FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1981
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HAWKER CLEARANCE AT SHEK YAM ROAD
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HAWKER CLEARANCE AT SHEK YAM ROAD AND SEVERAL SIDE STREETS IN KWAI CHUNG WAS CARRIED OUT SMOOTHL TODAY BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE OPERATION WAS FOR THE PUF 'OSE OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND FREEING SHEK YAM ROAD AND THE SIDE STREETS SURROUNDING TWO REST GARDENS FROM HAWKER OBSTRUCTION, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD,
MORE THAN 200 UNLICENSED AND LICENSED HAWKERS WERE ALLOCATED STALL SITES AT BOTH THE NEWLY-COMPLETED SHEK YAN ROAD AND TAI LOONG STREET TEMPORARY MARKETS.
SHEK YAM ROAD TEMPORARY MARKET HOUSES 66 MARKET STALLS FOR COOKED FOOD, FISH, MEAT, VEGETABLE AND SUNDRY GOODS, WHILE TAI LOONG STREET MARKÉT ACCOMMODATES 176 FISH, MEAT VEGETABLE AND SUNDRY GOODS STALLS.
DURING TODAY'S EXERCISE, MORE THAN 140 WORKERS FROM THE KWA! CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE CLEARED AWAY SOME 20 LORRY LOADS OF REFUSE AND JUNK LEFT BEHIND BY THE HAWKERS. STREET WASHING VEHICLES WERE ALSO USED IN THE CLEAN UP.
MEANWHILE, THE WTSD HANDED OVER THE SITE OF THE SHEK YAM ROAD HAWKER BAZAAR TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX WITH 250 STALLS FOR DIFFERENT TRADES AND A PUBLIC LIBRARY.