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Monday, December 4, 1972
SAU MAU PING MODULAR MARKETS NOW OCCUPIED
Most of the 470 registered hawkers trading in Sau Mau Ping Estate
have already moved into the estate's modular markets following last nonth's
ballots and auctions,
The rest are expected to move in within the next day or two.
The modular markets, built inside the estate compound, are aimed
at giving the hawkers a clean and sanitary trading centre.
The Resettlement Officer in charge of Sau Mau Ping (South), Mr. Leung
Sai-chuen said that the hawkers who have moved in were doing a good business
and trading was very orderly.
He said the replacement of hawker stands by these modular markets
had greatly improved the appearance as well as the sanitation of the
estate.
Last week about 226 unregistered hawkers met officials of the
Resettlement Department and requested that they be given stalls in modular
markets as well.
After assessing the length of time that they had been hawking in
Sau Mau Ping, the department decided that 166 of them would be considered
for stalls in the Stage Three project.
The rest were told that they were not eligible for any of these
stalls because they were recent arrivals.
This morning these 80 hawkers went to the Resettlement Department
San Po Kong Office to petition for the allocation of market stalls.
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