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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1974.
BETTER MEAL FACILITIES PLANNED FOR WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS *****
THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE SOME PROMISING MEAL FACILITIES FOR WORKERS IN THE NEWLY DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND ON SITES WHICH MAY BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE OLDER AREAS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS, SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, IN HIS REPLY TO THE HON. ROGER LOBO WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE AT PRESENT ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR MEALS FOR WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS KWUN TONG AND SAN PO KONG.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID THAT FROM THE VIEW OF QUANTITY THERE WERE ADEQUATE MEAL FACILITIES FOR FACTORY WORKERS IN THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL AREAS, BUT NOT SO IN TERMS OF QUALITY, COMFORT AND HYGIENE.
HE ADDED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO OBTAIN SPACE FOR ONE COOKED FOOD STALL FOR EVERY 500 WORKERS. DESPITE THIS, HE SAID, SOME OF THE OLDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS WERE SO HEAVILY DEVELOPED THAT IT WAS PROVING DIFFICULT WITH THE RESULT THAT THERE WERE MANY ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS OPERATING IN BACK LANES OR ON THE STREETS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TACKLING THE PROBLEM FOR THE FUTURE ON SEVERAL FRONTS. +IN THE NEWLY PLANNED INDUSTRIAL AREAS, IT AIMS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SITES PLACED AT STRATEGIC POINTS WITHIN INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO MEET THE TARGET OF ONE COOKED FOOD STALL FOR EVERY 500 WORKERS AND IN ADDITION WILL PROVIDE SOME COMMERCIAL SITES SUITABLE FOR ACCOMMODATING RESTAURANTS.
+THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCOMMODATING PERMANENT COOKED FOOD STALL FACILITIES ON SPECIALLY DESIGNED GROUND FLOORS OF MULTI-USER BUILDINGS BUILT AND OPERATED EITHER BY THE GOVERNMENT OR POSSIBLY BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
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