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MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1984

HAWKER PROBLEM DB'S ASKED FOR VIEWS

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DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE URBAN AREAS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CURRENT POLICY ON HAWKERS.

THIS WAS DECIDED BY THE WORKING PARTY FORMED RECENTLY BY THE COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO, AND IDENTIFY CHANGES TO, THE COUNCIL'S POLICY ON THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF HAWKERS.

THE WORKING PARTY IS HEADED BY URBAN COUNCILLOR MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT WITH SIX OTHER COUNCILLORS AS MEMBERS - MESSRS. KWAN LIM-HO, STEPHEN LAU, LEE CHIK-YUET, TONG KAM-BIU, LAM CHAK-PIU AND WALTER SULKE.

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TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THEIR DELIBERATIONS, THE WORKING PARTY, THROUGH THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PRODUCED A COMPACT YET COMPREHENSIVE PAPER ON THE COUNCIL'S CURRENT POLICY ON HAWKERS.

FURTHERMORE, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WILL BE ATTENDING DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE HAWKER SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

APART FROM CONSULTING URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS, THE WORKING PARTY WILL SEEK THE VIEWS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL AS WELL AS THOSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF HAWKERS' ASSOCIATIONS.

THE USD-PREPARED POLICY PAPER FOR THE DISTRICT BOARDS SETS OUT EIGHT MAJOR AIMS OF THE COUNCIL IN THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF HAWKERS.

THESE ARE:

* TO SEEK A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN STREET TRADING AS

CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT;

* TO OBTAIN SUITABLE OFF-ROAD SITES WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND TO CONSTRUCT APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS, EITHER TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, INTO WHICH TO MOVE STREET TRADERS;

* TO CONFINE STREET TRADING TO SPECIFIC AREAS NOT

DETRIMENTAL TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND WHERE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT WOULD NOT BE UNDULY IMPEDED;

* TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM THE NUISANCES CREATED BY STREET TRADING

BY PUTTING IT UNDER PROPER CONTROL;

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