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Wednesday, December 13, 1972
DECISION SOON ON ALLOCATING MARKET STALLS
In Hing Wah Estate
A decision is expected to be made early next year on how best to
allocate the market stalls in the Hing Wah Estate, Phase I.
The Secretary for Housing, the Hon. I.M. Lightbody, said today it
has recently be suggested that the problems presented by hawkers trading in
the nearby Chai Wan Estate generally, should be looked at overall before a
decision is made.
Speaking in reply to the Hon. Joyce Symons in the Legislative Council,
he said a survey of hawkers in the area is proceeding and should be finished
within this week.
After that, he said, there will be a joint study by Resettlement and
Urban Services Department staff with a view to putting agreed proposals to the
appropriate Select Committee of the Urban Council at its meeting in January
next.
Mr. Lightbody said that although the modular market at Hing Wah
Estate, Phase I, was completed about 18 months ago, the estate blocks had been
fully occupied only in the last month or so, and as recently as August this
year, the estate was only 80 per cent occupied.
"In this situation, it is better to have the residential blocks more
or less fully occupied before leasing the market stalls," he said.
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