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ILLEGAL FOOD CATERERS TO BE
Phased Out In Three Stagea
Sunday, March 11, 1973
The Urban Council has announced plans for phasing out Hong Kong's
illegal food caterers.
A spokesman for the Council's Food and Food Premises Select Committee
said today that the phase-out would take place in three stages over a period
of one year.
The first phase starts immediately, and letters have been sent to
everyone affected by it.
The spokesman said that the decision was made after exhaustive
investigations into all aspects of the problem.
He said that the unhygenic condition of the illegal kitchens, the
serious and grossly unfair nuisances they cause their neighbours in domestic
buildings coupled with the grave fire dangers and health hazards to which
they expose them, were factors which could not be overlooked.
The spokesman said that the Council was aware that many people,
particularly junior office workers, relied on the low-price meals the caterere
provided.
He said that the Council never lost sight of this fact in all its
deliberations, and that was why the Council was very pleased to learn from its
investigations that lunch box manufacturers were stepping up greatly their
output of the quick and inexpensive meals.
The Urban
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