Press Release
LegCo Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene visits Aberdeen Market (with photos)
The Legislative Council (“LegCo”) Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene visited Aberdeen Market today (5 October) to better understand the progress of the overhaul works and the modernized facilities to be provided in the said market.
Accompanied by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr TSE Chin-wan, Members first received a briefing by representatives of the Architectural Services Department and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on the scope of the overhaul of Aberdeen Market. Members also observed the environment and various new facilities to be provided in the overhauled market, including two new accessible lifts and two cargo lifts for exclusive use by the market as well as new facilities designated for recycling of discarded foam boxes.
Members expressed concerns over a number of issues to the Administration, including daily management and maintenance of the overhauled market, waste treatment and anti-rodent measures, hygiene and odour management as well as application of innovative technologies to enhance the effectiveness of the aforementioned work. Members also urged the Administration to follow up their concerns properly.
The overhaul of Aberdeen Market is a pioneering project of the Market Modernization Programme. Members were pleased to learn that the overhauled market is expected to be open in the first quarter of 2023 and will provide around 150 stalls. With the installation of an air-conditioning system, widened passageways and upgraded barrier-free facilities, the competitiveness of the overhauled market can be enhanced by providing patrons with a more pleasant shopping environment and facilitating tenants to do business.
During the visit, Members were also briefed by the Administration on the construction progress of the Tung Chung temporary market, which is expected to be completed for commissioning in the fourth quarter of this year.
A total of 14 members and non-members of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene attended the visit.
Ends/Wednesday, 5 October 2022
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The Legislative Council (“LegCo”) Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene visits the Aberdeen Market today (5 October). Photo shows the Chairman of the Panel, Hon Steven HO Chun-yin (front row, fourth right), the Deputy Chairman of the Panel, Hon Judy CHAN Kapui (front row, first right), and other LegCo Members receiving a briefing by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr TSE Chin-wan, on the scope of the overhaul of Aberdeen Market.
LegCo Members observe the stall facilities of the overhauled Aberdeen Market.
LegCo Members pose for a group photo with representatives of the Environment and Ecology Bureau, the Architectural Services Department and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department at the overhauled Aberdeen Market.