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IT WAS DESIGNED TO MAXIMISE ON THE USE OF NATURAL LIGHTING AND VENTILATION TO REDUCE RUNNING COSTS.
TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF ODOUR ALONG WITH EFFLUENT THROUGH OTHER MARKETS, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF EACH INDIVIDUAL MARKET WAS DESIGNED TO BE SEALED.
DUE CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE RESULTED FROM ALL THE TRADES.
THE MARKET WILL BE SERVED BY FIVE FINGER PIERS ALONG ITS SEAFRONT, EACH INSTALLED WITH PURPOSE-DESIGNED MECHANISED EQUIPMENT FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF PRODUCE.
THE 78,000-SQUARE-METRE GROSS FLOOR AREA UNDER PHASE I WILL ACCOMMODATE A TOTAL OF 309 STALLS.
OVER 700 LORRY PARKING SPACES AND 33 CONTAINER PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR.
ACTIVE SUPPORT PLEDGED FOR INDUSTRY
THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF MINIMUM INTERVENTION BUT ACTIVE SUPPORT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
'SPEAKING AT THE
OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY THE ACCREDITATION CONFERENCE (ILAC) COMMITTEE MEETINGS, MR WONG SAID GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT BUSINESS DECISIONS WERE BEST LEFT TO BUSINESSMEN THEMSELVES.
"HOWEVER, WE DO ACTIVELY STRIVE TO PROVIDE A CONDUCIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR
INDUSTRY.
NECESSARY
GOVERNMENT IN AND STANDARDS
"TWO TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES LAUNCHED BY THE THE MID-1980'S WERE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CALIBRATION LABORATORY AND THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS).
SERVICES
"THE FORMER PROVIDES A HIGH ECHELON MEASUREMENT SERVICE AND THE LATTER ENSURES QUALITY LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
A FOR WIDE RANGE OF TESTING FIELDS INCLUDING TOY TESTING, ELECTRICAL PRODUCT TESTING, TEXTILE TESTING, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, HE SAID.
MR WONG NOTED THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION HAD BEEN SHOWING AN INCREASING INTEREST IN LABORATORY ACCREDITATION AND IN ILAC.
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