Friday, July 27, 1973
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PROPER FACILITIES FOR HAWKERS
A $300,000 plan to provide proper facilities in off-strect hawker
bazaars has been approved by the Urban Council,
The purpose of the new council policy is to enable stallholders to
trade in clean and hygienic surroundings and, as one Councillor put it,
"to trade with dignity."
First to benefit from this scheme are eight bazaars, all with a
life expectancy of one year or more.
They will be provided with water, electricity, proper drainage
and other facilities essential to their trade in spite of their temporary
nature," an Urban Council spokesman said.
The bazaars are at Tai Kok Tsui, Kwun Chung Street, Hammer Hill
Road, Yee On Street, Shui Wo Street, Hip Wo Street, Hing Wah and Wong Nei Chong
Streets.
Work on the Shui Wo Street bazaar, one of the biggest bazaars in
Kwun Tong, will start soon and is expected to be completed in early 1974.
It is noted that in many cases, hawkers need water to wash their
stalls and the space around it as well as for their goods.
The Council has also noted that many stalls which use oil lamps, or
tap electricity illegally from nearby houses, are fire risks and that proper
installation of electric wiring will help eliminate this hazard.
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