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TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1980

INCLUDED IN THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AREA WILL BE A BUS STATION FOR INTERNAL CITY ROUTES AND ADJACENT TO THE RAILWAY STATION WILL BE A FURTHER BUS STATION FOR EXTERNAL SERVICES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE TWO 800-SEAT CINEMAS.

THE GROSS COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA OF THE COMPLEX WILL BE

86 000 SQUARE METRES.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE WORD +PRIME TENDED TO BE OVERWORKED WHEN APPLIED TO LAND IN HONG KONG, BUT IF EVER THERE WAS A PRIME SITE, THIS IS ONE.+

HE SAID THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WAS THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT.

PROGRESS ON INITIAL STAGES OF THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF EIGHT RESIDENTIAL TOWERS OVER THREE PODIUM DECKS, IS NOW CLEARLY VISIBLE.

PHASE | IS ALSO MAINLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. PHASES I AND II WILL PROVIDE HOMES IN THE TOWN CENTRE FOR 40 000 TO 50 000 PEOPLE.

THE FOURTH PHASE WILL COMPRISE THREE MEDIUM-RISE COMMERCIAL OFFICE BLOCKS, A MAGISTRACY AND A CULTURAL COMPLEX. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PHASE IS A TOWN PARK FRONTING THE SHING MUN RIVER WHICH GOVERNMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED WILL BE CLEANED UP AND MADE INTO A BOAT PARK STRETCHING FOR FIVE MILES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID FURTHER DETAILS OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN A FEW WEEKS. CONTROL DRAWINGS CLEARLY DEFINING ALL ASPECTS WERE NOW BEING PREPARED.

FMO EXPANSION LIKELY

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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL- SWAN, SAID THIS TUESDAY EVENING IT WAS LIKELY THAT IN THE YEARS AHEAD. THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION WOULD INCREASE ITS MARKETING CAPACITY, AND REPROVISION AND REBUILD SOME MARKETS TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENTS.

IN A DINNER ADDRESS TO FISH MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONS, MR RIDDELL- SWAN RECALLED THAT 25 YEARS AGO THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION HANDLED 41 000 TONNES OF FRESH FISH A YEAR WHEREAS IT NOW HANDLES OVER 80 000 TONNES.

HE SAID THAT MARKETING ACTIVITIES HAD ALSO EXPANDED TO MEET INCREASED DEMAND AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION IS NOW OPERATING SEVEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

MR RIDDELL-SWAN THANKED THE FISH MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE IR VERY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY AND ASSURED THEM THAT THE ORGANISATION WAS CONTINUALLY REVIEWING THE NEEDS OF THE TRADE.

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