FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1987
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DECISION NEXT YEAR ON NEW SHAM SHUI PO MARKET
THE URBAN COUNCIL IS LIKELY TO DECIDE EARLY NEXT YEAR ON THE TYPE OF MARKET BUILDING WHICH WILL REPLACE THE 81-YEAR-OLD ONE AT PEI HO STREET, SHAM #HUI PO, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT. SIR DAVID SAID THERE HAD BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE COUNCIL ON THE TYPE OF FACILITIES WHICH THE NEW MARKET BUILDING WOULD PROVIDE.
THE PROBLEM INVOLVED WAS WHETHER IT SHOULD JUST BE A MARKET, OR WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE SOME OTHER FACILITIES, AND THAT WAS CONNECTED WITH THE QUESTION OF THE SIZE OF THE MARKETING AREA, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS THAT LARGER AREA FOR BACH INDIVIDUAL STALL TO MAKE IT HAWKERS.
"I HOPE THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD YEAR AND THEN IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MARKET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.
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ASKED WHETHER THE POLICE SHOULD STEP UP THEIR URBAN COUNCIL IN DEALING WITH THE HAWKING PROBLEM, THERE WERE TWO ELEMENTS IN TACKLING THE PROBLEM.
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"ONE IS THE GENERAL POLICY WHICH THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD A WORKING GROUP ON, AND THAT HAS REPORTED ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AN IMPROVEMENT OF HAWKING POLICY.
"THE SECOND SIDE IS ENFORCEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS A WORKING GROUP ON THAT TO SAY HOW ENFORCEMENT COULD BE IMPROVED."
NOTING THAT THE TWO REALLY HAD TO GO HAND-IN-HAND, SIR DAVID SAID "YOU COULD ONLY HAVE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT IF YOU HAVE ALSO GOT A POLICY WHICH DEALS WITH THE QUESTION OF PROVIDING NEW MARKETS AND PROVIDING A VIABLE SORT OF MARKET IN WHICH THE HAWKERS CAN
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SIR DAVID ADDED HOWEVER THAT THERE WAS THE POLICE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THEY IROBLEM.
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"AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TAKE POLICE RESOURCES AWAY OTHER ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF CRIME. SO THIS QUESTION FOR THE POLICE OF WHERE SHOULD THEY BEST DEPLOY IESOURCES.
"THAT'S WHY THERE IS A WORKING PARTY LOOKING PRECISELY AT QUESTION,' HE NOTED.
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