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JULY 21, 1918

China Mail Wednesday Supplement

CENTRAL MARKET HONG KONG

The main entrance to the Central Market In Queen's

Central.

Road

This market was built in 1935 at the cost of $750,000.00, and com-

• prises - a four-storey building of reinforced concrete throughout, with terazzo Boors and stalls. This market is considered to be the most mo. There are two main dern and up to date market in the Far East, entrances for the use of the Public, one in Queen's Road, and the other. in Des Voeux Hoad Central.

There is a lift service for the Public to all floors at the Des Voeux Road entrance.

HEALTH OFFICE

COMIRAL

Unloading meat and pork at the Cen. tral Market, The meat is derived framan imala

which kava ro- calved anti. and .post-mortem

spectión....... ať the

Government, con-- trolled, Slaughter. Houses," "There are.

dally.

deliveries

MARKET STAFF:

Twn, foremen, one ganger and 25 market coolles are employed in the market to take care of, the gamural cleanlicicas » etc., and one ganger and 20 most portors for the unloading of¬moat and produce to the stalls from the Government-controlled Slaughter, House. This staff la mader the direct supervision of ^ Senior" Inspecter S. G. Poole. (8. L. Blaughter: Houses and Markets H.K. and Kowloon) and Inap. A. W. Few-

Insp: Markets' ssisted by Oversour Imam Din. sa hamon had 17 in Hogous are all under Governradut conf and staffed by the Urban Council-

to the upper, floors: front, the Des Voeux Read

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