NEW TERRITORIES RULES

NEW TERRITORIES RULES

(3) No excretal matter shall he brought from any area to which
these rules do not apply to any areas specified in the Schedule.

10. Every person having the care or custody of any child under
twelve years of age shall prevent such child from committing any
nuisance in or by the side of any street or drain or any public place.

11. Any person who acts in contravention of rules 6, 7, 8 and 9
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for six months.

SCHEDULE.
The market town known as Luen Wo Hui.

NEW TERRITORIES RULES.
(Cap. 97, section 4).
(Ordinance No. 34 of 1910).

[16th September, 1949]

SUMMARY OF RULES.

SUBJECT RULE NUMBERS

GENERAL RULES ..... 1 to 21
RULES FOR FOOD SHOPS 22 to 35
RESTAURANTS .. .... 36 to 59
FOOD FACTORIES ............. 60 to 82
DAIRIES AND MILK SHOPS 83 to 123
MARKETS:
General Rules for all Markets 124 to 137
Special Rules for Government Markets 138 to 144
Special Rules for Private Markets 145 to 151
Special Rules for Cheung Chau and
Sai Kung Markets 152





SUBJECT RULE NUMBERS

HA WKERS:
Cooked Food Stall Hawkers 153 to 172
Fixed Pitch Hawkers 173 to 182
Pedlar Hawkers 183 to 188
Ice Cream and Frozen Confection
Hawkers 189 to 200
PENALTY 201
LICENCE FORMS-APPENDIX I.
LICENCE FEES-APPENDIX II

GENERAL RULES.
1. These rules may be cited as the New Territories
Rules, and shall take effect within the New Territories except
New Kowloon.

2. In these rules
'bake-house' means any premises on which bread, biscuits, or
confectionery is baked or prepared for baking; and includes any
premises on which the materials for the. preparation of such food
are stored;
'cementconcrete' means cement concrete composed of one part of
cement, three parts of sand, and five parts of stone, broken to pass
through a one inch ring;
'dairy' means any premises in which milk is produced and supplied; or
any premises in which milk is kept or used for manufacture into
butter, cheese, dried milk, or condensed milk, and includes any
place where the vessels used in that trade are kept; but does not
include any milk shop from which milk is supplied for sale for
consumption off the premises in properly closed and unopened
receptacles in which it was delivered to the milk shop, or any
premises in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises;
'dairyman' includes any keeper of cows, buffaloes or goats for the
purpose of trade in milk, any purveyor of milk, any occupier of a
dairy, or any occupier of a milk shop, and in cases where a dairy or
milk shop





is owned by a corporation or company includes the secretary or
other person actually managing such dairy or milk shop;
'disease' means any disease of an infectious or contagious nature, and
Includes in the case of cattle any disease of the udder which is
liable to cause any contamination of the milk;
'food' means any article used as food or drink for human consumption,
other than drugs or water, and includes(a) any substance which is
intended for use in the composition or preparation of food;
(b) any flavouring matter or condiment; and
(c) any, colouring matter intended for use in food:
Provided that, notwithstanding anything in this definition, the
addition of any colouring or flavouring matter or condiment to an
article used as food or drink shall be deemed to be the addition of
substance to food;
'food factory' means a place other than a restaurant, where food is
prepared for sale and includes bake-houses, aerated water
'factories and any business, undertaking or concern which carries
on the trade of food preserving, or any of the branches of such
trade, such as the making of sugar confectionery, cocoa, chocolate,
jam., marmalade, preserved fruits, Chinese preserves, fruit and table
jellies, meat extracts, meat essences, sauces and pickles, the
preparation of meat, poultry, games, fish, vegetables and fruit for
sale in a preserved state and the processes of wrapping and filling,
and packing other than the packing of the finished article in cases
or crates merely for storage or transport;
'food officer'' means any person appointed by the District
Commissioner on the recommendation of the Director of Medical
and Health Services for the purpose of these rules;
'food shop' means any place, other than a market, wherein articles of
food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a market, are ware-
housed or stored or exposed for sale or sold;
'hawker' means any person who trades in any street whether the same
is the property of the Crown or otherwise, or public thoroughfare,
or goes from place to place selling or exposing for sale any goods,
wares, or merchandise immediately to be delivered, or expos





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ing samples or patterns of any, goods, wares, or mer-
chandise to be afterwards delivered, or selling or
offering for sale his skill in handicraft, but does not
include a. person selling or seeking orders for goods,
wares or merchandise to and from persons who are
dealers therein and who buy to sell again;
'health officer' includes the Director of Medical and
Health Services, any medical officer appointed as a
health officer by the Governor, any veterinary officer,
and any officer for the time being performing the duties
of a health officer;
'licence' means a valid licence of the appropriate class
issued to an applicant by the District Commissioner;
'market' means any Government or private market which
has been declared a market by the Governor in Council
or may hereafter be declared a market by the Governor
in Council under section 4 of the Ordinance;
'market area' means the area which has been declared by
the Governor in Council to be the area to be served
by any market or may hereafter be declared to be the
area to be served by any market under section 4 of
the Ordinance;
'milk' includes cream and skimmed and separated milk,
and includes goats' milk, but does not include imported
preserved milk;
'milk shop- includes any premises on which fresh milk
is sold in the properly closed and unopened receptacles
in which it was delivered to the premises, but does not
include any premises in which milk is sold for con-
sumption on the premises only;
pitch' or 'site' means the area allotted by the District
Commissioner to a licensed hawker for the purpose of
this trade;
'restaurant' means a building or portion thereof where
cooked food is sold for human consumption on or off
the premises, or where milk, in properly closed and
unopened receptacles is sold for consumption on the
premises only;
'sale' or sell' includes barter, and also includes offering
or attempting to sell, or receiving for sale, or having
in possession for sale, or exposing for sale, or sending
or delivering for sale, or causing or allowing to be






sold, offered or exposed for sale, and refers only to sale for
human consumption or use;
'shop' includes every place where any article is sold ordinarily
from time to time;
'sterilized milk'' is milk, which has been sterilized and which
contains no living micro-organisms and not less than 3.25%
of milk fat of the total component parts thereof. The quantity
of milk solids, other than fat, present in sterilized milk must
not be less than 8.5% of the total component parts thereof;
'sterilized cream' is cream which has been sterilized and which
contains no living micro-organisms and not less than 16% of
milk fat of the total component parts thereof;
'substance' includes a liquid;
'technical services' includes inspections, examinations, taking of
samples, seizures, prosecutions, and all other duties of a
supervisory nature carried out by health officers or food
officers under these rules.

3. (1) No person shall commence or continue the
trade of-
ù a food shop,
ù a restaurant,
ù a food factory,
ù a dairy,
ù a milk shop,
ù a private market,
ù a cooked food stall hawker,
an ice. cream and frozen confection
in the New Territories except under and in accordance with a
licence issued by the District Commissioner.
(2) No person shall commence or continue the trade
of a fixed pitch hawker, or a pedlar hawker within any declared
market area or within fifty yards of any main thoroughfare in the
New Territories except under and in accordance with a licence
issued by the District Commissioner.

4. The form of licence applicable to each type of trade
or business is contained in Appendix I.





5. (1) The licence fees applicable to each type of trade or business
are prescribed In Appendix II.

