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15.-MARKETS AND SPECIAL FOOD LICENCES.
Kowloon City, To Kwa Wan and Cheung Sha Wan markets were opened during the year.
60 additional food licences were issued under section 78 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.
Appendix M gives details of rentals of the stalls in the various markets.
16. OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Offensive Trades are controlled by the Board under section 42 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, No. 1 of 1903.
Specific areas for these trades are set aside in Hong Kong and are situated at the extreme west and east of the town, well removed from the thickly populated areas.
Several areas are also set aside in Kowloon and offensive trades are confined within the limits of these areas.
The following is a list of offensive trades shewing the number of licences issued in Hong Kong and Kowloon.
Trade Hong Kong Kowloon Bone-boiling 2 2 Bone-storing 9 5 Bone and fat-boiling 2 Drying fish guts, scales & scraping 1 Fat-boiling 18 4 Feather cleansing & sorting 1 Feather-drying 2 Feather-sorting 1 Feather-cleansing 1 1 Feather-storing 1 2 Feather-sorting & storing 1 Hair-drying 1 Hair-sorting 1 Lard-boiling 4 Pig-roasting 17 16 Rag-picking and storing 1 1 Rag-picking 1 Rag-sorting and storing 2 Rag-sorting 1 Soap-boiling 7 7 Scales-drying 1 Tannery 5 Tallow and bone-boiling 1 58 61