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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1947,

REPORT ON H. K. HAWKERS Buffs Man Committee Recommends Gradual Abolition And A

Establishment Of

Markets

The gradual abolition of hawking, as the ideal long-term policy, is recommended in the re- port of the Committee on Hawking, which was released by Government yesterday. For a short-term policy under present clrcum- stances, the Committee puts forward 10 main recommendations.

|

ATS UNIFORM HUMILIATING

London, Mar, 25. Lord Mancroft today re- commended to his collenguen that the ciliary Territor- lal Servier (ATS) be given new uniforms.

mold that the "present He humiliating combination of Nockcloth and sandbags must have been straigned by a mun scha was crossed in love whan poning and tons determined ta be revenged on the whole femuls acr."--United Press,

markets.

Nconsed hawkers and, failed to renow their Beences.

On the Police, already at 14

Constable

Pte. Raymond Scott,

great disadvantage through lack 19, of the Bulls, was of adequate trained and experien- fined $100 by Mr. Shel- ced staff, is thrown the limonze

burden of zoning with unlicenseddon, K.C., at Central hawkers to number which would

BABLY AHERICAN

not be over-estimated at 60,000. yesterday for behavingFriendships Garder

As the Police have theft hands in a disorderly manner. more than full with their activi- by interferings with. Li' iles against major criminals, they Shek-yan (PCC-1348) at are Inadequately equipped at pre- sent to establish

Supreme

Court continuou the P effelent control over hawkers, and Building on the night of have thus had no alternative bul

to resort to the expedient of mak-March 22.

Ing spasmodle raits in order b - Inspector---Brownrigg - prosecul- make conditions difficult for an ed. Lieut. J. P. Honour, of the check the spread still further of Buffs, appeared for Scut! unlicensed hawkers.

nleaded not guilty.

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These include the establishment of hawkers mar- kets, including privately-owned markets; the institution of a Pedlar's Licence; the virtual banning of all save newspaper hawkers from prescribed for pitches should be The Committee zove this method According to the prosecullon. the centre of the city and other crowded areas, on a sliding scale and those more of spasmodic raids (though effec! wor on patrol duty at the deportation for persons convicted of hawking remote from the centre of the tive as far as it goes in present Supreme Court Building at 8.50 it .. on March 22 when he was offences who have four previous convictions town should cost less than those circumstances, and successful

the centre of the neurer

town keeping the spread of unli- approached by two acidlers, in- for similar offences; and the greatest possible and in the more populus districts censed hawkers) does not appen cluding defendant, who spoke to publicity beforehand for any measures decider in the vicinity of regular pubile as any complete and permanent him in English, which the con- ed on, before they are put into effect.

solution, since such ralds may stable did not understand.

walked away, The report, which is a lengthy clusion on the whole survey of the hawkers market arcus that at Limos he will be tolerated bat

To facilitate control of hawk- tend to lend the hawker to belleve. The c:nstable

Scott followed him and document of 19 Juges, with the hawking system is that it hawkers, in addition to carrying and at times not tolerated.

snatched his cop from the head neven more pages of appendixes, should have no place da any their ordinary licences, should be

Committee hopes that and threw it to the other soldier. is atgned by T. Megarry (chair ideal state of affairs or proper required to display on their cloth when the Police Force is fully

Eventually the eunstalile man- EACH A SHULTON ORIGINAL man), J. P. Fehily. D. W, Mac- ly-regulated modern city of ing o piaque bearing their photo- trained and up to strength and "ged to get his cap pack, but him on his right

On Sale At: Intosh, Thos. F. Ryan. M. W. metropolitan status like ifong graph and the name of the street when adequate facilities are pro- Scott, struck Lo, G. She and Shin Tak-hing. Kong, and that the ultimate where they are licensed to hawk.vided for hawkers in limited shoulder. The constable kleked

to back nt alin. The constable tan WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW possible After setting out the Terms | object to be aimed at can only In the allotment of sites in these numbers, it will be a detour away and was pursued by Scott CHINA EMPORIUM, LTD.

hawkers markets,

Д preference| establish of reference, etc. the report be,, on any long-term plan, its

hold of him and THE SUN CO., LTD, should be given to persons koes on to say that the draw- total abolition in the urban Hong Kong birth, to persons who than ut present to ensure that the Statue Square in Chater Rond. WING ON CO., LTD.

cor at least more regular patrols who caught

pushed him to the ground near SINCERE CO., LTD. backs on any system of station-areas, except possibly for a by passessin of a rice-ration hawking offences take place.

are only too limited number of newpaper | card or otherwise cun establish Finally, the Committee recom- evident. In stimmary, they vendors and the, pedlar class. considerable length of Hong Kong niends that the Police Depart ear and took Scott and the COLONIAL DISPENSARY

