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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1991

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WESTERN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET COMPLEX NEAR COMPLETION

MARKETING SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE TOOK A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT FIRST PHASE OF WHICH WILL FULL OPERATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

ADVISORY

AND FISHERIES THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON THE WESTERN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET, THE BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH AND COME INTO

THE

THE WHOLESALE MARKET, LOCATED AT

WESTERN RECLAMATION ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IS THE FIRST OF 1TS KIND IN THE TERRITORY INTEGRATING FIVE DIFFERENT TRADES WITHIN A SINGLE MULTI-LEVEL COMPLEX. THE PROJECT IS DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES.

LED BY THE SENIOR MARKETING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR TSOF HOO-CHO!, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE, DR ZEE SZE-YONG, MEMBERS TOURED PHASE I OF THE PROJECT, WHICH 19 A TWO-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX PROVIDING WHOLESALE FACILITIES FOR FRESHWATER FISH, FRUIT AND EGGS.

MEMBERS LEARNT THAT PHASE I HAS A TOTAL AREA OF 4.2 HECTARES

AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS $350 MILLION.

THEY WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT PHASE J HAS THREE PIERS ALONG ITS 360-METRE SEAFRONT EACH BEING INSTALLED WITH PURPOSE-DESIGNED MECHANISED EQUIPMENT FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS.

THE PHASE I MARKETS ARE EXPECTED TO HANDLE 194,900 TONNES OF FRESH FOODSTUFFS YEARLY BY 1996.

AS FOR PHASE II OF THE MARKET

COMPLEX, WHICH STANDS ON THE EXISTING TEMPORARY FRUIT MARKET SITE, MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1994 AND WOULD PROVIDE WHOLESALE FACILITIES FOR POULTRY AND VEGETABLES.

UPON COMPLETION OF PHASE [] THE ANTICIPATED THROUGHPUT BEYOND 2000.

THE MARKET WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE

FO MEETING ON FRIDAY

*

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A MEETING ON

FRIDAY

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER. IT WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM.

(MAY 24)

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO OBSERVE THE COMMITTEE'S

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE CHAMBER'S PUBLIC RESERVATIONS BY TELEPHONING 844 0899.

GALLERIFS

AND THEY MAY MAKE

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