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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1986

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR A.L. PURVES; DEPUTY DIRECTOR (ENVIRONMENT AND RECREATION), MR T.K. CHOY) (KWUN TONG) DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN; AND KWUN TONG DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT, MR ANTHONY SIU.

THE PARTY WALKED THROUGH HING YIP STREET AS SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY MR SIU ON THE PREVIOUS ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKING ACTIVITIES WHICH HAD NOW DISAPPEARED.

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT HING YIP STREET HAD BEEN A BLACK SPOT FOR ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS BEFORE THE CURRENT CRACKDOWN WAS LAUNCHED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MR SIU POINTED OUT THAT EVEN BEFORE THE CURRENT OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN REGULARLY CARRYING OUT RAIDS AGAINST ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS.

LAST YEAR. A TOTAL OF 1 551 ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS WERE ARRESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN KWUN TONG, WHILE 466 UNLICENSED COOKED-FOOD HAWKERS WERE PROSECUTED DURING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. SO FAR THIS MONTH, 44 SUCH HAWKERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.

SIR DAVID ALSO WALKED ALONG TO HUNG TO ROAD WHERE HE VISITED A FACTORY CANTEEN.

HE WAS TOLD THAT THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA HAD 85 LICENSED FACTORY CANTEENS WHICH HELPED TO SOLVE THE LUNCH PROBLEM OF WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO TSUN YIP STREET WHERE THE ACTING GOVERNOR INSPECTED AN URBAN COUNCIL COOKED FOOD MARKET.

THE $10.4 MILLION TWO-STOREY MARKET WAS OPENED IN MAY LAST YEAR AND ACCOMMODATES 56 COOKED FOOD STALLS WITH A REST GARDEN ON THE ROOF-TOP.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE FOUR URBAN COUNCIL COOKED FOOD MARKETS WITH A TOTAL OF 144 STALLS TO HELP PROVIDE PROPER EATING FACILITIES IN THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE NINE LICENSED RESTAURANTS AND FIVE LICENSED FOOD FACTORIES IN THE AREA.

NUCLEAR VISITS EXTREMELY VALUABLE

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ACTING GOVERNOR

THE OVERSEAS FACT-FINDING VISITS BY UMELCO MEMBERS ON THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WILL BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IN HELPING HONG KONG PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE COOKED FOOD FACILITIES IN KWUN TONG, SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE UMELCO GROUPS HAD WORKED VERY HARD DURING THEIR VISITS.

SAID: