TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 19H
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WORKING PARTY GIVES ASSURANCE OVER HAWKER PROBLEMS
URBAN COUNCILLOR MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG TOLD THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD THAT THE COUNCIL'S WORKING PARTY ON HAWKERS WAS NOT TRYING TO PASS ON THE BURDEN OF HAWKER PROBLEMS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
+ IT MERELY WANTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO RESIDENTS' REPRESENTATIVES LIKE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO CO-OPERATE IN SOLVING THE HAWKER PROBLEM, HE SAID.
+ THE REPORT IS A DOCUMENT THE WORKING PARTY HAS PREPARED IN ORDER TO INDUCE MORE VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE ISSUE.+
HE STRESSED THAT HAWKER PROBLEMS WERE PROBLEMS OF INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN HAWKERS AND SHOPS AS WELL AS BETWEEN HAWKERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
THIS AFTERNOON WAS THE FIRST TIME A DISTRICT BOARD HAD PUBLICLY DISCUSSED THE RECENTLY-PRODUCED HAWKER REPORT.
MRS ELSIE TU, CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORKING PARTY, EARLIER ASSURED THE BOARD THAT THE WORKING PARTY HAD CONSIDERED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THE MANYFOLD PROBLEMS
OF HAWKERS AND HAD CONSULTED EVERY POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
+WE CONSULTED THE POLICE, ICAC, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE ECONOMIC BRANCH, SHE SAID.
+THE REPORT IS THE BEST WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUGGEST AFTER INTENSIVE STUDY AND MANY MEETINGS AND CONSULTATIONS OVER THE HAWKER PROBLEM.
+WE WILL WELCOME VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS IF THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT ARE NOT CONSIDERED THE BEST.+
REFERRING TO A POINT RAISED ABOUT THE SMALL NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN THE WORKING PARTY, MRS TU SAID: +ALTHOUGH MANY COUNCILLORS WERE INTERESTED IN JOINING, ONLY SIX MEMBERS WERE ACCEPTED FOR REASONS OF MANAGEABILITY.+
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE WORKING PARTY, MR WALTER SULKE, TOLD THE MEETING THAT THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WAS NOT IMPORTANT.
+THE IMPORTANCE WAS IN ITS FUNCTIONS,+ HE SAID.
/MR SULKE