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REPORT

of

COMMITTEE ON HAWKING.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE.

B.

C.

EXPOSITORY.

I. Appointment of Committee.

Terms of Reference.

II. Procedure-Collection of Evidence.

Pre-war material.

New evidence.

Evidence from Hawkers Guilds.

III. The Problem.

Numbers of hawkers.

Services rendered by hawkers.

Disservices rendered by hawkers.

General Conclusions.

GENERAL POLICY AND MEASURES ADVOCATED FOR CONTROL AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES.

IV. Hawkers markets.

V. Private hawkers markets.

VI. Reduction of numbers.

VII. Classification of hawkers.

VIII. Classification of goods sold by hawkers.

D. METHODS OF CONTROL.

IX. Police policy and measures.

X. Hawkers Ordinance, 1935, and by-laws thereunder.

XI. Deportation.

XII. Medical examination.

XIII. Publicity.

E. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

Long-term policy and measures.

Short-term policy and measures.