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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1984
+PARKING FOR OTHER VEHICLES WILL BE INDICATED BY A SIGN INCORPORATING A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF THE VEHICLES PERMITTED, TOGETHER WITH A 'P' SYMBOL.
+A BROKEN YELLOW LINE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CARRIAGEWAY AND A HATCHED MARKING BETWEEN BAYS INDICATE THAT THE PARKING OF VEHICLES IS PROHIBITED.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS INVOLVED, THE OVERALL CHANGEOVER WILL TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE. UNTIL THE OLD SIGNS AND MARK INGS ARE ALL REPLACED BY NEW ONES, THEY WILL REMAIN IN FORCE.+
BETTER DEAL FOR JADE HAWKERS
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SOME 400 JADE HAWKERS, PREVIOUSLY TRADING ILLEGALLY IN CANTON ROAD, WILL BE GIVEN PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT AT THE KWUN CHUNG MARKET COMPLEX, SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1989.
IN THE INTER IM, THEY HAVE BEEN RESITED TO A NEW MARKET BAZAAR AT THE JUNCTION OF KANSU STREET AND RECLAMATION STREET WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS, MISS SUSANNA TSOI, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF YAU MA TEI, SAID.
THE RE-ORDERING EXERCISE, LAUNCHED IN 1982, IS PART OF THE EFFORT OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA.
+JADE HAWKING ACTIVITIES AT CANTON ROAD, WHERE UNLICENSED HAWKERS CONDUCTED THEIR BUSINESS BY DISPLAYING THEIR MERCHANDISE IN CASES OR ON A PIECE OF CLOTH ALONG THE PAVEMENT, HAVE LONG BEEN OUR MAJOR CONCERN,+ MISS TSOI SAID.
THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SO SERIOUS IN THE EARLY 1970S WHEN A SMALL NUMBER OF MOBILE JADE HAWKERS CONDUCTED BUSINESS FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS EACH MORNING AT CANTON ROAD, SHE SAID.
HOWEVER, THE IR NUMBER INCREASED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST YEARS AND THEIR TRADING HOURS EXTENDED TO THE CURRENT 9 AM TO 4 PM.
THEY CAUSED SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION TO SHOPS AND RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND FORCED PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ON THE CARRIAGEWAY.
+ IT IS THEREFORE REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL TO HAVE THEM RESITED OFF-STREET,+ MISS TSOI SAID.
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