Needless congestion

The pedestrian crossing at the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay must be among the busiest in Hong Kong.

You are squashed by other pedestrians when trying to cross the road. So why is it that the authorities have seen fit to allow food vendors to operate at that junction?

These vendors do not provide space for customers.

They all face the street, complete with extensions.

Customers queue up to buy food and then eat it on the pavement, at the very point where there are hundreds of pedestrians trying to cross the road.

Can we have some explanation from the relevant government department?