BALLOTING OF HAWKER STALLS AT BUKIT HO SWEE
Registered hawkers balloting for hawker stalls at Bukit Ho Swee, 1966. A new Hawkers Code was implemented in 1966 for licensing and controlling hawkers. Since then, street hawkers were progressively relocated into markets and shophouses with running water, electricity and proper refuse disposal facilities. They also had to comply with minimum public health requirements and empty all refuse at proper public refuse bins. Food and drink hawkers were tested for communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera
26/04/1966
19980005206 - 0096
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Registered hawkers balloting for hawker stalls at Bukit Ho Swee, 1966. A new Hawkers Code was implemented in 1966 for licensing and controlling hawkers. Since then, street hawkers were progressively relocated into markets and shophouses with running water, electricity and proper refuse disposal facilities. They also had to comply with minimum public health requirements and empty all refuse at proper public refuse bins. Food and drink hawkers were tested for communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera

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