SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1981
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MORE MARKETS FOR TSUEN WAN
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IN ADDITION TO THE LATEST TSUEN WAN MARKET TO BE OPENED ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 29. FIVE MORE MARKETS WILL BE BUILT IN THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AREAS TO KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH OF THE NEW TOWNS.
BUILT AT A COST OF $13 MILLION, THE TSUEN WAN MARKET COVERS 3 100 SQUARE METRES AND IS THE SECOND PERMANENT MARKET TO BE BUILT IN THE NEW TOWN, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NTSD'S PLANS TO IMPROVE MARKET FACILITIES IN THE NEW TOWNS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
OTHER NEW MARKETS WILL BE LOCATED AT YEUNG UK ROAD AND ALLWAY GARDENS IN TSUEN WAN AND AT WING FONG ROAD AND SHEK YAM ROAD IN KHAI CHUNG.
THE TSUEN WAN MARKET WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO TZE-PING, AT 10.30 AM ON SATURDAY.
DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE FIVE-STOREY MARKET IS LOCATED IN THE TOWN CENTRE OF TSUEN WAN AND IS BOUND BY FOUR STREETS -- CHUNG ON STREET, HOI PA STREET, CHUEN LUNG STREET AND MARKET STREET.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 334 MINI-STALLS AND 65 MARKET STALLS SELLING VEGETABLES, FRUIT, GROCERY, MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS.
TWO ESCALATORS AND TWO FLIGHTS OF STAIRS PROVIDE EASY ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MARKET, WHILE A GOODS LIFT PROVIDES MEANS OF ACCESS FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR THERE IS AN OPEN SITTING OUT AREA, WITH CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMENT, PARK SEATS AND PLANTED FLOWER BEDS.
TICD DIRECTORATE CHANGES
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD RETURNED FROM LEAVE TODAY (AUGUST 23).
MR LAWRENCE MILLS, WHO HAS BEEN ACTING DIRECTOR OF TICD IN HIS ABSENCE, NOW ASSUMES THE POST OF COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED.
MR PETER TSAO, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, IS AT PRESENT ON LEAVE AND, ON HIS RETURN AT THE END OF OCTOBER, WILL TAKE UP THE POST OF COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY.
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