(2) Where a new licence is issued by the District Cornmissioner six
months, or less, prior to the prescribed licensing date, only half of the
prescribed fee shall be payable.

6. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence shall complete the
appropriate licence application form at the District Office and when
required so to do shall furnish two copies of his photograph and pay
the prescribed licence fee.

7.The District Commissioner on being satisfied-
(a) that any licence has been accidentally lost, destroyed or
defaced may issue a duplicate licence on payment of five
dollars; or
(b) that any lapel card has been accidentally lost, destroyed or
defaced may issue. a duplicate lapel card on payment of one
dollar.

8. On the breach of any of these rules the District Commissioner
may revoke any licence, or suspend It for any period not exceeding six
months.

9. (1) Every, licence shall expire on the prescribed date.
(2) The District Commissioner may, at his discretion, renew an
expired licence for a further Year on payment of a renewal fee which
shall be the same as the licence fee.
(3) Every renewal shall be endorsed on the licence.

10. (1) Ever\- licensee shall confine his trade exclusively to that for
which lie is licensed.
(2) Every licensee shall trade only at the place specified in his
licence.

11. No licensee shall sub-let, transfer or lend his licence to any
other person without the written consent of the District Commissioner,
or absent himself from the Colony without informing the District
Commissioner in writing of his intended departure and the duration of
his absence.





12. No person shall alter, deface or make any erasure on any
licence nor shall he use or have in his possession with a view to use, a
licence on which an erasure has been made,. or which has been altered
or defaced.

13. Every Licensee shall, immediately on demand, produce his
licence to any health officer, health inspector or police officer who may
retain it for production to the District Commissioner. Such licence shall,
unless revoked, be returned to the licensee within a reasonable time.

14. No person shall sell or expose for sale or bring into the New
Territories or into any market or have in his possession without
reasonable excuse, any food for man in a tainted, diseased, or
unwholesome state, or which is unfit for food for man.

15. Any health officer or food officer may at all reasonable times
enter and inspect any place where he has reason to believe there is any
food for man intended for sale, or where lie has reason to believe there is
any food for man in a tainted, diseased or unwholesome state, or which
is unfit for food for man.

16. Any health officer or food officer may mark, seal or otherwise
secure, weigh, count or measure any food, the sale, preparation or
manufacture of which is, or kppears to be, contrary to the provisions of
these rules.

17. Any health officer, food officer or police officer may inspect
any food for man which lie may find in any highway , street, road, pier,
wharf, waterway, railway or vessel which lie has reason to believe to be
in a tainted, diseased or unwholesome state, or unfit for food for man.

18. Any health officer, food officer or police officer may seize any
food which is, or appears to be, held in contra- of rule 14, and, if
authorized so to do in writing by, the District Commissioner, may
destroy it or so dispose 0 it as to prevent it from being used as food for
man.

19. Any person claiming anything seized under rule 15 may within
twenty-four hours after such seizure complain





to a magistrate, who may either confirm or disallow such seizure, wholly
or in part, and rnay order to be paid by way of compensation such sum
of money not exceeding the market value of the food seized as he may
consider reasonable.

20. In the absence of a police officer it shall be lawful for any health
officer or food officer in whose presence an offence against any of
these rules has been committed to arrest the offender and either give
him into the custody of a police officer or take him to the nearest police
station : Provided that no such arrest shall be effected except in a public
place or place of public resort, or unless it is impracticable to proceed
against the offender by complaint and summons.

21. A right of appeal from any decision of any person entrusted
with discretionary power under these rules shall, unless proceedings
have already been taken before a magis-trate in relation thereto, be to the
Governor in Council. Such appeal shall be by means of a written petition
and shall be presented within fourteen days from the date the exercise of
the power is brought to the notice of the person concerned. The
decision of the Governor in Council shall be final : Provided that nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to prevent any person from applying
to the Supreme Court for a mandamus, injunction, prohibition, or other
order, should he elect so to do, instead of appealing to the Governor In
Council.

RULES FOR FOOD SHOPS.
22. Every licensee shall keep in his premises an ample supply. of
good potable water to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

23. All goods sold in any food shop shall be covered in a clean
wrapper.

24. Every licensee shall provide a sufficient number of dust-hins,
constructed of impervious material and fitted with closely fitting covers,
in which shall be deposited all refuse and waste matters; such dust-bins
shall be removed and emptied in a place approved by the District
Commissioner





not less than once daily and shall be thoroughly cleansed before further
use.
25. Every licensee shall in December every year limewash his
premises to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.
26. No person shall spit in any food shop except into spittoons
provided for the purpose.
27. Every licensee shall cause to be continuously displayed in a
conspicuous position on every floor of his licensed premises a notice or
notices in English and Chinese, of a size and form approved by the
District Commissioner, requiring all persons present on the premises not
to spit except into spittoons.
28. Every dealer in flesh meat, or fishmonger, or poulterer, shall
thoroughly wash and cleanse his shop, pens, and all fitting and utensils
belonging thereto at least twice a day.
29. Every poulterer shall provide a supply of fresh drinking water
for any live birds that may be kept in pens. All such pens shall be fitted
with trays to catch the droppings.
30. Except with the permission in writing of the District
Commissioner no unsalted flesh meat shall be brought into the premises
of a food shop other than that which has been slaughtered in a
Government slaughter-house, or an approved private slaughter-house,
or which has been imported from Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, or
other approved places.
31. The licensee shall normally be in attendance at his food shop
and shall not absent himself for more than one calendar month without
previous notification in writing to the District Commissioner.
32. Every licensee shall display in a conspicuous part of his
premises approved by the District Commissioner, a translation in the
Chinese language of such of these rules as the District Commissioner
considers appropriate to the licensee's trade.





33. Every valid licence shall be framed and displayed in a
conspicuous part of the licensee's premises, to the satisfaction of
the District Commissioner.

34. Where any part of a floor to which the licence relates is
used for sleeping purposes, such part shall be partitioned off from
the remainder of the floor to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner, and no Part of the trade shall be carried on and no
food or utensils shall be stored in the part so partitioned off for
sleeping purposes.

35. Without the prior written consent of the District
Commissioner no licensee shall permit any structural alterations
of his premises, nor shall lie use his premises for any purpose
except a food shop.

RULES FOR RESTAURANTS.
36. Every licensee shall keep in his premises an ample
supply v of good potable water to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner.

37. All food, whether or not prepared for immediate
consumption, shall be adequately protected against con-tamination by dust,
flies, and vermin to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

38. Every licensee shall provide for the reception of garbage
and waste products, a sufficient number of strong movable dust-
bins, constructed of impervious materials with close fitting covers
fitted thereto and of a pattern approved by the District
Commissioner. All refuse matters shall be removed from the
premises not less than once daily- and every dust-bin shall be
thoroughly washed and disinfected after each removal.

39. The whole of the interior walls of every restaurant shall
be limewashed to the satisfaction of the District Com- by the
licensee during the months of June and December and all
paintwork shall be thoroughly washed with soap and water
during the months of June and December. All paintwork shall be
of a light colour.





