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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17. 1980
FEE-CHARGING AGENCIES MUST BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT, BUT AGENCIES, WHICH ARE NON-PROF IT MAKING, MAY BE EXEMPTED PROVIDED THEY ONLY ARRANGE EMPLOYMENT FOR PERSONS WITHIN HONG KONG.
FROM JULY, ALL EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES DEALING SOLELY WITH HIRING DOMESTIC HELP ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AT THE END OF JUNE, THERE WERE 70 LICENSED EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES IN HONG KONG, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 13 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 62 IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
THEY COMPRISED 57 AGENCIES DEALING WITH LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, 10 DEALING WITH OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND THREE HOLDING CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT IN TAI HANG ROAD
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TAI HANG ROAD, BETWEEN THE ROUNDABOUT AT STUBBS ROAD AND ITS JUNCTION WITH BLUE POOL ROAD, WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 0.30 AM AND 5.30 AM ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 19 AND 20) TO FACILITATE THE ERECTION OF TEMPORARY STEEL BEAMS.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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HAWKERS PROHIBITED AREA IN TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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HAWKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO PLY THEIR TRADES IN FOUR MAIN
STREETS IN TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS HAWKER PROHIBITED AREAS.
THE STREETS ARE DAI KWAI STREET, DAI FU STREET, DAI SHUN STREET AND DAI LI STREET.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE STREETS HAVE BEEN GAZETTED AS RESTRICTION OF HAWKING IN SPECIAL AREAS.
+NO HAWKING SIGN BOARDS INDICATING THE PROHIBITION OF ILLEGAL HAWKING HAVE BEEN ERECTED IN THE STREETS TO GUIDE THE HAWKERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST OFFENDING HAWKERS,
HE SAID.
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