FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1984
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COUNCILLORS STUDY HAWKER PROBLEM AREAS
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A GROUP OF URBAN COUNCILLORS TODAY TOURED A NUMBER OF AREAS IN KOWLOON EAST TO STUDY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ILLEGAL HAWKERS IN CROWDED STREETS AND NEAR HOUSING ESTATES.
THEY COMPRISED THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW HAWKER AND RELATED POLICIES, MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT, AND MEMBERS MESSRS TONG KAM-BIU, KWAN LIM-HO AND LAM CHAK-PIU.
THE PARTY WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CITY SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SUEN.
MRS ELLIOTT SAID THE WORKING PARTY IS BEGINNING TO GET AN IDEA OF THE DEPTH OF THE HAWKER PROBLEM.
+AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY OVERNIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE MUST FIND WAYS OF IMPROVING THE PRESENT SITUATION, SHE SAID.
THE PARTY FIRST VISITED LAM TIN WHERE ABOUT 100 ILLEGAL HAWKERS PLY THEIR TRADE ON THE PAVEMENT OF THE UPPER SECTION OF TAK TIN STREET.
PREVIOUSLY THE HAWKERS WERE TRADING INSIDE THE LAM TIN ESTATE BUT WERE DRIVEN OUT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A RESTRICTED ROAD SCHEME.
THE PARTY WAS ALSO BRIEFED ABOUT A SIMILAR SITUATION AT THE YAU TONG ESTATE.
THE GROUP THEN WENT TO THE SHUI WO STREET HAWKER BAZAAR WHERE 198 LICENSED HAWKERS PLY THEIR TRADE DAILY. THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT SOME 300 UNLICENSED HAWKERS ALSO TRADE NEAR THE BAZAAR FORMING A MAJOR HAWKER BLACKSPOT.
THE COUNCILLORS WERE TOLD THAT THE BAZAAR WILL BE REDEVELOPED INTO AN URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX HOUSING A MARKET, A COOKED-FOOD CENTRE, A LIBRARY AND AN INDOOR GAMES HALL.
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TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER, RESITING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE HAWKERS ARE UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION.
THE WORKING PARTY LATER VISITED A PRIVATE MARKET AT TELFORD GARDENS AND THE WONG TAI SIN SHOPPING CENTRE MARKET.
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