40. No person shall spit in any restaurant except into spittoons
provided for the purpose.

41. The licensee shall cause to be continuously displayed, in a
conspicuous position on every floor of his licensed premises, a notice
or notices in English and Chinese, of a size and form approved by the
District Commissioner requiring all persons on the premises not to spit
except into spittoons.

42. Every restaurant and all equipment therein shall be kept at all
times in a cleanly condition and free from all noxious matter, and all
floors of the premises shall be washed at least twice a day.

43. Every licensee shall provide ample and suitable facilities for the
satisfactory cleansing, washing and sterilization by immersion in boiling
water of all eating and drinking utensils and it shall riot be permissible
for chop-sticks, cutlery, crockery or utensils to be given to a customer
for use unless properly sterilized. After sterilization, eating and drinking
utensils and equipment shall not be. wiped with cloths but shall be
allowed to drain and dry off by evaporation.

44. (1) No food in a state of complete or partial preparation for
human consumption shall be obtained from external sources unless from
a licensed food factory. The licensee, upon the request of a health
officer or food officer shall produce evidence of origin of any partially or
completely prepared food which may have been obtained from external
sources.
(2) No ice cream, unless manufactured in a food factory licensed for
the purpose, shall be sold for consumption on or off premises licensed
as a restaurant.

45. Except with the permission in writing of the District
Commissioner no unsalted flesh meat shall be brought into the premises
of a restaurant, or used or consumed therein other than that which has
been slaughtered in a Government slaughter-house, or an approved
private slaughterhouse, or which has been imported from Canada,
Australia, or New Zealand, or other approved places.





46. (1) No licensee shall permit any person suffering from any
disease to patronize or frequent his premises.

(2) Every person employed in any premises licensed as a restaurant
shall submit himself for medical examination at such time and place as
may be designated when required so to do by a health officer.
(3) If, after medical examination, it is the opinion of a health officer
that employment of any person in a restaurant has caused, or is likely to
cause, spread of disease, the person so medically examined shall be
notified in writing by the District Commissioner and he shall forthwith
cease to engage in the business of or to be employed in any restaurant
until lie obtains a medical certificate that he is no longer likely to cause
spread of such disease.
(4) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to employ any person who, in
accordance with paragraph (3) is deemed to have caused, or is likely to
cause, spread of disease.

47. The licensee shall normally be in attendance at his place of
business and shall not absent himself for more than one calendar month
without previous notification in writing to the District Commissioner.

48. Every licensee shall display in a conspicuous part of his
premises approved by the District Commissioner in English together
with a translation in the Chinese language of such of these rules as the
District Commissioner considers appropriate to the licensee's trade.

49. Every valid licence shall be framed and displayed in a
conspicuous part of the licensee's premises, to the satisfaction of the
District Commissioner.
50. The licensee shall not permit disorderly conduct on his
premises or suffer unlawful games or gaming therein or permit or suffer
any prostitute to frequent such premises or to remain therein.

51. No living room, sleeping space, partitions, cubicles, or
mezzanine floors shall be allowed on any licensed premises except with
the written permission of the District Commissioner, and as shown on
the plan or sketch of the premises.





52. (1) Adequate kitchen, food preparation, food storage and
scullery -accommodation shall be provided to the satisfaction of
the District Commissioner and the walls of the accommodation so
provided shall be imperviously surfaced to a minimum height of
eight feet.
(2) It shall be unlawful to use any yard, lane, roof or other
open space for the storage, preparation or cooking of food or for
scullery purposes or for the storage of ails, crockery or utensils
used for the preparation or serving of food.

53. The ground surfaces of the premises shall be laid with
not less than four inches of cement concrete, and the .surfaces
shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt
or cement rendering of not less than half inch in thickness, or
with such other material of such nature and thickness as the
District Commissioner may approve. Floor surfaces other than
cement surfaces shall be of a nonabsorbent material finished off
smooth.

54. Except with the special permission in writing of the
District Commissioner no ceiling (not being the underside of a
floor), hollow wall or stairlining shall remain or be fixed in any
building in which, or in part or parts of which the premises of the
licensee are situated.

55. The drainage provided shall be to the approval of
the District Commissioner. No drain inlet shall exist or remain in
any part of the premises.

56. Without the prior written consent of the District
Commissioner no licensee shall permit any structural alterations
of his premises, nor shall he use his premises for any purpose
except a restaurant.

57. (1) Every licensee and every person desirous of obtaining
a licence whose premises include upper floors, or any portion
thereof, shall give or cause to be given to the Chief Officer of the
Fire Brigade, or to any officer of the Fire Brigade deputed by him
all reasonable facilities to inspect, from time to time during the
hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. such premises with a view to
ascertaining the





precautions taken and available against fire, and the suitability of such
premises for use as a restaurant touching matters with which the Fire
Brigade is concerned, and reporting thereon to the District
Commissioner.

(2) Every licensee and person aforesaid shall comply with the
requirements considered and notified by the District Commissioner to
be necessary as regards precautions and steps to be taken to mitigate
danger or accident from fire if a licence in respect of such premises is to
be continued or granted.

58. Restaurants shall be closed between mid-night and 6 a.m.
except where a licensee holds a valid licence to sell wines, spirits, or
liquors, when he may remain open until 2 a.m.

59. No animals except cats shall be kept on the premises of a
restaurant.

RULES FOR FOOD FACTORIES.
60. Every licensee shall keep in his premises an ample supply of
good potable water to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

61. All prepared food and food in the course of preparation shall be
adequately protected against contamination by dust, flies, and vermin,
to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

62. Every licensee shall provide, for the reception of garbage and
waste products, a sufficient number of strong movable dust-bins,
constructed of impervious materials with close fitting covers fitted
thereto. and of a pattern approved by the District Commissioner. All
refuse matters shall be removed front the premises not less than once
daily and every dust-bin shall be thoroughly washed and disinfected
after each removal.

63. No person shall spit in any food factory except into spittoons
provided for the purpose.





64. The licensee shall cause to be continuously displayed in a
conspicuous position on every floor of his licensed premises, a notice
or notices in English and Chinese, of a size and form approved by the
District Commissioner requiring all persons present on the premises not
to spit except into spittoons.
65. All premises and equipment therein shall be kept at all times in a
cleanly condition and free from all noxious matter, and all floors of the
premises shall be washed, as often as the District Commissioner shall
determine, but never less than once a day.
1 66. Except with the permission in writing of the District
Commissioner no unsalted flesh meat shall be brought into the premises
of a food factory other than that which has been slaughtered in a
Government slaughter-house, or an approved private slaughter-house,
or which has been imported from Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, or
other approved places.
67. No persons suffering from disease shall remain or be employed
on the premises of a food factory.

68. The licensee shall normally be in attendance at his place of
business and shall not absent himself for more than one calendar month
without previous notification in writing to the District Commissioner.
69. Every licensee shall display in a conspicuous part of his
premises approved by the District Commissioner, a translation in the
Chinese language of such of these rules as the District Commissioner
considers appropriate to the licensee's trade.
70. Every valid licence shall be framed and displayed in a
conspicuous part of the licensee's premises, to the, satisfaction of the
District Commissioner.

71. All licensed premises, and the work being carried on, and all
appliances, utensils, receptacles, machinery, fittings, fixtures, and all
goods therein shall be open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of
any food officer.





