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Appliance of science WHEN it comes to science, there’s no stopping Patterson River Secondary College’s Bernard Field. The Year 12 student has just posted another outstanding score in the ICAS science competition placing him in top 1 per cent of competitors around the state. Bernard will be rewarded for his efforts with a medal – the second ICAS award he has received. He is also a participant in Monash University’s Enhancement Studies which, essentially, means he is doing first year university chemistry in Year 12. Bernard topped the university semester mid-year exams with a score in the high 90s. Picture: Gary Sissons
US retail giant touches down Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au COSTCO is officially coming to Kingston. Federal Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Warren Truss gave the $35 million store to be built at Moorabbin Airport his approval last week. Kingston councillors were divided last month on allowing the US bulk
buy supermarket chain to open its doors at Moorabbin but a narrow majority gave the store council backing after much debate (‘Costco splits councillors’, The News, 2/7/14). The Moorabbin store will be built on 5.8 hectares of land east of the airport next to warehouses in Chifley Business Park. Moorabbin Airport CEO Paul Ferguson said the Costco store would
“cement the site” as a leading employer in Kingston. “The 3300 people employed at Moorabbin Airport – in both aviation and non-aviation activities – make up nearly 5 per cent of the entire workforce in the Kingston municipality,” he said. “With the addition of Costco, another 400 jobs will be created, which will be a major boost for the entire south-
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The company was given the go-ahead to build a third store in Epping late last year, making the Moorabbin store just the fourth to be approved in Victoria. Mr Ferguson said drainage works, paid for by the airport authority, are underway at the site. He said a new road would also be built to deal with any increase in traffic in the area.
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east of Melbourne.” Several Kingston councillors have expressed concern the US retail goliath may hurt existing Kingston businesses, although councillors who backed the proposal noted customers had to buy a membership card before being able to shop at Costco. A basic membership costs $55 per year. Costco has existing warehouse retail outlets at Docklands and Ringwood.
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