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HONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1975

IF THE EXPERIMENT PROVED SUCCESSFUL AFTER A TRIAL PERIOD, CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO ITS EXTENSION.

HE CALLED ON AWKERS TO CO-OPERATE SO AS TO MAKE THE

EXPERT A SUCCESS.

MR. SO NOTED THAT SINCE 1970, THE LICENSING AUTHORITY HAD CEASED TO ISSUE HAWKER LIGENCES. +CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS,+ HE SAID. INDICATE THE NEED TO REVIEW THIS DECISION AND THE EXPERIMENT WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE MADE TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR A REVIEW.+

THE HAWKER REPRESENTATIVES EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT WHEN THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED, ALL HAWKERS WOULD FLOCK TO THE HAWKER- PERMITTED AREAS AND THERE WOULD BE SERIOUS CONGESTION.

IT WAS POINTED TO THEM THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE EXISTING LICENSED HAWKERS OUTSIDE HAWKER-PERMITTED AREAS WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER PRESENT CONTROLS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS-ONE OF THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING AND THE OTHER OF A SIGN INDICATING A HAWKER PERMITTED AREA- BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

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