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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1987

WORK ON FIRST PERMANENT WHOLESALE MARKET STARTS

ON

KONG'S

HONG CONSTRUCTING WORK HAS JUST STARTED PERMANENT WHOLESALE MARKET WITH FACILITIES FOR FIVE TRADES ROOF.

FIRST UNDER ONE

THE MARKET, TO BE DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES, WILL OCCUPY OF ABOUT 6.2 HECTARES ON WESTERN RECLAMATION AND WILL HAVE FIVE ALONG ITS SEA FRONTAGE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING PRODUCE.

FRUIT, FISH, WHOLESALE FACILITIES FOR POULTRY WILL BE PROVIDED IN A TWO-STOREY BUILDING.

FOR

EGGS,

A SITE PIERS

VEGETABLES AND

TRADES, BARRACKS AND A A RESTAURANT, TWO BANKS, OFFICES FOR

FISHERIES ROOM

STAFF

AND AGRICULTURE OF THE RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT, PLUS OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES, WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.

·

MECHANISED EQUIPMENT WILL BE PURPOSE-DESIGNED DIFFERENT

OF VARIOUS INSTALLED AT THE PIERS TO CATER FOR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS KINDS OF PRODUCE.

DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $50.64 THE MARKET, WORK ON

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES MILLION PILING CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN 10 MONTHS.

BUILDING

OF THE

SEPARATE CONTRACT.

SUPERSTRUCTURE

THEN WILL

BEGIN UNDER A

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST READY BY 1990 AND THE SECOND BY 1992.

PHASE OF THE MARKET WILL BE

THE WHOLE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $400 MILLION.

TROLLEY GIVES VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE A PUSH

常

BE

A BROADCASTING TROLLEY, A DISTINCTIVE AND USEFUL VEHICLE TO USED IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, WAS DISPATCHED TO PENG CHAU TODAY (FRIDAY) TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO THE ISLANDERS.

"INSTALLED WITH BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT, THE SPECIALLY

SPOKESMAN

FOR

THE

DESIGNED

ISLANDS

TROLLEY CAN MOVE ALONG NARROW VILLAGE PATHS ON ISLANDS WHERE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.

IS

A APPROPRIATE,'

"

/THE THEME