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Saturday, March 9, 1974

NEW MARKET FOR MONG KOK

The Mong Kok Market building at the junction of Argyle Street

and Canton Road will soon be demolished to make way for a modern up-to-date

market complex.

The new market will be a two-storey building with an area of

13,000 square feet. Marketing facilities will be provided on both floors

housing the existing stallholders and about 100 hawkers from the surrounding

area.

The rooftop of the building is to be used as a playground, as

well as providing quarters for the market staff,

The project is part of a programme to provide better market

facilities in urban areas. This programme calls for the construction

of new markets and the reprovisioning of existing oros.

Tenders are now invited for the demolition of the old market

building. Piling work will follow directly afterwards and is scheduled

for completion by July this year.

Actual construction of the building is expected to begin in

early September for completion by the end of August next year.

During the oconstruction of the new complex, the existing stalls

will be moved to a nearby temporary market at the junction of Shanghai

Street and liong Kok Road. The temporary market is due for completion

later this month.

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