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A bay for refuse trucks adjoins the to extend this floor to include further refuse chute from the first floor so that quarters, as and when required, and an garbage can be taken away without being additional floor, the fourth floor, also for carried through the market.

residential accommodation to cover future requirements.

The first floor will contain the poultry and meat stalls, and here the principal The Architectural Office of the Public features will be the provision of a very Works Department is responsible for the large refrigeration room for keeping the design of the building and the supervi- meat in good condition and a large killing sion of its construction. room for the poultry. An office for the market officials and a mess room for the market coolies will also be provided on this floor.

It might be of interest at this juncture to mention two government organizations which are closely linked with retail mar- kets and the general economy of the Colony, the Fish Marketing and the Veget- able Marketing Organizations.

Yaumati and Taipo. As fishermen operate from various scattered ports, internal tran- sport to bring the fish from village or port to main market is important. Collecting centres have been set up in the main fish- ing towns, and from these the Organiza- tion provides land OF sea transport to convey catch to the markets.

At the markets the fish is sorted and weighed, and sold by public auction. graded, prepared in suitably sized lots,

The Government's arrangement for ve- getable marketing may be described as a The second floor is divided up into

companion scheme to that for fish market- quarters. The largest area is devoted to a

ing. The control operated applies to the dormitory for the sanitary orderlies with

wholesaling and transport of vegetable in a large dining area with adequate kitchen With the aim of promoting general Kowloon and the New Territories. Hong facilities adjacent to it. The coolies and development in the fishing industry, the Kong Island remains a free market (large- meat porters have a smaller dormitory Government controls the wholesale market ly for imported vegetables), the aim of with correspondingly smaller dining area ing and transport of all marine fish, and the arrangement being to protect an next to it. These two areas take up the operates a Fish Marketing Organization assist vegetable-growers in the New Ter- entire cast side of the market, and on the which, by reducing the profits of middle- ritories.

west side there are a series of individual men, ensures that fishermen receive reason- quarters for the married staff, each unit able and steady returns for their catch. The areas to which vegetable production consisting of one large room, about 19'o" This in turn encourages them to try out is chiefly confined are considerable dis- by 10'6", plus a kitchen and a large new gear and improved methods of fish- tances from the wholesale vegetable mar- verandah space.

Communal lavatories and ing, and makes possible a general improve- ket in Yaumati, Kowloon.

To overcome showers are provided in adequate numbers ment in their conditions of livelihood. The transport difficulties, the Organization for each of the different groups.

Fish Marketing Organization, the senior established collecting centres throughout personnel of which are members of the the New Territories. From these centres, Two medium sized flats, one containing Civil Service, is controlled by the Director and from 16 vegetable marketing coopera-

of Marketing, but maintains itself out of a 6% commission charged on all sales.

tive societies operated by farmers them- selves, vegetables are conveyed to market by a fleet of diesel lorries owned by the Organization, and originally purchased

a living room and two bedrooms and the other a living room and with one bedroom, is provided on the south side of the third floor which can be used for the official in The Organization was started in Octo- charge of the market and his assistant. ber 1945. It now controls four wholesale with the assistance of loans from Colonial Provisions have been included in the plan fish markets at Aberdeen, Shaukiwan, Development and Welfare.

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