72. Except with the written permission of the District Commissioner
the premises shall not be put to any use or purpose, domestic or
otherwise, other than that for which the premises are licensed.

73. Adequate lighting and ventilation, to the satisfaction of the
health officer, shall be provided.

74. Every internal wall shall be rendered to a height of eight feet
with a cement mortar rendering, or other suitable non-absorbent material
to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

75. All walls, ceilings, or roofs shall be limewashed throughout to
the satisfaction of the District Commissioner in March and September
annually.

76. Every licensee shall provide to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner adequate kitchen accommodation and rooms or enclosed
spaces for the preparation and storage of food.

77. Every licensee shall provide to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner suitable ablution facilities and adequate latrine
accommodation.

78. The ground surfaces of the premises shall be laid with not less
than four inches of cement concrete and the surfaces shall be rendered
smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement rendering of
not less than half an inch in thickness, or of such other material of such
nature and thickness as the District Commissioner may approve. Floor
surfaces other than cement surfaces shall be of a nonabsorbent material
finished off smooth.

79. Where the process of the trade necessitates the use of open
spaces, such open spaces shall be surfaced and drained to the
satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

80. The drainage provided shall be to the approval of the District
Commissioner. No drain inlet shall exist or remain in any part of the
premises.





81. Without the prior written consent of the District
Commissioner no licensee shall permit any structural alterations
of his premises, nor shall he use his premises for any purpose
except a food factory.

82. No animals except cats shall be kept on the premises of
a food factory.

RULES FOR DAIRIES AND MILK SHOPS.

83. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or use in the
preparation of some other article of food for sate any milk or
cream other than pasteurized milk or pasteurized cream. For the
purpose of this rule 'pasteurized milk or cream' means milk or
cream which has been heated to, and retained for a period of not
less than thirty minutes at a temperature of not less than 145
degrees on the Fahrenheit scale and not more than 150 degrees
on the Fahrenheit scale, and which has then immediately been
cooled to a temperature of not more than 55 degrees on the
Fahrenheit scale.

84. (1) All pasteurizing, sterilizing, cleansing, cooling,
refrigerating, cold storage, bottling, filling or other plant or
apparatus used in any dairy shall be of a type approved by the
District Commissioner.
(2) Every pasteurizing plant or apparatus shall be equipped
with a self-registering thermometer device which will accurately
indicate and record the temperature to which and the length of
time for which the pasteurized milk has been heated. All such
records shall be kept for at least two months and shall be
available for inspection at all reasonable times by any health
officer or food officer.

85. (1) Milk shall be sold, offered, or exposed for sale only in
containers of a type approved by the District Cornmissioner. For
the purposes of these rules 'container' includes any cover
attached to a container.
(2) Sterilized milk or sterilized cream shall be sold, offered or
exposed for sale. only in receptacles of a type approved by the
Council. For the purposes of this rule 'receptacle' includes any
cap, disc, stopper or cover attached to a receptacle.





86. (1) Every bottle used as a container for milk shall be
constructed of clear colourless glass and shall be closed with a
tightly fitting disc and covered with an outer cover overlapping the
lip of and securely fastened to the bottle. The outer cover or, if
the outer cover is constructed of transparent material, the disc of
a prominent label or labels attached to the bottle shall bear
(a) the name in English letters of the dairyman in
Whose dairy the milk was pasteurized and bottled;
(b) the word 'PASTEURIZED'.

(2) Every receptacle used as a container for sterilized milk or
cream shall bear a label affixed thereto on which shall be printed
in large and legible type in English the words 'STERILIZED
WHOLE MILK' or 'STERILIZED CREAM' as the case may be
and in English lettering of ordinary type the name and address of
the producer and the presence, if any, of any substance not
ordinarily found in milk or cream.

87. All containers shall be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized
before use. The cleansing and sterilizing of bottles-shall be done
with steam or boiling water.

88. The filling of all containers shall be carried out only in the
premises in which the milk was pasteurized and shall be done by
machinery or some other means approved by the District
Commissioner.

89. Except with the written permission of the District
Commissioner no dairyman shall have in his dairy or milk shop
any milk derived otherwise than from his own licensed premises.
90. All milk and other dairy products in course of
preparation shall be adequately protected against contamination
by dust, flies, and vermin to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner.

91. (1) No person shall spit in any dairy or milk shop.
(2) Every licensee shall cause to be continuously displayed in
a conspicuous position on every floor of his licensed premises a
notice or notices in English and Chinese,





of a size and form approved by the District Commissioner requiring ail
persons present on the premises not to spit.

92. Every dairyman shall cause every part of his dairy or milk shop
to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as may be
necessary to secure that such dairy or milk shop shall be at all times
clean to the satisfaction of a health officer or food officer.

93. Every dairyman shall cause the floor of every such dairy or milk
shop to be thoroughly cleansed and all offensive matter to be removed
from such dairy or milk shop as often as may be necessary and not less
than twice a day.

94. Every dairyman shalt keep in or in connexion with his dairy or
milk shop a supply of clean fresh water suitable for all such purposes as
may from time to time be necessary.

95. No dairyman shall deposit or keep any milk or any other dairy
products in any room used as a kitchen or as a living room.

96. Every dairyman shall cause every vessel and utensil used by
him for the reception of milk, butter, cream, et cetera to be of such
material and design as the District Commissioner shall approve.

97. Every dairyman shall cause every vessel, receptacle, or utensil
used by him as containers for milk, butter, cream, etcetera to be cleansed
thoroughly with steam or clean boiling water after use and shall maintain
such containers in a constant slate of cleanliness.

98. No dairyman shall permit or suffer any person to drink out of
any vessel or measure used by him in purveying milk.

99. No dairyman shall cause or suffer any animal belonging to him
under his control to be milked unless
(a) at the time of milking the udder and teats of such animal are
thoroughly clean; and





(b) the hands of the person milking such animal are
thoroughly clean and free from all infection and
contamination.

100. It shall be the duty of every dairyman to use due
diligence and care to ascertain the presence of sickness or
disease on the premises of his dairy or milk shop and to ascertain
whether such sickness or disease is of a contagious or infectious
nature, and he shall be presumed to know of the existence of
such sickness or disease, unless and until he shows to the
satisfaction of a magistrate, before whom he is charged, that he
could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such
knowledge.

101. Every dairyman shall, when any person residing in his
house or being upon his premises is suffering from any disease,
give immediate notice thereof in writing to a health officer.

102. (1) Every, person engaged or employed in any capacity in
any dairy or milk shop shall submit himself for such medical
examination at such time and place as may be designated by a
health officer.

(2) If, after medical examination, it Is the opinion of a health
officer that employment in a dairy has caused, or is likely to
cause, spread of disease to man or animal, the person so
medically examined shall be notified in writing and he shall
forthwith cease to engage himself or to be employed in any dairy
until certified by medical certificate 10 be no longer likely to
cause spread of disease to man or animal.

(3) It shall be unlawful for the licensee of any dairy to
employ any person who, in accordance with paragraph (2), is
deemed to have caused, or is likely to cause, spread of disease to
man or animal.

