MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1980
STALLS IN NEW SHA TIN MARKETS TO LET
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STALLS IN THE NEWLY COMPLETED SHA TIN MARKET AND TAI WAŁ TEMPORARY MARKET, AT PRESENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WILL BE LET BY RESTRICTED AUCTIONS, A NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SHA TIN MARKET, COMPRISING 20 MEAT STALLS, 26 FISH STALLS, 124 MINI STALLS, FOUR POULTRY STALLS AND ONE ICE STALL, IS LOCATED AT AREA 7 IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN NEAR LEK YUEN ESTATE.
ANOTHER 140 MINI STALLS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET WHEN IT IS COMPLETED.
+TO COINCIDE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN, THE TWO MARKETS WILL BE USED TO RESITE THE HAWKERS IN SHA TIN OLD TOWN AND PAK HOK TING AS WELL AS THE STALLS IN BOTH THE SHA TIN TEMPORARY MARKET AND SHA TIN PRIVATE MARKET WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE CLEARED IN MARCH/APRIL 1980, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+MARKET TENANTS IN THE EXISTING TEMPORARY MARKET AND THE PRIVATE MARKET WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY IN THE RESTRICTED AUCTIONS.
+BUT, LICENSED FIXED PITCH HAWKERS, ITINERANT LICENSED HAWKERS, AND SURVEYED LONG-STANDING UNLICENSED HAWKERS IN SHA TIN WILL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IR RESPECTIVE PRIORITIES, HE ADDED.
MOREOVER, A TEMPORARY COOKED-FOOD MARKET HAS ALSO BEEN BUILT IN THE FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SHA TIN TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 20 LICENSED COOKED-FOOD HAWKERS CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT THE IR BUSINESS IN PAK HOK TING, SHA TIN.
+THE AUCTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL, LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN ON FEBRUARY 6, 7, 8, 12 AND 13 FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF BIDDERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE UPSET PRICES OF THE STALLS VARY IN DIFFERENT MARKETS FOR DIFFERENT STALLS - $400 FOR MEAT STALLS, $300 FOR FISH STALLS AND POULTRY STALLS AND $110 FOR MINI STALLS' IN SHA TIN MARKET, $50 FOR MINI STALLS IN TAI WAI TEMPORARY MARKET, AND $100 FOR COOKED-FOOD STALLS IN THE FO TAN COOKED-FOOD MARKET.
+AN APPEALS TRIBUNAL WAS ALSO SET UP TO DEAL WITH APPEALS FROM INELIGIBLE HAWKERS WHO CANNOT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA LAID DOWN+, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
+ IT WAS CHAIRED BY DISTRICT OFFICER (SHA TIN) WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, SHA TIN GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND NTSD.+
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