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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1992
FOR
URBAN COMMUNITY, "IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF A RAPIDLY GROWN
TO
RESPONSIBILITY ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED SOME YEARS AGO
MODERN AND INTEGRATED WHOLESALE THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARKET COMPLEXES."
SHE
THAT AS A
THE
OUT POINTED
GOVERNMENT STEP. FIRST
AS A QUICK CONSTRUCTED TWO TEMPORARY MARKETS ON WESTERN RECLAMATION
PRESSING NEED TO REMOVE AND ADDRESSING THE AND INTERIM MEANS OF ACCOMMODATE THE OLD POULTRY AND FRUIT MARKETS AT KENNEDY TOWN.
"TODAY, WE SEE THE FORMAL OPENING OF PHASE
WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET, FRUIT, EGGS AND FRESHWATER FISH,
PROVIDING
*
PERMANENT SHE SAID.
I OF TRADING
THE WESTERN FOR FACILITIES
THE NEW FACILITIES COMPRISE 254 MARKET
PARKING
SPACES
AND CONTAINER VEHICLE 195,000 TONNES OF FOODSTUFFS A YEAR.
STALLS AND 204 LORRY DESIGNED TO HANDLE
AND
ARE
THERE ARE ALSO THREE PURPOSE DESIGNED MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DIFFERENT TRADES.
BANKS,
*
AND EQUIPPED PIERS TO
KIOSK,
A
A REFRESHMENT ANCILLARY FACILITIES SUCH AS RESTAURANT, TRADE OFFICES AND GENERAL AMENITIES ARE ALSO PROVIDED.
MARKET WOULD ALSO MRS CHAN NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF THE NEW
THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF WESTERN DISTRICT IN BE BETTER PLACED
THE ENVIRONMENTAL, OBSTRUCTION TO RESOLVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROBLEMS THAT HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF OLD MARKETS NOW RELOCATED IN THE NEW BUILDING.
SHE SAID PHASE II OF THE MARKET WAS ALREADY UNDER ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER TEMPORARY FRUIT MARKET.
AND
THE
CONSTRUCTION
WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT "IT 18 DUB FOR COMPLETION IN 1994 AND TRADING FACILITIES FOR POULTRY AND IMPORTED VEGETABLES.
WHOLESALE FACILITIES ON HONG
IN ENVIRONMENT
SHE
"THAT WILL FURTHER IMPROVE THE KONG ISLAND AND THE GENERAL SAID.
WESTERN
DISTRICT,
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WAS AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.
DR LEE SAID THE
THE DIRECTOR OF
EARLIER IN HIS SPEECH,
WELL-DESIGNED AND STRATEGICALLY LOCATED MARKET WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT WHOLESALE 'MARKET FOR FRESH FOODSTUFFS TO BE BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT,
HE SAID: "IT
REPRESENTS
THE CULMINATION
OF MANY YEARS OF MARKETING PLANNING AND WORK TO GROUP TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT WHOLESALE TRADES UNDER ONE ROOF TO FORM A MARKET COMPLEX.
++
YEARS IN THE
HE THANKED THOSE WHO HAD PARTICIPATED OVER THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND REALISATION OF THE MARKET COMPLEX; AS WELL AS THE MARKET TENANTS, THE TRANSPORTERS AND THE BUYERS FOR THEIR HELPING TO MAKE THE MARKET A SUCCESS.
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