103. No dairyman shall allow any person suffering from any
disease or having recently been in contact with a person so
suffering to reside or enter upon his premises

or to milk any animal or handle any vessel used for the reception
of milk or in any way to take part in the conduct of the
production, preparation, storage, distribution or sale of milk.





104. If, at arty time any disease dangerous to animals or
mankind or any disease of the udder exists among the cattle
belonging to or under the charge of a dairyman or amongst other
animals associated with the cattle of such dairyman, he shall
notify the same forthwith to a health officer.

105. The milk of a diseased animal or of animal which has
been in contact with or associated with a diseased animal and the
milk of which is in the opinion of a health officer likely to have
become or to become contaminated
(a) shall not be mixed with other milk;
(b) shall not be sold as human food; and
(c) shall not be sold or used as food for other animals save
with the permission of a health officer.

106. Whenever a health officer is of opinion or has reason to
suspect that any person in the Colony is suffering from disease
attributable to milk or other dairy produce supplied from any dairy
or milk shop situated within the New Territories or that the
consumption of milk from any dairy is likely to cause disease to
any person, lie shall have Power to inspect such dairy or milk
shop and medically to examine any person residing or employed
therein and may call upon a veterinary officer to inspect and
examine the animals therein, and the carcases of any animals that
may have died therein.

107. If a health officer is of opinion that disease is caused or
likely to be caused by the consumption of milk supplied from any
dairy or milk shop, or that the public health is or is likely to be
endangered by any act or default of any dairyman, such health
officer may make an order in writing with a view to stopping the
supply, distribution or sale of such milk, absolutely or under
conditions laid down in such order.

108. Every dairyman shall take all reasonable and proper
precautions in and in connexion with the storage and distribution
of milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to any
infection or contamination.





109. If an order prohibiting the supply, distribution or sale of
milk is made against a dairyman under the provisions of the
preceding rule, he shall not be entitled to claim compensation for
any damage or loss which he may sustain thereby.

110. No water closet, dry closet, earth closet-or urinal shall be
within, or be in direct communication with, any dairy or milk shop
and no person shall use any dairy or milk shop as a sleeping room
or for domestic purposes.

111. Every dairy and milk shop shall be adequately lighted and
ventilated to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

112. The ground surfaces of every dairy and milk shop shall
be laid with not less than four inches of cement concrete and the
surfaces shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of
asphalt or cement rendering of not less than half an inch in
thickness, or with such other material of such nature and
thickness as the District Cornrnissioner may approve. In the case
of any premises where cattle or goats are kept, the ground
surface shall be raised at least eight inches above the ground level
and shall have a slope of not less than one in sixty towards, and
shall directly communicate with an independent drain. The drain
shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner and shall be provided with a covered cement catch-
pit, the contents of which shall be removed daily.

113. Every place used by a dairyman in connexion with his
trade shall be specified in the licence and any place not so
specified therein shall not be used.

114. Where the process of the trade necessitates the use of
open spaces, such open space shall be surfaced and drained to
the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

115. The drainage provided shall be to the approval of the
District Commissioner. No drain inlet shall exist or remain in any
part of the premises.

116. Every internal wall in a dairy or milk shop shall be
rendered to the underside of any ceiling or roof with





cement mortar, or other suitable non-absorbent material to the
satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

117. The whole of the interior walls and the ceilings of the rooms in
every dairy and milk shop shall be properly limewashed At least twice a
year in June and December to the satisfaction of a health officer.

118. Without the prior written consent of the District Commissioner
no licensee shall permit any structural alterations of his premises.

119. The licensee or such person as the District Commissioner shall
approve shall normally be in attendance at his place of business and
shall not absent himself for more than one calendar month without
previous notification. to the District Commissioner.

120. Every licensee shall display in a conspicuous part of his
premises approved by the District Commissioner, in English together
with a translation in the Chinese language of such of these rules as the
District Commissioner considers appropriate to the licensee's trade.

121. Every valid licence shall be framed and displayed in a
conspicuous part of the licensee's premises, to the satisfaction of the
District Commissioner.

122. No animals other thari cattle and goats shall be allowed on the
premises of a dairy. Cats may be allowed thereon provided milking or
processing of butter, cheeseY and other dairy produce is not in
progress.

123. No animals except cats shall be kept on the premises of a milk
shop.

GENERAL RULES FOR ALL MARKETS.
124. All markets shall be used solely for the sale of fresh meat, fresh
fish, poultry and fresh vegetables or such other commodities as may
from time to time be prescribed.

125. No buildings shall be erected or maintained in any market
except stalls.





126. All markets shall be open to the public between the hours of 6
a.m. and 6 p.m.

127. No person shall make use of any avenue or thoroughfare of any
market for the conveyance of merchandise not intended for sale or
exposure for sale in the market.

128. No person shall hawk or cry any article whatever for sale in
any market.

129. No stallholder shall keep any dog in a market nor shall any
person knowingly permit any to follow him into a market.

130. No person shall cleave any carcass or part of any carcass
elsewhere than upon a cleaving block or chopping board or hooks
provided for the purpose.

131. Every stallholder shall cause his stall, including cleaving
blocks, chopping boards, and other implements and utensils used in
connexion with the business to be thoroughly cleansed at least once
daily and in the case of fishmongers at least twice daily, or as often as
shall be necessary to maintain them in a cleanly condition at all times.
He shall be responsible for maintaining the avenue or passage-way in
front of his stall in a cleanly condition at all times.

132. No stallholder shall suffer any garbage or refuse to remain on
or be under or about his stall.

132. Every stallholder shall, if required to do so, provide a sanitary
dust-bin of approved pattern.

134. No person shall throw any garbage or refuse on to any market
avenue or thoroughfare.

135. No person shall sleep in any market.

136. No stallholder or agent for a stallholder shall act in any way
prejudicial to the good order and cleanliness of any market.





137. Except with the written permission of the District Commissioner
no unsalted flesh meat shall be brought into a market, other than that
which has been slaughtered in a Government slaughter-house, or an
approved private slaughter-house, or which has been imported from
Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, or other approved places.

SPECIAL RULES FOR GOVERNMENT MARKETS.

138. All stalls in a Government market shall be let by the District
Commissioner for the sale of specified commodities without fine or
premium from month to month, for a rental to be ascertained by scaled
tenders. The District Commissioner shall not be bound to accept the
highest or any tender: Provided that if a lessee dies his stall may be let
to his son or sons or other near relative in his stead.

139. One month's notice of the discontinuance of any letting shall
be given by either the District Commissioner or the lessee as the case
may be. Any person remaining in possession of a stall after his tenancy
has been determined may be evicted from such stall.

140. All rents of stalls in a Government market shall be paid each
month in advance at a District Office where a receipt will be given.

141. In the event of any stallholder failing to pay his rent in advance
during the first seven days of any month, his tenancy shall be
determined and the District Commissioner shall be entitled to put up the
stall to tender at once and, if necessary, to evict the previous stallholder
therefrom.

142. If it appears to the District Commissioner that any game of
chance is played at any stall, whether for stakes or not, with or without
the consent of the stallholder, it shall be lawful for the District
Commissioner to terminate the stallholder's tenancy at once and take
possession of such stall and the balance of the rent already paid shall
be forfeited to the Government.

