCUPIES A 3 784-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF QUARRY BAY STREET AND MOUNT PARKER ROAD.
IN PLANNING THE COMPLEX, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED THERE WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE VIABILITY OF THE MARKET.
THE GROUND FLOOR WILL HOUSE A LOADING/UNLOADING BAY, A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND A PUMPING STATION.
THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS WILL ACCOMMODATE 21 MARKET STALLS, 132 MINI STALLS, FIVE COOKED FOOD STALLS AND TWO NEWSPAPER KIOSKS. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF SHOPPERS, THE TWO FLOORS WILL BE SERVED BY ESCALATORS.
THE UPPER FLOORS WILL INCORPORATE A STANDARD SIZE INDOOR GAMES HALL, RECREATIONAL ROOMS, TWO SQUASH COURTS, A JUNIOR LIBRARY, AN ADULT LIBRARY AND THE USD EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE.
TO ENHANCE THE VIABILITY OF THE MARKET. A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED TO LINK UP THE MARKET ENTRANCE FROM MOUNT PARKER ROAD.
THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CURRENT CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME NOW INCLUDES 24 MARKET COMPLEX PROJECTS WHICH ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN THE VARIOUS PLANNING STAGES.
THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE IN WESTERN, LOCKHART ROAD, PO ON ROAD, NGAU CHI WAN, KOWLOON CITY, FA YUEN STREET AND SHUI WO STREET.
THEY ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION BETWEEN 1986 AND 1988.
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