The government is launching a two-month public consultation today on two bills regulating the operation of the city’s wet markets and the operation of vendors’ stalls respectively.
The two bills propose that residents who want to run a stall will need to bid for a licence, as opposed to the current practice where available stalls are simply allocated through a lucky draw.
While some vendors run their stalls in the streets, others run their stalls in municipal markets.
Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) President Jose Fonseca Tavares (second from right), accompanied by IACM Vice President Lei Wai Nong (second from left), IACM Administrative Committee member Ung Sao Hong (first from right) and IACM Inspection and Health Department chief Albino de Campos Pereira, co-host yesterday’s press conference about the public consultation about two bills at the bureau’s headquarters. Photos: Tony Wong