143. Every stallholder who absents himself from the Colony for a
period exceeding one month shall give previous





notice in writing of such fact to the District Commissioner and report to
him the name and address of the agent responsible for his stall during
his absence.

144. Every stallholder shall frame and display in a conspicuous part
of his stall approved by the District Commissioner the stallholder card
supplied to him by the District Commissioner.

SPECIAL RULES FOR PRIVATE MARKETS.

145. Every private market shall be managed by a committee and a
chairman appointed by the owners of such market. The District
Commissioner shall be furnished with the names of such committee and
chairman and any change therein as may be effected from time to time.

146. All stalls in a private market shall be constructed of materials
and according to designs approved by the District Commissioner.

147. The committee shall keep or cause to be kept all parts of the
market premises in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of
the District Commissioner.

148. The District Commissioner or any officer appointed by him for
the purpose or any, health officer or food officer shall have, at all times
during which a private market is open to the public, free access to all
parts thereof.

149. A health officer may upon three days' previous notice in
writing require any or all stallholders to remove all goods and articles
from their stalls in order that a private market may be thoroughly
cleansed.

150. Stalls in a private market shall be numbered consecutively and
classified according to the class of goods sold and the owners of such
market shall when called upon to do so by the District Commissioner
supply to him a list of all occupied stalls, the classification and the
names and addresses of all stallholders.





151. In the case of any breach of any of the foregoing rules relating
to private markets the District Commissioner may in lieu of or in addition
to any penalty which may be inflicted in respect thereof order the
payment out of the funds of a private market for the use of the Crown
any sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

SPECIAL RULE FOR CHEUNG CHA U AND
SAI KUNG MARKETS.

152. The monthly accounts of the Cheung Chau and Sai Kung
markets shall be submitted each month to the District Commissioner for
his approval, and a copy of the accounts for the last previous month
shall be posted by the chairman in a conspicuous position on the
premises for display to the public.

RULES FOR HA WKERS.
Cooked Food Stall Hawkers.

153. All water used by the licensee in connexion with his stall shall
be from a source approved by the District Commissioner.

154. All food, whether or not prepared for immediate consumption,
shall be adequately protected against contamination by dust, flies, and
vermin, to the satisfaction of the District Commissioner.

155. Every licensee shall provide and maintain to the satisfaction of
the District Commissioner a covered galvanized iron receptacle for
refuse.

156. Every licensee shall keep his stall clean and shall not allow
refuse to accumulate in, under, or upon any part of the stall.

157. Every licensee shall at all times provide a sufficient quantity of
boiling water and shall cause every chopstick and utensil to be washed
in boiling water after their use by one customer and before their use by
another.





158. No food in a state of complete or partial preparation for
human consumption shall be obtained from external sources
unless from a licensed food factory. The licensee, upon the
request of a health officer or food officer shall produce evidence
of origin of any partially or completely prepared food which may
have been obtained from external sources.

159. Except with the permission in writing of the District.
Commissioner no unsalted flesh meat shall be used by the
licensee other than that which has been slaughtered in a
Government slaughter-house, or an approved private slaughter-
house, or which has been imported from Canada, Australia or
New Zealand, or other approved places.

160. Intoxicating liquors shall not be sold or consumed at a
cooked food stall.

161. (1) Every licensee and every person employed by him for
the purposes of his business shall submit himself for medical
examination at such time and place as may. be designated when
required so to do by a health officer.

(2) If, after medical examination. it is the opinion of a health
officer that a licensee or any person employed by him has
caused, or is likely to cause, spread of disease, the person so
medically examined shall be notified in writing by the District
Commissioner and lie shall forthwith cease to be engaged in the
business of, or to be employed at, any cooked food stall until he
obtains a medical certificate that lie is no longer likely to cause
spread of such disease.

(3) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to employ any person
who, in accordance. with paragraph (2), is deemed to have caused,
or is likely to cause, spread of disease.

162. No new licence shall be issued to anyone who is
suspected to be suffering from any disease.

163. The licensee shall at all times be in attendance at his
stall.





164. Every, licensee shall display in a conspicuous part of his
premises approved by the District Commissioner a translation in the
Chinese language of such of these rules as the District Commissioner
considers appropriate to the licensee's stall.

165. Every valid licence shall be framed and displayed in a
conspicuous part of the licensee's stall, to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner.

166. No person shall sleep in any cooked food stall, and no bed,
bedding, or other domestic articles shall be brought into such stall.

167. Except with the prior consent of the District Commissioner no
stall shall exceed seven feet in length and four feet in width. The District
Commissioner may impose such conditions as to the nature and number
of cooking stoves to be used, as he may think fit.

168. No licensee shall place his stall or any part thereof or anything
used for his trade within ten feet of any storm water grating or in a
manner likely, to obstruct any side channel.

169. When requested so to do by a health officer or health inspector
for the purpose of scavenging the road surface and channels, a licensee
shall remove his stall and any impediment connected with his trade for
such period as may be necessary to complete such scavenging or
cleansing.

170. No licence shall confer upon any licensee a permanent right to
any site. Every licensee shall place and maintain his stall in such
position as the District Commissioner shall rule.

171. The District Commissioner may at any time order the removal of
any stall from any site to any other site, and the licensee shall
thereupon comply with the order of the District Commissioner.

172. Every licensee shall carry on his trade only between the hours
of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.





Fixed Pitch Hawkers.
173. Every licence issued by the District Commissioner to a
fixed pitch hawker shall clearly indicate on the licence the
commodities which may be sold by the licensee.
174. No licence shall confer upon any licensee a permanent
right to any pitch. A licensee shall trade only on the pitch allotted
to him by the District Commissioner.
175. No licensee shall occupy a pitch exceeding four feet in
length and three feet in width, nor shall his stock in trade on the
pitch exceed a height of three feet.
176. Every licensee upon being ordered so to do by the
District Commissioner shall forthwith remove his pitch to any
other pitch designated by the District Commissioner.
177. No licensee shall place his wares or any part thereof or
anything used or pertaining to his trade in a manner likely to
obstruct any side channel.
178. Every licensee shall keep his pitch clean and shall not
allow refuse to accumulate thereon.
179. Every licensee shall trade only between the hours of 6
a.m. and 11 p.m.
180. Every licensee shall at the close of trade each day
remove all his wares and utensils and leave his pitch in a clean
condition.
181. Every licensee shall at all times be in attendance at his
pitch.
182. Every licensee shall always carry, whilst hawking, his
licence for production.

Pedlar Hawkers.
183. Every licence issued by the District Commissioner to a
pedlar hawker shall clearly indicate on the licence the
commodities which may be sold by the licensee.
184. Every licence shall be clearly endorsed by the District
Commissioner to show the locality in which the licensee may
trade.





185. The District Commissioner shall issue to every licensee a lapel
card bearing his name, licence number, particulars of district, and class
of goods to be sold, and the licensee shall at all times while conducting
his trade wear the said lapel card on his clothes externally in a
conspicuous place so as to be clearly visible.

186. No tray, basket, or receptacle of any kind used by a licensee for
his trade shall exceed three feet in length and three feet in width. No
licensee shall trade with more than two such receptacles; and a licensee
may also carry one smaller receptacle of not more than two cubic feet
capacity to contain refuse.

