TODAY, APRIL 9, 1985
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ROG OVER JADE HAWKER BAZAAR BEING CONSIDERED ******
THE URBAN COUNCIL IS COMIDERING THE REQUEST BY THE JADE HAWKERS TO PUT UP A ROOF OVER THE JADE HAWKER BAZAAR AT RECLAMATION STREET AND KANS. STREET, SAID MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT, CHAIRPERSON OF THE MARKETS AND STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY MR KWAN LIM-HO AT TODAY'S URBAN COUNCIL MEETING, MRS ELLIOTT SAID DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HELD BETWEEN THE JADE HAWKERS, THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS TO THE BEST MEANS OF PROVIDING THE ROOF, WHICH HAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL BUILDING AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.
+THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING THE HAWKERS TO ERECT THE ROOF THEMSELVES IS BUT ONE OF THE OPTIONS BEING EXAMINED, + SHE SAID.
+ONCE A PROPOSAL IS FINALISED, A SUBMISSION WILL BE MADE TO THE MARKETS AND STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.+
EXPLAINING THE COUNCIL'S POLICY, MRS ELLIOTT SAID THAT ALTHOUGH ROOFS ARE GENERALLY NOT PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL FOR HAWKER PITCHES, HAWKERS MAY BE PERMITTED TO ERECT SHADES AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.
BUT THE COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE ROOFS IN THOSE HAWKER BAZAARS WHICH HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF MORE THAN 12 MONTHS, SHE ADDED.
UR BCO TO PAY WATER CHARGES FOR BAZAAR ******
THE CREAN COUNCIL, AT ITS MONTHLY OPEN MEETING TODAY, AGREED TO PAY THE CHARGES FOR WATER CONSUMED BY HAWKERS AT THE CHAI WAN TEMPORARY COOKED FOOD BAZAAR.
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL, A TEMPORARY COOKED FOOD BAZAAR WAS BUILT AT WAN TSUI ROAD, CHAI WAN, IN SEPTEMBER 1983 TO ACCOMMODATE 11 LICENSED COOKED FOOD STALLS FORMERLY OPERATING IN THE OPEN SPACE BETWEEN BLOCKS 18 AND 20 OF THE CHAI WAN HOUSING ESTATE.
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE WATER CHARGES BE SETTLED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL BECAUSE THE CHAI WAN COOKED FOOD BAZAAR WAS ONLY TEMPORARY IN STATUS. GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE BAZAAR WOULD BE DEMOLISHED BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST NEXT YEAR, IT OULD NOT BE ECONOMICAL OP THE HAWKERS TO INSTALL THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL WATER METERS AND INTERNAL PIPING.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE WATER CHARGE FOR THE PERICL BETWEEN OCTOBER 1983 AND NOVEMBER 1984 TOTAL LED 342 130.
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