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Thursday, July 26, 1973
NEW PROCEDURES FOR RENEWING HAWKER LICENCES
The Urban Council has revised its procedures for renewing
hawker licences.
Under the new system, fixed pitch licences, including cooked
food stalls, and itinerant hawker licences are renewable two months prior
to their expiry date, and up to four months after their expiry.
A spokesman for the Urban Council said today that the period of
grace for four months was to cater for such eventualities as illness or absence
from Hong Kong.
"However," he stressed, "anyone who trades with an expired licence
is liable to prosecution."
The spokesman urged hawkers to pay particular attention to the
changes and comply with the deadlines applicable to the renewal of
their licences.
Licences can be renewed between 9 a.. and 3 p.m. on weekdays
at the Hawker Record Offices in the Causeway Bay Magistracy; and the
Urban Services Department, Sai Yee Street Depot, Kowloon.
Note to Editors:
Copies of letters to the hawkers are boxed
separately.
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