Wellington Barracks. VICTORY DISPENSARY might be tabulated

fol- Having indulged in that residence, and to the aged, defee- ment and Urban Council shouldnstable

Scott said in evidence that he KING'S DISPENSARY lows:-

counsel of perfection, the re-tive, or destitule provided al- give the greatest possible... publi- Hawkers (in particular stall-port goes on, one cannot burke ways that applicant is a fat city to any of the measures which unly wanted to joke with the con holding hawkers) constitute a the incontrofertible fact that. and responsible person to hold we advocate and which it is de-stable and denied having struck standing source of obstruction as things are at present, hawk-nclent physical and mental abiil-them into effect, and that the ren- did not quite see any joke in in. In licence and is possessed of suf-elded to adopt. before putting Mr. Sheldon marked that he to traffic. They represent a ing provides the rice bowl of les to ensure that prescribed re- sons for any course of actionterfering with a polleeman, who,

the very large numbers of people, gulations are complied with. to

decided upon should be fully ex-luid a lot of other things to do." most of whom must be credit-

Private Markets plained to the public, especially

avy hawking

#s

potential bindrance Police when it becomes auces- sary quickly to clear à street in operations against robbers, and a source of grave trouble to the Fire Brigade.

cd with the motive of trying)

continuous

The Committée considers that those who will be immediately as best they can to earn unbetween the hours of 10 pan, and affected." honest living.

nli 6 am. it is essential that

Rent render.

Society Wedding

A

It would be cruel to smash this hawkers markets should be clear- Many, Plevel. by reason of rice-bowl by prohibiting hawking ed to allow the Sanitary Depart trely narrowness and steepness, before sume satisfactory alterna-nunt to proceed, with its work of present quite enough difficulties tives have been evolved to enable cleansing without interference.

The Committee recommends to through traffic without the those of the poor for whom Hong!

is Kong

for consideration, that, if an in- added scumbrances of hawkersi

responsible to make an and their impedimenta. Shop-est living, and to replace such sufficient number of Government be estab. useful services as hawkera at pre-hawkers markets can

small party of Royal keepers also have legitimate |

lished to accommodate all those Marines drew the bridal car at grounds of complaint against Ner would it be practicable who may justifiably have a claim hawkers, who block up

the impose the task of complete sup-in continue hawking here for the Hong Kong's society wedding means of access to their shops pression at present on a Police time being the establishment of the season in St. John's owned hawkers Cathedral on Wednesday, when and compete unfairly with their force which is still short of train-of privately irade.

ed and experienced men and markets should be facilitated as Miss Heather Dare Gillespie, daughter of the Hon. Mr. R. D. Hawkera are 2L constant which is in any case more than an interim measure.

fully occupied with the more fin- By this scheme a landowner and Mrs. Gillespie, became the source of danger to the publie portant duties of combating major might receive assistance to clear bridge of Captain Anthony health, since (a) their stalls crime.

his land of debris and would then Warwick Cory Pearn, Royal obstruct the work of ACRVEN-

be permitted to pave t

and Marines. glag the

let streeta; (b) they

out Брасен thereon to Even complete suppressionHeensed hawkers at a rental pros-

if litter the streets with refuse, which

were practicable, it might in pre-cribed by the Urban Council, The Young, daughter of His Excel- attracts vermin and sent circumstances bring breeds flies; and (c) they have greater evil in its train: not all be responsible for the observance Young, and Miss Rachel Wade- even landowner in such cases would lency the Governor and Lady neither enough space nor pro- the hawkers driven off the streets. of sanitary regulations on the Bon. Captain B. I. S. Gourlay, per equipment for keeping food might return to their hones In property.

MC, Royal Marines, acted as fiyproof and sterilising eat- China; many might simply be- A scheme of this nature has best man and the bride waa ing utensils.

come beggars and a charge on the been successfully tried in Singa- given away in marriage by her Government relief department or pere and the Municipal Ordinance resort to a life of crime.

of the (former) Straits Settle father.

Greater Evils

Bridesmaids were Mins Nora

Contamination Food sold in the streets might! The Committee recommendments embodies provisions en. The wedding reception was particularly readily become a that to cope with the presentabilng the establishment.. of held in the Hong Kong Club source of contamination for emergency situation simple már-private markels.

Annexe, where the toast of the howkers kets for stationary established in open spaces, where ing to Government the erection the Hon. Mr. A. Morse, CBE. The Urban Council is propos-happy couple was proposed by

in of concrete stalls of approved Auch are now available, and certain prescribed aide-streets.

