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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1978

NEW WHOLESALE MARKETS FOR CHEUNG SHA WAN AND WESTERN RECLAMATION

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NEW WHOLESALE MARKET COMPLEXES, ESTIMATED TO COST ALMOST $300 MILLION, ARE BEING PLANNED FOR CHEUNG SHA WAN AND WESTERN RECLAMATION.

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S COMPLEX FOR THE WHOLESALE MARKETING OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, FRESHWATER FISH, POULTRY AND EGGS IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $243 MILLION WHILE THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION COMPLEX FOR THE MARKETING OF MARINE FISH IS EXPECTED TO COST ABOUT $43 MILLION.

THE NEW MARKETS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY 1984 AND WILL REPLACE EXISTING AND TEMPORARY MARKETS AT CHEUNG SHA WAN AND KENNEDY TOWN.

A FIRM OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IS BEING COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A NINE MONTH'S SURVEY INTO EXISTING WHOLESALE MARKETING PRACTICES AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MODERN MARKETING SYSTEMS TO BE UTILISED IN THE NEW COMPLEXES.

THE FIRM, MODERN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT LTD., WILL INCLUDE IN ITS REPORT TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS IN RELATION TO TRADING HOURS AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS FOR MECHANISED HANDLING OF INCOMING CONSIGNMENTS BY SEA.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. E.H. NICHOLS, AND THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MODERN MATERIALS MANAGEMENT LTD., MR. K.E. BOOTH, WILL SIGN THE CONSULTANCY CONTRACT AT THE G.I.S. THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 11.30 A.M. TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE SIGNING CEREMONY.

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