sell fresh meat and fresh fish, thirteen were licensed to sell fruit and vegetables, eight were licensed to sell roast meat and the remaining 746 were retail shops of many kinds for which no licence was required.
72. In March, 1958, two hawker bazaars were established by the Urban Services Department in Tai Hang Tung Estate in order to accommodate a large group of hawkers who previously operated in an illegal market on the fringe of the Estate north of Block A. The bazaars contain a number of concrete stalls where hawkers, other than those selling meat, fish and poultry, can ply their trade. The meat, fish and poultry hawkers were offered shops by the Resettlement Depart- ment near the bazaars in Tai Hang Tung on the basis of one $100 shop for not less than three hawkers. The clearance of the illegal market north of Block A was carried out on 11th March, 1958, as a joint operation between the Urban Services Department, the Police, and the Resettlement Department and the area cleared was quickly marked out as a playground. A daily ballot for sites in the bazaars is held by the Urban Services Department and the hawking of goods in any areas of the estate outside the two bazaars is prohibited.
73. It is also the responsibility of the estate staff to see that the conditions of all occupation permits are observed. These conditions are made as simple as possible, the most important being that the rent must be paid in advance each month within fourteen days of the date on which it is due; that the permittee may not transfer his room to any other person or sublet any part of it; and that he must not allow the commission in his room of any offences against the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. For workshops there are additional special conditions, and restaurants, cafes and food shops are bound by the Urban Council licence conditions.
74. If the conditions of a permit are not being observed verbal warnings are given by the staff, to be followed, if necessary, by pre- liminary and final warning letters. In most cases these warnings are effective; but if no notice is taken of final written warnings it is necessary to revoke the permit and to require the permittee and his family to vacate the premises. So far as rent payments are concerned, the conditions of the occupation permit provide for cancellation as soon as the monthly rent is more than fourteen days in arrears, but these permits are not in fact cancelled unless either the rent is more than
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