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Estate agent 'pests' are going too far

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The pavement between the Football Club and the entrance to Happy Valley Sports Ground has become overrun with estate agents trying to sell flats in the Leighton Hill development.

They have swamped the area and are accosting pedestrians.

By the time you have walked the length of the pavement, you will have been approached by at least a dozen agents who shove brochures and leaflets in front of you, grab your arm and ask if you want to have a look at the show flat. On the other side of the road, it is even worse. Hundreds of these 'pests' congregate, and they are spreading out to Sports Road and Broadwood and Ventris roads.

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They even try to shove leaflets through the windows of cars waiting at traffic lights. And they chase after those taxis with passengers which pull up anywhere along Wong Nai Chung Road or drive into the car park at the entrance to Happy Valley Sports Ground.

Worst of all, these estate agents have taken to hanging around the entrance of St Margaret's Church on Broadwood Road, waiting to pounce on churchgoers.

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Churches are supposed to be places for peaceful worship.

Surely, what these estate agents are doing is illegal? In effect, they are involved in hawking, harassment and invasion of privacy, and they are causing an obstruction.

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