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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1900

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SAM KA TSUEN ILLEGAL FISH MARKET CLEARED

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A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES USED FOR ILLEGAL FISH TRADING ACTIVITIES AT SAM KA TSUEN IN KWUN TONG WERE CLEARED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A JOINT OPERATION.

CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THAT SINCE LAST OCTOBER, THE DMC HAD DISCUSSED WAYS TO ERADICATE ILLEGAL OFF-LOADING AND WHOLESALE OF FRESH MARINE FISH IN THE AREA.

+AS A FIRST STEP, THE POLICE HAVE BEEN TAKING ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL TRADING ACTIVITIES FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.

TODAY'S CLEARANCE SAW THE DMC'S RESOLVE TO GET RID OF THE ILLEGAL FISH MARKET ONCE AND FOR ALL, MR MAK SAID.

SITUATED OPPOSITE THE SAM KA TSUEN FERRY PIER THE STRUCTURES HAD BEEN USED AS AN ILLEGAL MARKET SINCE MID-1970'S.

THE OPERATION WOULD ALSO INVOLVE PULLING DOWN THE PLATFORMS ON WHICH THE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT.

+THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PERMANENT FISH WHOLESALE MARKET UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION WILL START SOON AT NEARBY TUNG YUEN STREET AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR,+ MR MAK SAID.

THE MONTH-LONG OPERATION WOULD ALSO INVOLVE CLEARING ABOUT 50 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON THE EMBANKMENT OF SHUNG SHUN STREET NEXT TO THE ILLEGAL FISH MARKET.

CO-ORDINATED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, THE OPERATION WAS PART OF A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME ENTITLED +OPERATION FAR FLING+.

IT WAS ALSO THE LAST OPERATION IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

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