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Friday, July 21, 1972
ESTATE RESTAURANT OUTSIDE SEATING PERMIT CANCELLED
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The Resettlement Department has cancelled the outside seating permit
of one of the largest estate restaurants when its operator ignored repeated
warnings to abide by the permit conditions.
The restaurant is situated in Wong Tai Sin and occupies 10 shop spaces.
The outside seating extension is completely enclosed by aluminium
gates and no pedestrians can walk through. One of the conditions said there
should be no enclosures and pedestrian thoroughfare must be maintained.
At the same time, the operator was using the rear extension for cooking
when the permit stipulated that it should be used for outside seating.
The first written warning was sent to the restaurant three months ago
and this, and another letter a month later, were both ignored.
A visit was then made by a senior staff member of the Resettlement
Department who explained that the department was determined to clear the estates
of all obstructions which were causing health and cleansing problems, and to end
this constant abuse of outside seating permit conditions.
The department has received many complaints from estate tenants that
these illegal enclosures by the restaurant operators are creating a lot of
nuisance and they want the department to take action.
The operator of the Wong Tai Sin restaurant has now been given one
week to clear all his seating equipment outside the restaurant.
If he fails
to do so his tenency will be terminated.
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