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Friday, September 8, 1972
HAWKERS TO BE OFFERED ALTERNATIVE SITE
Some 40 hawkers trading on the pavement along Lung Cheung Road in
Ngau Chi Wan will be offered an alternative site when their present stalls are
demolished on Tuesday for a major road project.
Others who are operating illegal trades there will be considered for
a site if they can prove that they had held a hawker's licence at one time or
another.
A Government spokesman said today that "no rice bowls will be broken"
and no one will be made homeless in the clearance, which is connected with the
Lung Cheung Road Extension Scheme.
A $20 million flyover complex will be built across the site where
the hawkers are presently trading.
The spokesman said that the project could not be delayed any further
as tenders for the job have already been accepted.
These hawkers, he said, were first informed in December, 1971 and
since that time various reminders have been issued.
Release Time: 7.00 p.m.