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e.g. from Class II to Class III or vice versa. The existing Council policy does not allow any change of trade from one category to another, e.g. from Fixed Pitch (Other Classes) to Fixed Pitch (Tradesman). However, under the existing Council policy, hawkers may be allowed to vary the commodities they sell in accordance with the prevailing business conditions, but subject to the overriding principles that the same commodities should not be traded both inside and outside the same market and that the proposed change of trade is compatible with the business at the adjacent stalls. For example, a licensed fixed pitch hawker selling dry foods (Class II commodities) may be allowed to change to the sale of clothes (Class III commodities) if after the change of trade, the adjoining stalls selling clothes are not affected. However, as explained earlier, the on-street hawkers in Tai Yuen Street and Cross Street will not be allowed to change their business to sell vegetables or fruits. After an application for change of trade is approved by the Department in accordance with the Council policy, the Department would notify the hawker concerned in writing to approach the respective Hawker Records Office to have the endorsement on his/her licence amended.
(2) THE HON. Li Wah-ming asked the following question (in Cantonese):- When I examined licensing cases of food premises in the Council area, in recent years, I discovered that for various reasons, a fairly large number of applicants failed to obtain the necessary licences to operate their business. In view of this, I have the following questions:
(i) Please list out five most common reasons that the food premises failed to obtain the necessary licences in the last twelve months, and quote the relevant figures.
(ii) According to my impression on examining licensing cases, many applicants temporarily failed to obtain the necessary licence to operate their business because they did not attend the basic training courses on food hygiene as stipulated. Therefore, what is the total number of cases in which applicants fail to obtain licences because they have not attended the courses ever since the Council firmed up the stipulation concerned? (iii) How often will a basic training course on food hygiene be held? How many lessons and hours are included in each course? In which time slot is the course usually held? Under what circumstances will an applicant be regarded as having complied with the stipulation?
MR. WONG KWOK-HING, Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, replied as follows (in Cantonese):—This question, which asks about the reasons why applicants have failed to obtain the necessary licences and about the basic training course on food hygiene, is divided into three parts.
The first part of the question is about the five most common causes for failing to obtain a food business licence in the past year and relevant figures. A breakdown provided by the Department is tabled for Members' information.
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e.g. from Class II to Class III or vice versa. The existing Council policy does not allow any change of trade from one category to another, e.g. from Fixed Pitch (Other Classes) to Fixed Pitch (Tradesman). However, under the existing Council policy, hawkers may be allowed to vary the commodities they sell in accordance with the prevailing business conditions, but subject to the overriding principles that the same commodities should not be traded both inside and outside the same market and that the proposed change of trade is compatible with the business at the adjacent stalls. For example, a licensed fixed pitch hawker selling dry foods (Class II commodities) may be allowed to change the sale of clothes (Class III commodities) if after the change of trade, the adjoining stalls selling clothes are not affected. However, as explained earlier, the on-street hawkers in Tai Yuen Street and Cross Street will not be allowed to change their business to sell vegetables or fruits. After an application for change of trade is approved by the Department in accordance with the Council policy, the Department would notify the hawker concerned in writing to approach the respective Hawker Records Office to have the endorsement on his/her licence amended.
(2) THE HON. Li Wah-ming asked the following question (in Cantonese):- When I examined licensing cases of food premises in the Council area, in recent years, I discovered that for various reasons, a fairly large number of applicants failed to obtain the necessary licences to operate their business. In view of this, I have the following questions:
(i) Please list out five most common reasons that the food premises failed to obtain the necessary licences in the last twelve months, and quote the relevant figures.
(ii) According to my impression on examining licensing cases, many applicants temporarily failed to obtain the necessary licence to operate their business because they did not attend the basic training courses on food hygiene as stipulated. Therefore, what is the total number of cases in which applicants fail to obtain licences because they have not attended the courses ever since the Council firmed up the stipulation concerned? (iii) How often will a basic training course on food hygiene be held? How many lessons and hours are included in each course? In which time slot is the course usually held? Under what circumstances will an applicant be regarded as having complied with the stipulation?
MR. WONG KWOK-HING, Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Select Committee, replied as follows (in Cantonese):—This question, which asks about the reasons why applicants have failed to obtain the necessary licences and about the basic training course on food hygiene, is divided into three parts.
The first part of the question is about the five most common causes for failing to obtain a food business licence in the past year and relevant figures. A breakdown provided by the Department is tabled for Members' information.
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