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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1986

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CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS CONTINUES

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ONLY HOURS AFTER HONG KONG WAS DECLARED CHOLERA FREE YESTERDAY STAFF FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT MOVED INTO TEMPLE STREET IN YA MA TEI LAST NIGHT TO CONTINUE ITS CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS.

WE WILL +EVEN THOUGH HONG KONG IS NOW CHOLERA FREE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKING,+ SAID A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY.

DURING LAST NIGHT'S OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, USD STAFF ARRESTED NINE ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH CAUSING OBSTRUCTION, ILLEGAL HAWKING AND SELLING OF RESTRICTED FOOD.

IN ADDITION, THE STAFF SEIZED AND REMOVED THREE LORRY-LOADS OF HAWKING PARAPHERNALIA.

A TOTAL OF 204 KILOGRAMMES OF FOOD WERE ALSO SEIZED AND DESTROYED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT REITERATED ITS WARNING TO THE PUBLIC AGAINST PATRONISING ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS.

+PEOPLE WHO PATRONISE ILLEGAL COOKED FOOD HAWKERS ARE PUTTING THEIR HEALTH AT RISK AND RUNNING THE RISK OF CONTRACTING FOOD-BORNE DISEASES, SUCH AS FOOD POISONING, DYSENTERY, TYPHOID AND VIRAL HEPATITIS,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN. + IN THESE TIMES OF BETTER ENLIGHTENMENT AMONG THE PUBLIC ON FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY, IT IS A CIVIC IRRESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE PATRONISING SUCH HAWKERS.+

ILLEGAL ROOF STRUCTURE FACES DEMOLITION *****

NOTICES WERE POSTED ON AN ILLEGAL ROOF STRUCTURE IN YUEN LONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INFORMING OCCUPANTS THAT THE BUILDING AUTHORITY INTENDS TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COURT ON OCTOBER 24.

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY WANTS TO CLOSE THE STRUCTURE, OVER FLAT +C+ ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF 25-29, KAU YUK ROAD, SO THAT IT CAN BE DEMOLISHED WITHOUT ENDANGER ING THE OCCUPANTS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

A DEMOLITION