Section E PSWS Street Hawkers

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Section E PSWSStreet Hawkers
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Situation

• Loretta Wong , an Administrative Assistant with
  the Environment Hygiene Branch of the Urban
  Council
• Your boss, Mr Sam Chu asked you to complete three
  tasks

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Task 1 newspaper article

• Aims state the position of the Urban Council
  about the policy regarding illegal street hawkers
• Reference date file p.1-5
• Structure
• Para. 1 (7)
• ?general overview of the UCs responsibilities
  regarding hawkers
• ?the use of hawker control teams
• ?the use of hawker control officers

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• Para. 2 (4)
• ?outline the progress in controlling illegal
  hawkers
• Quote some relevant statistics from the UC Annual
  Report
• Para. 3(10)
• Explain why the UC wants to discontinue the
  Itinerant Hawkers Licence by the middle of next
  year
• Report the progress to date
• Para. 4 Conclusion (3)
• The tone should be emphatic formal
• Content points (24) Language (4) Stance (3)
  Organization (3) 34

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Task 2 Report

• A survey of public opinion about street hawkers
• Draw appropriate conclusions
• Make suitable recommendations
• Reference date file p. 6

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Notes to Task 2

• In writing the findings , effort should be made
  to vary the sentence structure as much as
  possible, and to avoid including too many figures
• The conclusions should be drawn from the findings
• The recommendations should be based on the
  conclusions, and should best be expressed in
  infinitive verb forms.

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Suggested conclusions Recommendations

• Street hawkers are widely patronized by the
  public, and add color and life to society.
  However, there is concern about
• To legalize and bring under government control
  all street hawkers, and to increase efforts to
  improve hygiene standard of those selling food.
• Content points (16) Language (3) Succinctness (2)

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Task 3 Reply Letter

• Reply letter to Mr. Sin
• Contents
• Plan to redevelop the Hawkers Bazaar in Yee On
  Street
• Road safety problem is a matter for the police
• Investigations on health nuisance ( noise
  hygiene)
• Provide hotline regarding hygiene matters
• Supply facts on convictions for illegal hawkers
• Closing