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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985

THEY WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON DETAILS OF A PROPOSED FUNERAL PARLOUR IN LAI CHI KOK.

MEANWHILE AT KWUN TONG, THE NEW DB MEMBERS WILL HAVE ANOTHER INFORMAL GATHERING TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS VARIOUS MATTERS BEFORE THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING ON MAY 6 TO ELECT THE CHAIRMAN.

TOMORROW'S GATHERING WILL BE PRECEDED BY A COCKTAIL RECEPTION, AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, WILL ALSO ATTEND.

COUNCILLORS SEE FOR THEMSELVES HAWKER PROBLEMS

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SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MARKETS AND STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE SPENT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING A NUMBER OF MARKETS, HAWKER BAZAARS AND PROPOSED MARKET SITES IN KOWLOON TO GET A FURTHER INSIGHT INTO HAWKER PROBLEMS.

LED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE, MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT, THE PARTY COMPRISED MISS CECILIA YEUNG, MR TONG KAM-BIU' AND MRS MARGARET LI. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD.

THE COUNCILLORS FIRST VISITED THE KWUN CHUNG OLD MARKET AND HAWKER BAZAAR IN YAU MA TEI WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE HAWKERS THERE.

THEY THEN DROVE TO THE PROPOSED SITE OF THE TAI KOK TSUI UC COMPLEX TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVERTING IT INTO A TEMPORARY HAWKER BAZAAR PENDING ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

THEY LATER VISITED SHAM SHUI PO MARKET WHICH WILL LATER BE CONVERTED INTO A MULTI-PURPOSE MARKET COMPLEX.

DURING THE TOUR, THEY MADE DETAILED ENQUIRIES ON HAWKER MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS VARIOUS POSSIBLE WAYS OF ACCOMMODATING STALL-HOLDERS TRADING IN THOSE MARKETS WHICH WILL BE PULLED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN MARKET COMPLEXES.

/MRS ELLIOTT,