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Friday, May 4, 1973
NEW MARKET FOR MONG KOK
The existing Mong Kok market at the junction of Argyle Street
and Canton Road will be reconstructed by the Urban Council to cater for the increasing population of the district.
It forms part of the council's programme to provide better market facilities in urban areas, This programme calls for the construction of more new markets and the reprovisioning of existing ones.
During the redevelopment of the Mong Kok market a temporary one will be set up in a nearby area to serve the residents and to accommodate the stallholders.
Tenders are now being called for the clearance of the site for the temporary market at the junction of Shanghai Street and Mong Kok Road. Fencing and demolition of structures within the 27,210 square feet site will take place on June 22. Work is expected to be completed in three months. The new Mong Kok market a two-storey building will have
an area of 13,000 square feet. It is expected to cost $2,750,000.
Marketing facilities will be provided on both floors. It will house the existing stallholders and about 100 additional hawkers from the surrounding streets.
Office facilities, a rooftop playground and quarters for the market
staff will be situated on top of the compound.
Reconstruction is anticipated to begin in April, 1974 and will
be completed in September, 1975.
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