WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985
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NEW FISH MARKET OFFERS +MUCH BETTER SERVICES+
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THE NEWLY-BUILT TAI PO WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AT SAM MUN TSAI ROAD, YIM TIN TSAI, PROVIDING +MUCH IMPROVED SERVICES FOR THE MARKETING BUSINESS, + WAS OPENED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN.
IT REPLACES THE 39-YEAR-OLD TAI PO WHOLESALE FISH MARKET AT TUNG CHEONG STREET, WHICH DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID, HAD SERVED THE TAI PO DISTRICT FISHING COMMUNITY WELL SINCE 1946.
SPEAKING OF THE OLD MARKET, HE SAID: +BUT SUCCESSIVE RECLAMATIONS DURING THE 1960S AND 1970S' GRADUALLY IMPAIRED ITS SEA ACCESS AND EVENTUALLY CUT IT OFF COMPLETELY FROM THE SEA.
+IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, PLANNING FOR A NEW MARKET BEGAN TOWARDS THE END OF THE 1970S AND THE MARKET WE ARE OPENING TODAY IS A WORTHY SUCCESSOR WITH BETTER FACILITIES FOR BERTHING AND LANDING AND PROVIDING MUCH IMPROVED SERVICES FOR THE CONDUCT OF MARKETING BUSINESS.+
HE THANKED THE TA! PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE FOR ASSISTING IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARKET.
DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THAT THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION WAS ENGAGED IN A PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPMENT AND REPROVISIONING TO PROVIDE BETTER MARKETING FACILITIES.
+AS PART OF THIS PROGRAMME, NEW FISH MARKETS AT SHAU KEI WAN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN WERE OPENED IN 1984.
+ IN ADDITION, A NEW MODERN WHOLESALE MARKET WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT KWUN TONG IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EAST KOWLOON, + HE SAID,
THE TAI PO WHOLESALE FISH MARKET IS ONE OF THE SEVEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS OPERATED BY THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION.
THE ANNUAL THROUGHPUT OF THE OLD TAI PO FISH MARKET IS ABOUT
1 500 TONNES. WITH BETTER AND IMPROVED FACILITIES, THE NEW
3 680 SQUARE-METRE MARKET HAS THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE MARKETING OF OVER 3 000 TONNES OF FISH A YEAR.
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