TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, TYDD
MR SULKE SAID IT HAD BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO ESTABLISH AN EXACT FIGURE FOR THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL HAWKERS IN HONG KONG.
+ THE FIGURES QUOTED IN THE REPORT WERE THE BEST THAT + BUT NOBODY THE WORKING PARTY COULD ARRIVE AT, HE SAID. CAN BE SURE.+
HE EMPHASISED THAT THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT WAS NOT A COUNCIL DOCUMENT. IT COULD ONLY BECOME SUCH AFTER ALL VIEWS HAD BEEN SIFTED AND FINALLY THE REVISED REPORT HAD GONE THROUGH THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL.
$40 000 PAID FOR FAST FOOD SITE AT AUCTION
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AT THE SECOND DAY'S AUCTION OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES IN THE URBAN AREA TODAY. ONE FAST-FOOD CENTRE IN VICTORIA PARK BROUGHT $40 000 AND A SECOND $30 500. BOTH CARRIED AN UPSET PRICE OF $30 380,
A TOTAL OF 233 DRY GOODS SITES AT VICTORIA PARK WERE ALSO AUCTIONED TODAY, THE HIGHEST BID BEING $5 000, ALL CARRIED AN UPSET PRICE OF $770.
TODAY'S AUCTION CONCLUDED THE LETTING OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, BUT SOME UNLET SITES WILL BE PUT UP FOR LEASE LATER THIS MONTH AT A DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
THE AUCTIONING OF FAIR SITES IN KOWLOON WILL START THIS THURSDAY (JANUARY 9). DRY AND WET GOODS SITES AT KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND WILL BE AUCTIONED IN THE MORNING AND DRY AND WET GOODS SITES AT KOWLOON PARK IN THE AFTERNOON.
BROADCASTING REVIEW REPORT TO BE DISCUSSED
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KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE REPORT OF BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD, AND INTERIM MEASURES TO RESOLVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE DISTRICT AT THEIR MEETING ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 9) AFTERNOON.
THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR A PLANNING AREA IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH IS BOUNDED BY KWAI CHUNG ROAD, KWAI FUK ROAD, HING FONG ROAD AND KWAI FOO ROAD, AS WELL AS DECORATIVE LIGHTINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
/BOARD MEMBERS
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