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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1977

NEW MARKET TO BE BUILT IN WAN CHAI

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WORK ON THE NEW BOWRINGTON ROAD MARKET IN WAN CHAI WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK WILL BE INVITED LATER THIS WEEK BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MR. K.. TSENG, CHIEF P.W.D. ARCHITECT, SAID TODAY THAT WORK WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ON COMPLETION, IT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING TEMPORARY MARKET WHICH HAS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER.

→THE NEW MARKET, OCCUPYING TWO SITES AT THE JUNCTION OF FOUR INGTON ROAD AND WAN CHAI ROAD, WILL CONSIST OF TWO BLOCKS CONNECTED BY HIGH LEVEL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES,+ MR. TSENG SAID.

+ THE TWO-STOREY COMPLEX WILL HAVE A TOTAL FLOOR AREA

OF ABOUT 2,700 SQUARE METRES.+

THERE WILL BE STALLS FOR MEAT, FISH, POULTRY AND VEGETABLE AND A COCKED FOOD BAZAAR. THE ROOF WILL BE USED AS A PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN.

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PILING WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A NEW MARKET IN TSUEN WAN.

THE WORK, TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

THE TWO-STOREY MARKET WILL BE BUILT ON A 3,620-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT THE CORNER OF TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET AND CHUNG CN STREET.

TEMPORARY WATER CHARGE COLLECTION CENTRES ****

THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TAI PO TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED RESIDENTS IN FANLING, SHEUNG SHUTI AND NEARBY AREAS TO MAKE USE OF TWO TEMPORARY WATER CHARGE COLLECTION CENTRES TO PAY THEIR WATER BILLS FOR THE SECOND PERIOD OF THIS YEAR.

THE TWO COLLECTION CENTRES APE LOCATED AT THE SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE AT SHEK WU HUI AND AT THE FANLING RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE AT LUEN WO HUT.

THE SHEUNG SHUI CENTRE OPENS TODAY AND TOMORROW WHILE THE FANLING CENTRE WILL OPERATE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 17 AND 18). BOTH CENTRES WILL OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

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