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Friday, July 21, 1972

ESTATE RESTAURANT OUTSIDE SEATING PERMIT CANCELLED

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The Resettlement Department has cancelled the outside seating permit

of one of the largest estate restaurants when its operator ignored repeated

warnings to abide by the permit conditions.

The restaurant is situated in Wong Tai Sin and occupies 10 shop spaces.

The outside seating extension is completely enclosed by aluminium

gates and no pedestrians can walk through. One of the conditions said there

should be no enclosures and pedestrian thoroughfare must be maintained.

At the same time, the operator was using the rear extension for cooking

when the permit stipulated that it should be used for outside seating.

The first written warning was sent to the restaurant three months ago

and this, and another letter a month later, were both ignored.

A visit was then made by a senior staff member of the Resettlement

Department who explained that the department was determined to clear the estates

of all obstructions which were causing health and cleansing problems, and to end

this constant abuse of outside seating permit conditions.

The department has received many complaints from estate tenants that

these illegal enclosures by the restaurant operators are creating a lot of

nuisance and they want the department to take action.

The operator of the Wong Tai Sin restaurant has now been given one

week to clear all his seating equipment outside the restaurant.

If he fails

to do so his tenency will be terminated.

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