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Thursday, March 28, 1974

The first of these consists of about 20 hawkers and stall-

operators in adjoining streets, who will have to move. Any licensed

fixed pitch hawkers will be found new pitches by Urban Services Department,

which in a parallel operation will this year be supervising the removal

of Mong Kok Market from its Argyle Street site to its new location

on a site abutting Shanghai Street.

The second category is the employees in the seven factory

buildings on the site, The Local Employment Service of the Labour

Department will help workers to find new jobs if necessary. A. temporary

office with a team of registration officers from the Local Employment

Service will be set up nearby to assist workers in finding alternative

employment.

The spokesman said that so far the clearance moves had proceeded

smoothly and with the co-operation of those involved. "We are confident

that the industrial and commercial occupiers will show the same co-operation

as the residents have displayed.

"Of the need for this clearance there can be absolutely no

doubt. Both the West Kowloon Corridor project and the Mass Transit

Railway are vital to the economic development of Hong Kong, and are closely

linked with major housing and social developments in Kowloon and the

New Territories," the spokesman said.

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