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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1993

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NEW CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET OPENS

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PHASE I OF THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET

ONE OF THE MOST MODERN MARKETS OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR ANDREW WONG WANG-FAT, . THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

BUILT AT A COST OF $504 MILLION, PHASE I OF THIS MARKET UNDER THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OCCUPIES AN AREA OF MORE THAN 10 HECTARES ON THE WESTERN KOWLOON RECLAMATION.

THE MARKET IS THE FIRST BUILDING COMPLETED BY ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.

SPEAKING AT THE MARKET'S OPENING CEREMONY, MR WONG SAID THE COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY WHOLESALING WITHIN THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT WOULD HELP CUT FOOD COSTS.

HE SAID: "THE CONSUMPTION OF FRESH FOODSTUFFS SUCH AS VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUIT, LIVE POULTRY, MARINE FISH, FRESHWATER FISH AND EGGS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DIET OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND COMPRISES A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE DAILY FAMILY BUDGET ON FOOD,"

THE OPENING OF THE MARKET WOULD NOT ONLY DO GOOD TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, IT WOULD ALSO HELP THE GOVERNMENT RESOLVE SHAM SHUI PO'S ENVIRONMENTAL, TRAFFIC AND OTHER PROBLEMS LONG ASSOCIATED WITH OLD MARKETS THERE, HE SAID.

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FURTHERMORE, LARGE AREAS OF VALUABLE LAND CAN BE RELEASED FOR OTHER PLANNED COMMUNITY USES FOLLOWING THE RELOCATION OF THE OLD MARKETS, HE ADDED.

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MR WONG ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THE MARKET'S PHASE II PROGRAMME, SO THAT AN EARLY REPROVISIONING OF THE WHOLESALE FRUIT MARKET IN YAU MA ΤΕΙ AND THE TEMPORARY WHOLESALE POULTRY MARKET IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, WHICH HAD BEEN CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, COULD BE REALISED.

MARKETING

PHASE I OF THE MARKET WAS BUILT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR VEGETABLES, FRESHWATER FISH, MARINE FISH AND EGGS.

APART FROM THE AUCTION HALL ATTACHED

TO THE FISH MARKETING STALLS WITH MORE THAN

ORGANISATION MARKET, IT COMPRISES 320 MARKET 1,000 LORRY AND CONTAINER VEHICLE PARKING SPACES.

IT IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE OVER 370,000 TONNES OF FRESH FOODSTUFFS A YEAR, ENOUGH ΤΟ MEET THE NEEDS WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

OPERATING ROUND-THE-CLOCK, THE MARKET

IS ALSO PROVIDED WITH ITS OWN DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND WASTE TREATMENT PLANT TO HIGHEST STANDARD OF HYGIENE AND FULL COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS.

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