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WRINESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1985
GOVERNOR VISITS URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY) PAID A TWO-HOUR VISIT TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SIR EDWARD, ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT THE VISIT BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JOHN R. HEYWOOD, FIRST ARRIVED AT USD HEADQUARTERS AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING) WHERE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S TWO DEPUTY DIRECTORS. MRS HELEN C.P. LAI YU AND DR PATRICK H. HASE, AND OTHER SENIOR STAFF.
SIR EDWARD WAS THEN BRIEFED BY THE STAFF OFFICER (HAWKER CONTROL), MR OWEN BROADLEY, ON THE HAWKER ISSUE, AND BY THE CHIEF CURÁTOR (SPACE MUSEUM/MUSEUM OF HISTORY), MR C.H. HO, ON MUSEUM SERVICES.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO KOWLOON PARK WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE CURATOR (MUSEUM OF HISTORY) MR ROBERT P.F. LAM, AND THE CHIEF MANAGER (LEISURE SERVICES) KOWLOON WEST, MR DAVID S.K.
YU.
DURING HIS HALF-HOUR STAY THERE, HE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, WHERE ITEMS RELATED TO LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY ARE COLLECTED, STUDIED AND PUT ON DISPLAY. WHILE AT KOWLOON PARK HE ALSO INSPECTED THE AVIARY, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1980 AND DESIGNED WITHOUT SUPPORTING PILLARS TO ENHANCE THE VIEWING OF BIRDS IN FLIGHT.
SIR EDWARD THEN WENT TO PEI HO STREET, SHAM SHUI PO, WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT (KOWLOON NORTH), MR LEE SAI-HEI, AND THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT (SHAM SHUI PO), MR CHAN WING-CHEUK.
SIR EDWARD WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NOW SOME 280 FIXED-PITCH AND STATIC MOBILE HAWKERS SELLING DRY GOODS IN THE AREA, PLUS ABOUT 300 UNLICENSED HAWKERS TRADING THERE. THESE ON-STREET HAWKERS HAVE BEEN CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.
TO SOLVE THIS HAWKER PROBLEM, THE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO BUILD AN URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX IN THE DISTRICT WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE ON-STREET HAWKERS. CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLEX WILL BEGIN IN 1987.
SIR EDWARD THEN WENT TO THE SHAM SHUT PO MARKET, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MARKETS IN HONG KONG. THE 78 STALLS IN THE MARKET WILL EVENTUALLY BE RESITED IN THE COMPLEX.
BEFORE ENDING HIS TOUR, SIR EDWARD INSPECTED THE STATIC HAWKER STALLS ALONG KI LUNG STREET.
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