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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985

NEW YUEN LONG COOKED FOOD MARKET OPENED

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YUEN LONG RESIDENTS AND FACTORY WORKERS WILL HAVE ONE MORE PLACE TO GO FOR THEIR MEALS WITH THE OPENING OF A MODERN COOKED FOOD MARKET IN THE IR DISTRICT TODAY.

OCCUPYING 900 SQUARE METRES AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI TONG ROAD AND FAU TSOI STREET, THE COOKED FOOD MARKET HOUSES 16 COOKED FOOD STALLS AND TWO FRUIT STALLS.

COSTING ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, THE TAI TONG ROAD COOKED FOOD MARKET IS MANAGED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ALL ELIGIBLE COOKED FOOD STALL OPERATORS PREVIOUSLY PLYING AT NEW STREET AND MAU TAN STREET HAVE BEEN RESITED INTO THE NEW MARKET TO CONTINUE THE IR BUSINESS.

TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE MARKET, THE TRADERS THEMSELVES HOSTED A RECEPTION TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AMONG THOSE PRESENT WERE THE ACTING YUEN LONG DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPER INTENDENT, MR CHAN KING-KAI; THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR ALAN WONG; AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR HAU KOON-WING,

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