SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1984
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ILLEGAL HAWKERS CLEARED FROM STREETS
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PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES ARE MOVING SMOOTHLY AGAIN ON +FOOD STREET+ IN TAI PO, FOLLOWING THE RECENT CLEARANCE OF HAWKERS FROM THE AREA.
THE CLEARANCE EXERCISE HAD THE TWO-FOLD AIM OF FACILITATING TRAFFIC FLOW AND IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
+RESIDENTS AND DRIVERS ARE NOW SATISFIED, AS PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON THE STREET AND IN THE AREA IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, HE SAID.
AND LICENSED COOKED FOOD STALL OPERATORS IN THE TAI PO TEMPORARY MARKET, NEAR WHAT IS UNOFFICIALLY KNOWN AS 'FOOD STREET', AS WELL AS OPERATORS OF LICENSED FOOD PREMISES IN THE VICINITY ARE ALSO PLEASED ABOUT THE CLEARANCE WORK.
IN FACT, THE CLEARANCE WAS CARRIED OUT ALSO IN THE ADJACENT STREETS, TO PREVENT THE UNLICENSED ON-STREET HAWKERS FROM ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES IN THE DISTRICT AGAIN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TO ENSURE THAT THE STREETS ARE FREE OF UNLICENSED HAWKERS, MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAM OF THE NTSD PATROL THE AREA BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 PM DAILY IN THE AREA.
THE ACTION TAKEN AGAINST ILLEGAL HAWKING IN THE AREA WAS IN THE GENERAL INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT THERE WERE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE VARIOUS FACTORIES IN TAI PO FOR THE UNLICENSED HAWKERS.
CLEARANCE IN KOWLOON CITY *****
NINETEEN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON A BACKLANE AT NOS 31-91 TAK KU LING ROAD IN KOWLOON CITY WILL BE PULLED DOWN ON TUESDAY (APRIL 17) MORNING.
THE STRUCTURES COMPRISE SEVEN DOMESTIC UNITS, NINE STORES, TWO STALLS AND A CANOPY.
THE CLEARANCE IS PART OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT EXERCISE INVOLVING ABOUT 100 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN 'RED ZONE SIX' BOUNDED BY CARPENTER ROAD ON THE NORTH, NGA TS IN WAI ROAD ON THE SOUTH, PRINCE EDWARD ROAD ON THE EAST, AND NGA TS IN LONG ROAD ON THE WEST.
/SO FAR,