THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986
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$12 MILLION TEMPORARY MARKET FOR TAI KOK TSUI
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A $12.1 MILLION PROJECT TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY MARKET AT TAI KOK TSUI.
THE MARKET WILL HAVE 220 STALLS OR MINI-STALLS AND BE COVERED BY A LIGHTWEIGHT ROOF WHICH WILL PROTECT
STALLHOLDERS FROM RAIN BUT STILL ALLOW IN NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE TOILETS, AN ICE STORE AND A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.
+THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOLLOWING DETAILED CONSULTATIONS WITH THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD, SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN TODAY.
+TO ENSURE THAT THE TEMPORARY MARKET WILL ATTRACT WIDE PATRONAGE THERE WILL BE ENTRANCES FROM TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, FUK TSUN STREET AND IVY STREET.+
WORK WILL START AS SOON AS SQUATTER WORKSHOPS CAN BE MOVED FROM THE SITE. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
HAWKERS PROBLEM TO BE DISCUSSED ****
SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS WAYS TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ILLEGAL HAWKERS AROUND NAM CHEONG STREET AND APLIU STREET AT THEIR ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THE ISSUE WAS MOOTED BY A BOARD MEMBER AND THE SHAM SHUT PO LIVELIHOOD CONCERN GROUP WHO CONDUCTED A SURVEY ON 63 HAWKER STALLS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD EARLIER LAST YEAR.
ACCORDING TO FINDINGS, ON-STREET HAWKERS HAD APPARENTLY MULTIPLIED AND PROLIFERATED IN THE AREA DESPITE INTENSIFIED ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS.
ABOUT 60 UNLICENSED HAWKERS TRADING IN JUNK GOODS AND USED SUNDRIES OCCUPY THE PAVEMENT AND PART OF THE CARRIAGEWAY DAILY, CAUSING SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION TO PEDESTRIAN FLOW AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS POSING ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE TO RESIDENTS NEARBY.
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