TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985
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HAWKERS PITCHES TO BE RE-ARRANGED
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HAWKERS PITCHES AT LUK HEUNG LANE IN TAI PO WILL BE RE-ARRANGE. TO IMPROVE THE VIABILITY OF THE HAWKERS' BUSINESS.
DISCLOSING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT A MEETING OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE ROD'S DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPER INTENDENT (TAI PO), MR CHAN CHAI-CHI, SAID THE EXERCISE WOULD PROVIDE MORE FRONTAGE FOR THE PITCHES TO DISPLAY GOODS AND MORE SPACE FOR CIRCULATION AND MOVEMENT OF CUSTOMERS.
MR CHAN SAID: +TO ACHIEVE THESE, THE 234 PITCHES WILL BE TURNED 90 DEGREES TO PROVIDE A SIX FEET FRONTAGE INSTEAD OF THE EXISTING FOUR FEET. THESE PITCHES WILL ALSO BE RE-ARRANGED IN GROUPS OF FOUR BACK TO BACK PITCHES. THE OPPORTUNITY IS ALSO TAKEN TO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATE WET AND DRY GOODS ZONES.+
+ IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM HAWKERS TO IMPROVE THE VIABILITY OF THE IR BUSINESSES FURTHER, THE BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE EXTENDED FROM 7 AM TO 2 PM DAILY TO 7 AM TO 6 PM DAILY AFTER THE RE-ARRANGEMENT EXERCISE IS COMPLETED IN JANUARY 1986, + MR CHAN ADDED.
MR CHAN SAID THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WAS AGREED ON AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HAWKERS CONCERNED, THE TAI PO LICENSED HAWKERS' ASSOCIATION AND THE RSD.
ON THE RECREATION AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE RSD IN SUPPORT OF THE 1985 TAI PO FESTIVAL WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM LATE DECEMBER 1985 TO MID-FEBRUARY 1986, THE RSD'S DISTRICT LEISURE MANAGER (TAI PO), MR MARCUS LEE, SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO ORGANISE FOUR MAJOR RECREATION AND SPORTS EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
+THEY ARE THE TAI PO DISTRICT BASKETBALL COMPETITION, TAI PO DISTRICT ROAD RACE, TAI PO DISTRICT OPEN FOOTBALL COMPETITION AND THE INTER-CONSTITUÉNCIES TELEMATCH,+ MR LEE SAID,
OVER 1 100 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE AIMED AT PROMOTING DISTRICT IDENTITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG TAI PO RESIDENTS.
AT TODAY'S MEETING, THE COMMITTEE MADE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS ON THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN TAI PO.
IT DECIDED TO NAME THE SITTING-OUT AREA ADJACENT TO THE MAN PO TEMPLE, WHICH WAS DECLARED AN HISTORICAL BUILDING LAST YEAR, AS THE MAN MO TEMPLE GARDEN.
IT ALSO ENDORSED A SCHEDULE OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMES FOR PRESENTATION BY THE RSD AT THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE FROM DECEMBER 1985 TO MAY 1986. THESE INCLUDE CHINESE AND WESTERN ORCHESTRAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS, DANCE, DRAMA, CANTONESE OPERA DND PUPPET SHOWS AT A FREQUENCY OF ABOUT FOUR TO SIX PERFORMANCES PER MONTH.
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