187. Every licensee may trade only in those streets for which his
licence is endorsed, and no licensee shall set up his wares or offer them
for sale on any main thoroughfare or pavement. He may, with the written
permission of the District Commissioner, set up his wares in an
approved side-street.

188. Every licensee shall trade only between the hours of 6 i.m. and
11 p.m.

Ice Cream and Frozen Confection Hawkers.

189. Except with the written permission of the District Commissioner
licences shall only be issued to bona fide employees of a licensed
food factory.

190. Every licence shall be clearly endorsed by the District
Commissioner to show the locality where the licensee may trade.

191- Except with the approval and subject to such conditions as the
District Commissioner may impose, every licensee shall sell only such
ice cream and frozen confections as are manufactured by the licensed
food factory by which he is employed.

192. The District Commissioner shall issue to every licensee a lapel
card bearing his name, licence number and the types of confections to
be sold and the licensee shall





at all times when conducting his trade wear the said lapel card on his
clothing externally in a conspicuous place so as to be clearly visible.

193. No licensee shall trade in any manner likely to cause
obstruction in any road, street or foot-path, or congregate or sell outside
theatres, cinemas and restaurants.

194. No licensee shall hawk or sell on any bathing beach within the
New Territories except with the written permission of the District
Commissioner.

195. Every licensee shall wear a clean uniform of washable material
and, where applicable, bearing the name of the licensed food factory by
which he is employed.

196. Every licensee whilst trading shall carry his current inoculation
and vaccination certificates.

197. Ice boxes or containers used by a licensee in his trade shall be
of a design approved by the District Commissioner and shall be
thoroughly cleansed daily.

198. Ice cream and frozen confection shall only be sold in their
original containers.

199. Every licensee shall trade only between the hours of 8 a.m. and
8 p.m.

200. Ice cream and frozen confections remaining unsold at the close
of the day shall be stored to the satisfaction of the District
Commissioner at the depots of the licensee's food factory by which he is
employed, or by such other means as shall be approved by the District
Commissioner.

PENALTY.
201. Any person who acts in contravention of the rules mentioned
hereunder shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of one
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for six months-rules 3, 11 to 14, 22 to
5 1, 52 (2), 53 to 56, 58 to 78, 80 to 105, 108, 110 to 137, 143, 144, 145 to 150,
152, 153 to 16o, 161 (1) and (3), 162 to 166, 168, 169, 171, 172, 174 to 182,
185 to 188, 191 to 200.





APPENDIX 1.

LICENCE FORMS.

FORM 1.
HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .
Licence Fee Dated
NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).
FOOD SHOP LICENCE.
Name of Licensee of (address)
is hereby licensed to sell being articles of
food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a market,
at the following address-

Licence valid until

District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 2.
HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Accommodation Licence No . Audit No
*MORE THAN go persons Licence Fee Dated
*LESS THAN 90 persons

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).

RESTAURANT LICENCE.
Name of Licensee of (address)

is hereby licensed to conduct the trade of a restaurant known
as the (Sign of House)

Licence valid until

* Strike out where not applicable


District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 3.
HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Accommodation Licence No . Audit No .
Total Enclosed Licence Fee Dated
Floor Space:

*MORE THAN
1500 sq. ft.
*LESS THAN

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).

FOOD FACTORY LICENCE.
Name of Licensee of (address)
is hereby licensed to conduct the trade of a food factory for the
preparation of the following foods
at the following address-
Licence valid until .....................
* Strike out where not applicable.

..................
District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 4.
HONG KONG [rule 3]


G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .
Licence Fee Dated

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).
DAIRY/MILK SHOP LICENCE.

(Cross out the word not applicable)

Name of Licensee of (address)

is hereby licensed to conduct the trade of a .......................

at the following address-

(each building to be enumerated on the licence)

Licence valid until .....................

...............
District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 5.
HONG KONG [rule 3]


G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .
Licence Fee Dated
NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).
PRIVATE MARKET LICENCE.
Name of Licensee (Secretary or Chairman of the Market
Committee) ........................................................
of (address)

is hereby licensed on behalf of the ..................................
to conduct the trade of a Private Market at the following
address-

Licence valid until .....................

District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 6.
HONG KONG [rule 31

G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .
Licence Fee . Dated

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
( Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).
COOKED FOOD STALL HAWKER LICENCE.

Name of Licensee of (address)

is hereby licensed to hawk in

in the distract of .........................................................
Licence valid until

District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 7.
HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .

Licence Fee Dated

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).
FIXED PITCH HAWKER LICENCE.

Name of Licensee of (address)

is hereby licensed to hawk on the
following pitch-

Licence valid until

...............
District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 8.

HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Licence................No . Audit No .
Licence................Fee Dated

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).

PEDLAR HAWKER LICENCE.


Name of Licensee ... of (address)
is hereby licensed to hawk in

in the district of

Licence valid until

District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee





FORM 9.
HONG KONG [rule 3]

G. R.

Licence No . Audit No .
Licence Fee Dated

NEW TERRITORIES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 97 of the Revised Edition).

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN CONFECTION HAWKER LICENCE.
Name of Licensee of (address)
is hereby licensed to hawk ice cream and frozen confections

only in the District. Ice cream
and frozen confections are the products of a licensed food
factory of ....................................................................

Licence valid until .....................

. .
District Commissioner, New Territories.

Photograph
of
Licensee






APPENDIX II.

LICENCE FEES.

Type of Licence. Annual Fee. Licensing
Date.
Inside any Outside any
market area. market area.

FOOD SHOP
(i) Beef and mutton $240 $30
(ii) Pork 240 30
(iii) Fish 240 30 1st January.
(iv) Poultry 240 30
(v) Vegetables 50 20
not commonly sold in a
market.
(vi) Fruit 50 20

RESTAURANT
(i) With normal seating
accommodation for go 1st January.
or more $200
(ii) Less than go $120 $60

FOOD FACTORY
(i) Where the total
enclosed floor space
exceeds 1,500 sq. ft. $120
(ii) Where the total
enclosed floor space 1st October
does not exceed 1,500
sq. ft . $ 60
(Enclosed floor space
is any area covered
by a roof.)





APPENDIX II.-Continued.

LICENCE FEES.-Continued.

Type of Licence. Annual Fee. Licensing
Date.

DAIRY $120 1st July
MILK SHOP $120 1st July
PRIVATE MARKET $500 except for Cheung
Chau and Sai Kung
Markets, for which 1st July
a free licence shall
be issued to the
Committee.

Hawkers' Licences

COOKED FOOD STALLHOLDER $100 1st July

FIXED PITCH HAWKER 30 1st August

PEDLAR HAWKER 10 1st Sept.

