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see the definition of hawker amended, we must wait for a very long time. The definition of hawker may be broadened so much that other kinds of promotional activities (such as flag selling, promotion of political views by political parties and fund raising for relief of natural disasters) would be included. In our motion, one can see that we are talking about commercial promotional activities and the setting up of mobile stalls that cause nuisance. We ask that the Hawker Control Teams take enforcement action.
I hope today's motion will be supported by Members. If the motion is carried, I hope members of HCTs change around even if they are presently turning a blind eye to people engaged in mobile stall promotional activities.
MR. LEE Kwok-KEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
MR. ALBERT Lai Wing-lin (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I also find the many mobile stalls set up at MRT station exits to promote products a nuisance. They have attracted complaints from members of the public. However, the question is we do not know whether the Department is in a position to prosecute such activities under existing legislation. Before we know about this clearly, or before we have found out about it, asking the Department to prosecute may be a waste of time. If we spare manpower to do something of no avail, we are just putting aside duties we need to take up.
If we speak about affecting passers-by, let me quote the example outside Daimaru Department Store. I passed by that store quite often and saw many political parties carrying out promotional activities. They were also a nuisance to passers-by. What should we do about them? Should we study into encompassing them under our control? We should be fair and treat all parties in the same way, We cannot just let political parties carry out promotional activities and forbid businesses to do so. We must study into this clearly.
I now propose a procedural motion to refer this to the relevant Select Committee for further studies into its feasibility. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Chairman (in Cantonese):—We now deal with the procedural motion first. Is there a seconder to the procedural motion moved by Mr. Albert Lai?
MR. WEN CHOY-BON (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman. I second this motion.
Chairman (in Cantonese):—Let's now vote on the procedural motion before continuing further.
Mr. Lee Kwok-KEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, do we need to discuss about the procedural motion?
Chairman (in Cantonese):—No need.
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see the definition of hawker amended, we must wait for a very long time. The definition of hawker may be broadened so much that other kinds of promotional activities (such as flag selling, promotion of political views by political parties and fund raising for relief of natural disasters) would be included. In our motion, one can see that we are talking about commercial promotional activities and the setting up of mobile stalls that cause nuisance. We ask that the Hawker Control Teams take enforcement action.
I hope today's motion will be supported by Members. If the motion is carried, I hope members of HCTs change around even if they are presently turning a blind eye to people engaged in mobile stall promotional activities.
MR. LEE Kwok-KEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
MR. ALBERT Lai Wing-lin (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I also find the many mobile stalls set up at MRT station exits to promote products a nuisance. They have attracted complaints from members of the public. However, the question is we do not know whether the Department is in a position to prosecute such activities under existing legislation. Before we know about this clearly, or before we have found out about it, asking the Department to prosecute may be a waste of time. If we spare manpower to do something of no avail, we are just putting aside duties we need to take up.
If we speak about affecting passers-by, let me quote the example outside Daimarn Department Store. I passed by that store quite often and saw many political parties carrying out promotional activities. They were also a nuisance to passers-by. What should we do about them? Should we study into encompassing them under our control? We should be fair and treat all parties in the same way, We cannot just let political parties carry out promotional activities and forbid businesses to do so. We must study into this clearly.
I now propose a procedural motion to refer this to the relevant Select Committee for further studies into its feasibility. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Chairman (in Cantonese);—We now deal with the procedural motion first. Is there u seconder to the procedural motion moved by Mr. Albert Lat?
MR. WEN CHOY-BON (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman. I second this motion.
Chairman (in Cantonese):—Let's now vote on the procedural motion before continuing further.
Mr. Lee Kwok-KEUNG (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, do we need to discuss about the procedural motion?
Chairman (in Cantonese):—No need.
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