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Tri-City town to construct Sports' Stadium A 4,000 seat sports' stadium is to be constructed in the northern Polish town of Gdynia, at a cost of EUR 5.5 mln. The local authority is to contribute EUR 3.6 mln and the Pomorskie voivodship the remaining EUR 1.4 mln for the project, the tender for which will be announced in summer this year. Completion of the facility, to hold football matches and cultural and trade events, is due for 2005. More of Ahold in Poland Dutch retail operator Ahold, has plans for ten new Hypernova hypermarkets and twenty to twenty-five new Albert supermarkets, which will increase its number of outlets to thirty four of the former and 185 of the latter in Poland. These new investments are possible because the firm opened two large warehouses in central Poland last autumn, which will serve both chains. South African JD Group's expansion plans for Poland The South African fu