MEMBERS OF THE
CELEBRATION TO BE HELD
ADMISSION IS FREE.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1991
10
PUBLIC BETWEEN
ARE WELCOME ΤΟ 11.45 AM AND
JOIN THE
GARDEN
6.30 PM ON SUNDAY.
COVER THE OPENING AT THE CHATER ROAD
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO CEREMONY OF "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" TO BE HELD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT, CENTRAL ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 24) AT 11 AM.
OPEN NIGHTCLUB TO MAKE WAY FOR CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION
THE "POOR MEN'S NIGHTCLUB AND DAY-TIME PARKING LOT" BORDERING THE WATERFRONT POLICE STATION IN CENTRAL WILL BE CLOSED DOWN IN MARCH NEXT YEAR TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION PROJECT.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE SITE WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A WORKS AREA FOR THE INITIAL PHASB OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-1992.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE MAMMOTH RECLAMATION WILL EXTEND FROM RUMSEY STREET TO BLAKE PIER IN CENTRAL.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE "NIGHTCLUB" HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE OVER THE YEARS AS A PLACE OF INEXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, WITH THE RISING AFFLUENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, ITS POPULARITY HAD GRADUALLY DIMINISHED, HE SAID.
GROUP HAD LARGE UNLICENSED
THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING FOUND THAT HALF OF THE SITE WAS OCCUPIED BY THREE COOKED FOOD STALLS OPERATING A TOTAL OF 150 TABLES.
"THE REMAINING AREA IS OCCUPIED BY ABOUT 50 ΤΟ 60 DRY GOODS STALLS AND ACCORDING TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM ARE HOLDERS OF ITINERARY HAWKING LICENCES.
"ADDITIONALLY, THE 'NIGHTCLUB' WITH ITS DIESEL-POWERED GENERATORS ARE SOURCES OF NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES AND THE UNLICENSED COOKED FOOD STALLS ALSO PRESENT POTENTIAL FOOD HYGIENE PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
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OPERATORS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS AFTER THE CLOSING DOWN OF THE SITE COULD BID FOR THE VACANT STALLS IN THE URBAN COUNCIL MARKETS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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