TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1986
ILLEGAL FOOD-FOR-MAN
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ANKERS PUT HEALTH AT RISK
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY REITERATED ITS WARNING TO THE PUBLIC AGAINST PATRONISING ILLEGAL FOOD-FOR-MAN HAWKERS SO AS TO AVOID CONTRACTING FOOD POISONING OR GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES DURING THE CURRENT OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA.
+THESE HAWKERS ARE UNHYGIENIC, UNLAWFUL AND UNWELCOME
ON OUR STREETS,+ SAID A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN.
HE SAID SUCH DISEASES AS CHOLERA, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID AND VIRAL HEPATITIS COULD BE CAUGHT THROUGH EATING UNHYGIENIC FOOD.
+PEOPLE WHO PATRONISE ILLEGAL FOOD-FOR-MAN HAWKERS ARE ALREADY PUTTING THE IR HEALTH AT RISK AND RUNNING THE RISK OF CONTRACTING FOOD-BORNE DISEASES,+ HE SAID.
+ALL MOBILE HAWKERS SELLING COOKED FOOD FROM BARROWS ARE ILLEGAL -- IF PEOPLE DID NOT PATRONISE THEM THEY WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
+ IN THESE TIMES OF MORE ENLIGHTENMENT AMONG THE PUBLIC ON FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY, IT IS CIVIC IRRESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO PATRONISE SUCH HAWKERS.
+PURCHASERS NOT ONLY PUT THE IR HEALTH AT RISK BUT ALSO PERPETRATE A BYGONE WAY OF TAKING SNACKS THAT IS A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD STEPPED UP ITS PUBLICITY EFFORTS ON FOOD HYGIENE FOLLOWING SEVERAL FOOD-POISONING CASES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SUMMER.
+ IN ITS LATEST ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM BUYING UNHYGIENIC FOOD FROM ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A 'SHOCK' POSTER AS A WARNING,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
+COPIES OF THIS POSTER HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT THE URBAN COUNCIL'S VARIOUS FACILITIES, INCLUDING MARKET COMPLEXES ORDINARY MARKETS AND RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS VENUES IN ORDER TO PUT THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE CONSUMING PUBLIC.+
CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS CONTINUES
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GENERAL DUTY TEAMS STAFF FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY ARRESTED EIGHT ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS IN KWUN TONG AND SAN PO KONG AS THEY CONTINUED THEIR CRACKDOWN IN THE AREAS.
ALTOGETHER 150 GDT MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED IN TODAY'S
OPERATIONS.
/IN ADDITION,