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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1993

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FIRST MAJOR BUILDING IN AIRPORT PROGRAMME NEAR COMPLETION

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KOWLOON RECLAMATION AND MONTH, ON TIME

THE FIRST MAJOR BUILDING ON THE WEST IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME WILL BE COMPLETED THIS AND WITHIN BUDGET, FOLLOWING A TIGHT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME.

FLOOR

OCCUPIES A SITE OF THE HUGE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET SOME 10 HECTARES. THE COMPLEX IS OVER 400 METRES LONG AND HAS A AREA OF 70,000 SQUARE METRES,

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ARCHITECTURAL

IN

"IT IS PROBABLY THE FASTEST BUILDING PROJECT EVER COMPLETED

FOR THE

SERVICES DEPARTMENT A SPOKESMAN HONG KONG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

OF THE BUILDING THREW UP

VARIOUS

"THIS AND THE SHEER SIZE CHALLENGES AND INVOLVED THE USE OF METERIALS IN VOLUMES RARELY SEEN,

"

THE PROJECT, THE CONTRACTOR

WITH JUST 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE EMPLOYED A DAILY AVERAGE OF 900 MEN ON SITE.

MORE THAN 1,600 PILES, DOWN TO NEEDED FOR THE COMPLEX.

A DEPTH OF 40 METRES, WERE

VOLUME TO PRODUCE THE LARGE

OF CONCRETE REQUIRED, BATCHING

CUBIC 100,000

METRES OF CONCRETE PLANTS WERE SET UP ON SITE. SOME WERE USED, REPRESENTING 17,000 LORRYLOADS.

THE MARKET IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE

ROUND-THE-CLOCK,

EVERY DAY

OF THE YEAR.

ENSURE OF A THE LATEST THE TREATMENT OF

"SPECIAL CONSIDERATION HAD TO BE GIVEN TO THE DESIGN TO

THIS HYGIENE AND

INCLUDED THE PROVISION HIGH STANDARDS OF COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT DRAINAGE SYSTEM, INCORPORATING ALL STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS IN LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"I

THE BUILDING

MAXIMUM USE

HAS

ALSO BEEN

VIEW

DESIGNED OF THE HEAVY OF NATURAL

TO

USAGE LIGHTING

THE MINIMISE

MARKET. OF THE AND VENTILATION,

MAINTENANCE REQUIRED IN

HAS BEEN MADE

THEREBY FURTHER REDUCING RUNNING COSTS,

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW

URBAN RENEWAL

PROGRAMME TO

OF

MARKET

UNDER HOUSE

THIS PRODUCE.

COMPLEX WAS PART OF AN ONE ROOF WHOLESALE

CONSISTS

A FISH OF OF 321 STALLS FOR

FACILITIES FOR A WIDE RANGE MARKETING ORGANISATION AUCTION FLOOR AND A TOTAL FRESH WATER AND MARINE FISH, VEGETABLE AND EGGS.

THAN 1,000 TONNES OF THE MARKET WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE MORE FRESH PRODUCE A DAY. THIS INCLUDES 100,000 FISH AND 3.7 MILLION EGGS.

TI

AND

A

"THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO ONE EGG FOR EVERY PERSON IN KOWLOON THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT, "OR ENOUGH TO BAKE

BUILDING IN QUEENSWAY CAKE FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE SUPREME COURT EVERY DAY."

/THE THROUGHPUT