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Monday, December 4, 1972

SAU MAU PING MODULAR MARKETS NOW OCCUPIED

Most of the 470 registered hawkers trading in Sau Mau Ping Estate

have already moved into the estate's modular markets following last nonth's

ballots and auctions,

The rest are expected to move in within the next day or two.

The modular markets, built inside the estate compound, are aimed

at giving the hawkers a clean and sanitary trading centre.

The Resettlement Officer in charge of Sau Mau Ping (South), Mr. Leung

Sai-chuen said that the hawkers who have moved in were doing a good business

and trading was very orderly.

He said the replacement of hawker stands by these modular markets

had greatly improved the appearance as well as the sanitation of the

estate.

Last week about 226 unregistered hawkers met officials of the

Resettlement Department and requested that they be given stalls in modular

markets as well.

After assessing the length of time that they had been hawking in

Sau Mau Ping, the department decided that 166 of them would be considered

for stalls in the Stage Three project.

The rest were told that they were not eligible for any of these

stalls because they were recent arrivals.

This morning these 80 hawkers went to the Resettlement Department

San Po Kong Office to petition for the allocation of market stalls.

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