Removing fluorescent fixture & extending wiring?

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Hello all, I have a very unsightly fluorescent fixture I'd like to get rid of and replace with a more pleasant modern pendant.

The only problem is that I'd like the pendant to be in the middle of the ceiling (green X on the photo), which would be about halfway into the tube on the first picture, and I believe there is probably no wiring that extends to that part of the ceiling, I feel as if it ends near the start of the tube fixture (red X on the photo). My question is, how can I safely remove the entire fixture, ballast, etc and extend the cables to reach the new pendant? Is it a simple case of buying more wiring, stripping and crimping wire and trunking it? Thanks all. I'd like to do this the safe way & up to regs.

Please do excuse the trunking and popcorn ceiling. I peeked inside the junction box beside the fixture and uploaded photos of it too. I thought to ask here first before removing the actual fixture and checking the wiring as I didn't want my kitchen to be light-less whilst I scrambled to sort out the missing lighting.

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That wiring most likely already extends to the centre of the fluorescent fitting, almost all of them have the connections near the centre, not at one end.
 
That wiring most likely already extends to the centre of the fluorescent fitting, almost all of them have the connections near the centre, not at one end.
That's a great bit of news, thanks. Any idea what that junction box is for? Could I get rid of it and feed the cables via trunking straight into the new pendant?
 
Not sure what the purpose of that box is other than looking an eyesore! One piece of trunking would be better. Is it a flat with no access from above?
 
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Not sure what the purpose of that box is other than looking an eyesore! One piece of trunking would be better. Is it a flat with no access from above?
It can be a neater way, as the fitting has a 20mm hole at the end and they used a short bit of pipe between.
Looks like the install cable is singles, trunking butted up to the end could be a bit rough leaving unsheathed singles, passing between the two.
 

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