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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1987

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DB MEMBERS VISIT KOWLOON CITY COMPLEX

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MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (MONDA., VISITED THE URBAN COUNCIL'S KOWLOON CITY COMPLEX WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.

LED BY KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALEX FONG, THEY WENT TO THE COMPLEX AT THE JUNCTION OF HAU WONG ROAD AND NGA TSIN LONG ROAD.

ON ARRIVAL THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (KOWLOON) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR TOMMY CHOY, ON PROGRESS IN BUILDING THE COMPLEX AND THE FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED.

THE THREE-STOREY COMPLEX HAS A FLOOR AREA OF 4 593 SQUARE METRES. IT WILL COMPRISE A MARKET AND COOKED FOOD CENTRE, INDOOR GAMES HALL, GAMES ROOM AND SQUASH COURTS, AND LIBRARY.

THE MARKET, ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS, WILL HAVE 84

THE COOKED FOOD CENTRE WILL MARKET STALLS AND 584 MINI-STALLS.

ACCOMMODATE 10 STALLS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THE MARKET WAS DESIGNED TO REPROVISION THE STALLS OF THE KOWLOON CITY TEMPORARY MARKET IN CARPENTER ROAD AND TO ABSORB, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, LICENSED ON-STREET HAWKERS IN THE AREA.

HAWKER NOISE PROBLEM UNDER STUDY

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NUISANCES CASUED BY ON-STREET HAWKING AND NIGHT-TIME COOKED FOOD STALLS WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

PROBLEMS CREATED BY HAWKERS IN ARGYLE STREET OPPOSITE THE MONG KOK MARKET, AS WELL AS BY COOKED FOOD STALLS IN FA YUEN STREET AND PLAYING FIELD ROAD, HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF FREQUENT COMPLAINT.

FOLLOWING EARLIER DISCUSSIONS BY THE COMMITTEE, RAIDING OPERATIONS AND INSPECTIONS WERE STEPPED UP BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL ASSESS THE EFFECT OF THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND CONSIDER WHETHER FURTHER STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN.

THEY WILL ALSO BE TOLD OF SURVEY FINDINGS CONCERNING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT AND CONSIDER WHAT ACTION IS NEEDED TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.

/A BRIEFING ............