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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1983

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NEW MARKET AND RECREATIONAL COMPLEX FOR EASTERN WONG TAI SIN

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A NEW MARKET TO BE BUILT OVER CHOI HUNG MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION WILL INCLUDE FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND CULTURE.

THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING TENDERS FOR THE COMPLEX WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON A 4 000-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, NGAU CHI WAN.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SIMILAR COMPLEXES IN HONG KONG, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAVE AN AUDITORIUM.

THERE WILL BE A 397-STALL MARKET RETAILING MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND DRY GOODS.

IT WILL ACCOMMODATE ELIGIBLE HAWKERS FROM THE VICINITY WHO HAVE BEEN SURVEYED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A REFUSE COLLECTION CHAMBER, AN ICE STORE, OFFICES AND PUBLIC TOILETS.

BESIDES THE TWO-STOREY MARKET PODIUM, THERE WILL BE AN AUDITORIUM BLOCK, A MAIN BUILDING AND, ON TOP OF THE PODIUM, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL.

A COOKED FOOD CENTRE WITH 17 STALLS WILL BE HOUSED IN THE MAIN BUILDING AND WILL BE LINKED TO THE MARKET BY ESCALATORS.

UPPER FLOORS OF THE MAIN BUILDING WILL BE OCCUPIED BY A LIBRARY, OFFICES AND SPACE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

THERE WILL BE A LECTURE HALL, FOUR MUSIC PRACTICE ROOMS, A PAINTING STUDIO AND AN EXHIBITION HALL.

ADJACENT TO THE MAIN BUILDING WILL BE THE AUDITORIUM WHICH WILL BE SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE CITY HALL. IT WILL HAVE 430 SEATS.

THE INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL OCCUPY AN AREA OF MORE THAN 720 SQUARE METRES.

IT WILL HAVE A STANDARD VOLLEYBALL OR BASKETBALL COURT AND FOUR BADMINTON COURTS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE FACILITIES FOR GYMNASTIC ACTIVITIES.

RAMPS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE DISABLED WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER THE MARKET.

A FOOTBRIDGE WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO CONNECT PING SHEK ESTATE AND THE MARKET AT THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START NEXT FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED IN MID-1986.

THE MARKET COMPLEX WILL SERVE FOUR ESTATES IN EASTERN WONG TAI SIN WHICH HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF ABOUT 80 000.

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