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN
CONFECTION HAWKER 50 1st April
Duty of persons in charge of children. Penalty G.N.A. 75/51. G.N.A. 190/49. G.N.A.75/51.
Citation and effect. Interpretation.
[r. 2 cont.] (Cap. 97.) (Cap. 97.)
Trade or business to be licensed. Forms of licence. Appendix I.
Licence fees. Appendix II. Application for licence. Loss, etc. of licence or lapel card. Revocation or suspension of licence. Expiry date of licence. Appendix II. Restrictions as to trade and place of trade. Sub-letting, transferring, etc. of licence.
[r. 19 cont.] Arrest of offenders by health officer or food officer. Right oif appeal. Water supply. Goods to be in clean wrapper. Dust-bins.
Limewashing. Prohibiting of spitting. Display of anti-spitting notices. Cleanliness of premises. Drinking water for birds. Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in food shops. Licensee in normal attendance. Display of rules.
Display of licence. Sleeping quarters. Structural alterations, etc. Water supply. Food to be covered. Supply of dust-bins and removal of refuse. Requirements as to limewashing and cleaning.
Spitting prohibited. Display of anti-spitting notices. Cleanliness of premises. Cleansing and sterilization of utensils. Food from external sources Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in restaurant.
Kitchen accommoda-tion. Use of Lane, etc. prohibited. Finish to ground surfaces. Ceilings, undersides of floors. Drainage. Structural alterations, etc. Officers of Fire Brigade to have access to premises.
[r. 57 cont.] Compliance with requirements by licenses. Opening and closing time. Only cats allowed in a restaurant. Water. Food to be covered. Supply of dust-bins and removal of refuse. Spitting prohibited.
Use of licensed premises. Adequate lighting and ventilation. Rendering of internal wall. Limewashing. Kitchen accommo-dation. Ablution facilities etc. Finish of ground surfaces. Surfacing of open spaces. Drainage.
Structural alterations. Only cats allowed in a food factory. Only pasteurized milk to be sold, etc. Type of pasteurizing, etc. equipment. Recording temperature of pasteu-rization. Sale, etc. of milk in approved containers only.
Type of bottles to be used. Sterilization of container. Filling of containers. Only milk from licensee's premises permitted therein. Milk and dairy products to be covered. Spitting prohibited.
Cleansing of dairy, etc. Cleansing of floor. Supply of fresh water. Deposit of milk in kitchen, etc. forbidden. Type of utensil. Drinking out of vessel or measure forbidden. Cleanliness of animals, etc., at milking.
Notification of diseases. Milk from diseased animal. Power of inspection of dairy or milk shop and examination of persons and animals. Power to stop supply and sale of milk. Prevention of exposure of milk to infection.
Limewashing. Structural alterations. Licensee in normal attendance. Display of rules. Display of licence. Types of animals allowed in a daiiry. Only cats allowed in milk shop. Restrictions as to sale. Erection of stalls.
Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in markets. Letting of stalls in Government markets. Discontin-uance of any letting. Monthly rent to be paid in advance. Consequences of failure to pay rent. Gaming forbidden. Absence of stallholder.
[r. 143 cont.] Display of stallholder card. Market committee and chairman. Construction and design of stalls. Cleanliness of market. District Commissioner to have free access to private markets. Cleansing of market, etc. Classification of stalls.
Breach of rules. Monthly accounts of Cheung chau and Sai Kung markets. Water. Food to be covered. Supply of receptacle for refuse. Cleanliness of stall. Washing of chopsticks.
Display of rules. Display of licence. Sleeping in stall forbidden. Size of stall. Site of stalls. Removal of staff for cleansing, etc. Possession of site. Removal of stall to another site. Hours of trade.
Lapel card. Size of receptacles. Obstruction of street or pavement. Hours of trade. To whom granted. Registration to approved localities. Restriction as to sale. Lapel card.

Duty of persons in charge of children. Penalty G.N.A. 75/51. G.N.A. 190/49. G.N.A.75/51.
Citation and effect. Interpretation.
[r. 2 cont.] (Cap. 97.) (Cap. 97.)
Trade or business to be licensed. Forms of licence. Appendix I.
Licence fees. Appendix II. Application for licence. Loss, etc. of licence or lapel card. Revocation or suspension of licence. Expiry date of licence. Appendix II. Restrictions as to trade and place of trade. Sub-letting, transferring, etc. of licence.
[r. 19 cont.] Arrest of offenders by health officer or food officer. Right oif appeal. Water supply. Goods to be in clean wrapper. Dust-bins.
Limewashing. Prohibiting of spitting. Display of anti-spitting notices. Cleanliness of premises. Drinking water for birds. Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in food shops. Licensee in normal attendance. Display of rules.
Display of licence. Sleeping quarters. Structural alterations, etc. Water supply. Food to be covered. Supply of dust-bins and removal of refuse. Requirements as to limewashing and cleaning.
Spitting prohibited. Display of anti-spitting notices. Cleanliness of premises. Cleansing and sterilization of utensils. Food from external sources Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in restaurant.
Kitchen accommoda-tion. Use of Lane, etc. prohibited. Finish to ground surfaces. Ceilings, undersides of floors. Drainage. Structural alterations, etc. Officers of Fire Brigade to have access to premises.
[r. 57 cont.] Compliance with requirements by licenses. Opening and closing time. Only cats allowed in a restaurant. Water. Food to be covered. Supply of dust-bins and removal of refuse. Spitting prohibited.
Use of licensed premises. Adequate lighting and ventilation. Rendering of internal wall. Limewashing. Kitchen accommo-dation. Ablution facilities etc. Finish of ground surfaces. Surfacing of open spaces. Drainage.
Structural alterations. Only cats allowed in a food factory. Only pasteurized milk to be sold, etc. Type of pasteurizing, etc. equipment. Recording temperature of pasteu-rization. Sale, etc. of milk in approved containers only.
Type of bottles to be used. Sterilization of container. Filling of containers. Only milk from licensee's premises permitted therein. Milk and dairy products to be covered. Spitting prohibited.
Cleansing of dairy, etc. Cleansing of floor. Supply of fresh water. Deposit of milk in kitchen, etc. forbidden. Type of utensil. Drinking out of vessel or measure forbidden. Cleanliness of animals, etc., at milking.
Notification of diseases. Milk from diseased animal. Power of inspection of dairy or milk shop and examination of persons and animals. Power to stop supply and sale of milk. Prevention of exposure of milk to infection.
Limewashing. Structural alterations. Licensee in normal attendance. Display of rules. Display of licence. Types of animals allowed in a daiiry. Only cats allowed in milk shop. Restrictions as to sale. Erection of stalls.
Unsalted flesh meat forbidden in markets. Letting of stalls in Government markets. Discontin-uance of any letting. Monthly rent to be paid in advance. Consequences of failure to pay rent. Gaming forbidden. Absence of stallholder.
[r. 143 cont.] Display of stallholder card. Market committee and chairman. Construction and design of stalls. Cleanliness of market. District Commissioner to have free access to private markets. Cleansing of market, etc. Classification of stalls.
Breach of rules. Monthly accounts of Cheung chau and Sai Kung markets. Water. Food to be covered. Supply of receptacle for refuse. Cleanliness of stall. Washing of chopsticks.
Display of rules. Display of licence. Sleeping in stall forbidden. Size of stall. Site of stalls. Removal of staff for cleansing, etc. Possession of site. Removal of stall to another site. Hours of trade.
Lapel card. Size of receptacles. Obstruction of street or pavement. Hours of trade. To whom granted. Registration to approved localities. Restriction as to sale. Lapel card.

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