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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1984
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EVEN IF A COOKED-FOOD HAWKER HAD COVERED UP HIS BARROW WITH A PIECE OF CLOTH, THE USD STAFF SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO ARREST THE HAWKER AND SEIZE HIS BARROW.
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHO TOOK OTHER LINES OF THOUGHT
EXPRESSED THESE VIEWS:
X RATHER THAN ARRESTING HAWKERS ON THE SPOT AND CONFISCATING THEIR BARROWS, THEY SHOULD BE SERVED WITH SUMMONSES AND SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN A HEAVY PENALTY.
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ILLEGAL HAWKERS SHOULD BE TREATED LENIENTLY SINCE THEY WERE MERELY TRYING TO EARN A DECENT LIVING IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC RECESSION. EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ORGANISE ILLEGAL HAWKERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES.
ALL ILLEGAL HAWKERS, APART FROM COOKED-FOOD HAWKERS, SHOULD BE LICENSED.
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HAWKER LICENCES SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN TO THE AGED OR HANDICAPPED, OR OTHER WORTHY VULNERABLE GROUPS.
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HAWKERS SHOULD BE LICENSED AND CONTROLLED ON A DISTRICT BASIS. THE SCALE OF LICENCE FEES SHOULD REFLECT THE LIKELY BUSINESS IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. HAWKERS SO LICENSED SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE +BORDERS+ FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER.
LONG-ESTABLISHED ILLEGAL HAWKERS SHOULD BE LICENSED, PROVIDED THEY WERE AGED OVER 40. YOUNG HAWKERS SHOULD BE REFUSED LICENCES.
SINCE HAWKING WAS A SOCIAL PROBLEM, THE SOLUTION LAY WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO CREATE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO THE AGED.
HAWKERS WOULD NOT EXIST IF THERE WERE NOT A DEMAND FOR THEM. THEREFORE A THOROUGH STUDY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO FIND OUT THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF HAWKING.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD EDUCATE THE PUBLIC NOT TO BUY FROM ILLEGAL HAWKERS, RATHER THAN TAKING DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THEM.
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THE DESIGN OF MARKETS WAS GENERALLY UNSATISFACTORY. THAN LEASING STALLS, PEOPLE PREFERRED TO HAWK ILLEGALLY IN THE VICINITY.
GD TEAMS WERE GENERALLY INEFFICIENT AND INEFFECTIVE. THEY SHOULD BE BETTER CONTROLLED.
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