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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987

THIS WAS A "PLEASING

AND

BUSINESSLIKE RESPONSE" TO THE YEARS IT COULD COST MORE THAN $500 MILLION A YEAR TO BRING THE HAWKER SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, SHE ADDED.

REVELATION THAT WITHIN A FEW

IN THE

THE

TURNING TO SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

WORKING REPORT, THE

PARTY HAS ACCEPTED TWO MAIN POINTS NECESSITY FOR VIABILITY OF MARKETS, AND THE NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT.

ALSO

SOME COUNCIL MARKETS, IT ADMITS, ARE POORLY DESIGNED SOME ARE POORLY LOCATED. THE REPORT SETS DOWN NEW GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE PLANNING, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF MARKETS, COMMENTING ON LOCATION, SIZE, THE IMPORTANCE OF ELIMINATING OUTSIDE COMPETITION, MARKET MANAGEMENT, THE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF STALLS, THE NUMBER

AND LIGHTING. FLOORS, HEADROOM, ENTRANCES, VENTILATION

THE

AIM THAT MARKETS SHOULD BE MADE INTO ATTRACTIVE AND VIABLE PLACES SO THAT CUSTOMERS WILL USE THEM AND STALL-HOLDERS WILL NOT LEAVE THEM ΤΟ TRADE ILLEGALLY OUTSIDE.

OF

IS

ON ENFORCEMENT, THE WORKING PARTY CALLS FOR GREATER POLICE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROL OF ILLEGAL HAWKING, BUT DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BRANCH'S WORKING GROUP LOOKING INTO THE WHOLE PROBLEM OF MANPOWER FOR HAWKER MANAGEMENT CONTROL.

CALL TO RESETTLE MORE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

KINGDOM UNITED

PERMANENT

TO

THEIR CONTINUE

THE

REFUGEES

GENEVA,

RESETTLE

THE

HIGH COMMISSION RISING

IN REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR JOHN SANKEY, HAS URGED THE UNITED NATIONS

EFFORTS POPULATION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

FOR

TO OTHER

TO

THEIR

PART BY

HE ALSO APPEALED

COUNTRIES TO DO ACCEPTING MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG FOR RESETTLEMENT.

UNHCR SPEAKING AT THE OPENING SESSION OF

EXECUTIVE THE UK GOVERNMENT HELD IN GENEVA, AMBASSADOR SANKEY SAID

WHO HAD HELPED WITH THE GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAD RESETTLED LONG-STAYERS.

MUST

HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT RESETTLEMENT ALONE

"THE INTERNATIONAL ANSWER.

COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS WHICH WILL REMOVE THE CAUSE OF REFUGEE FLOW,

THE

COMMITTEE WAS MOST

PROBLEM,

COULD NOT BE FIND LONG-TERM

HE SAID.

/HE TOLD