Die

Sent Messages

scheme already To Banks

450

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It might be possible to resume expense to serve as cooked ford- Shanghai Bank. should least be taken in the certain bombed-out sites and level stalis in certain places and to be guests were present, streets. Any partial achieve and pave them to serve as tem-let out to suitable licensera. ment in this regard has value,porary hawkers markets pending These might with advantage even if perfection is not attain-the provision of more adequate be erected, if the cost would not ed, continues the report. permanent market accommoda- be excessive, in stre of the open

Hawkers, who have

tion.

spaces to be devoted to hawkers to pay It is estimated that the streets markets in the no comparable overhead ex-

The Commitice IC- penses, compete unfairly with and spaces set out in lists pre-outilned.

Hung Wat-man was sentenced pared by the Police and Urbau commends that Government give shopkeepers and market stall- Council could accommodate about favourable consideration to these to three months hard labour and their share of Indirect But in order that such stroots that the rents receivable on such Mr. Sainsbury at Central yester taxes as persons who have a and open spaces may not be too stalls would, represent a fair re-day for sperating. a

nunication set without permis definite permanent stake in the closely packed this number might turn on the cutlay.

sion. Colony.

have to be reduced by about

Pedlar's Licence

Before passing sentence Mr. The competition of hawkers is In addition it should be possible If the proposals made are ac-Sainabury suld that during the no severo that shopkeepers even to issue about 3,500 of the now cepted, itinerant hawkers will no past 12 months there had been go the length of hiring hawkers form of licence (the Pedlars Li- longer be allowed to carry on 10 cases and it was clear to him cence); about 600 liconces in their trade from place to place that fines were no deterrent in to dispose of goods for them

newspaper sellers; about and market stall-holders induced to desert their stalls in about 300 steamship hawkers.

are native craft hawkers licences; and allotted to them. They will then these cases. Defendant pleaded 11-be itinerant only in the sense guilty through Mr. F. Zimmern. Mr. Wynne-Jones, Postmaster order to hawk in the streets, conces, making a grand total or that they must be able to collect General, prosecuted, and sald aggravating a situation already the order of 15,000. This number all their acods and receptacles, that when defendant was arrest. would be increased by the extent carry them off on a pole on the ed, at No. 81 B:nham Road, be- serious enough.

Hawkers, says the Commit-to which it might be possible to termination of the day's business sides the apparatus, coded mes tee, bring into existence. gangs make other open spaces available.und, bring them back on the fol suges and six telephones with af criminal persons who prey further that those stroots

Committes cecommends Inwing day.

were found. When The description of them as Extensions upon them in order

open spaces be marked off in itinerant, hawkers will therefore questioned defendant 80-called "protection money."

small allotments of equal sizes for no longer be appropriate and the being in charge arid added that Although the blame for these allocation to licensed hawkers. No Committee suggests that in future all messages received were sent corrupt practices cannot be hawker should be allowed to car- they simply be known as "haw-

to exact

The

2.000,

250 but will be confined to the space

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lala entirely at the door of the ry on hla trade in any other placekers (fixed however, certain

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licences,

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Money

bdmitted

Mart

There are, hawkers, the fact that they than the árén allotted to him, the exist without lleences or pro-deacription of which should be goods which householders may

find It useful to have sold at their The money market passed an per control in such vast num-stamped on his licence.

doors, and the Committee recolecther featureless day yesterday hern provides a fertile fluid Guilds' Approval for the extortion of bribes on It is particularly desirable that men that a new class of eence with rates moving within nar

enlled a "Pedlar's Licence" bu in row margins. the part of some unscrupulous it should be 'malle clear that malt stituted, Pedlars would be allowed Gold opened at $270.75 a tal, persons in the lower Police roads, the entrancea to hotel, tes to sell from door-to-door in cer- tell to $269.50 rose to $273, and ranks and in the ranks of the taurants, theatres wharves, mat-

lain areas specified on their closed at $272.20.24 2012 Triad societies.

kets, schools and large public

Plastres opened at $10.86, went ich kinds of goods which ped-up to $11122 ant clered at $11.12. Attraction To Destitute buildings or private office build-

Ings, are placas where hawkerstars might be permitted to sell “Chinese National Currency: wOH (with the exception of a strictly gre; brooms, Leather dusters, stationary at 30% .senta for The possibility of hawking limited number of newspaper small hardware, small haber futures and 134 cents for spot attracts large numbers of des- hawkers) should on no account be| dashery, curios, baskets, rope and (for CN11,000). titate or semi-destitute parsons allowed hawk

string, bamboo, ware, and brownUS. dollars had buyera at to an already over-populated The control and allocation of paper. adamba maid $4.88, Sterling was stendy at Colony. On this account along all auch hawkers-streets and sites

icon-14.50, and Atastenliats · Pounds Newspaper hawkers, It the Committea urges upon Gov should be vaated in the Urban ildered should come under the were quiet at $12.533 (érament the desirablity of Connell, which should be respou-name regulations as hawkers gone man exploring every avenue whereby alble for the working out of the erally and should be confined to R

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