THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1934.

(2) Any person who desires to keep or use any pre- mises for a public entertainment shall, if not Chinese, send in an application in writing to the Inspector General of Police, and if Chinese send in an application in writing to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, which shall contain the following information:

(a) The names, descriptions and addresses of the person or persons making the application.

(b) The character of the entertainment for which the premises are proposed to be used and the locality and general nature of the premises.

(3) The application shall contain a statement as to the nature and extent of the interest of such person or persons in the premises and such other particulars as the Inspector General of Police or the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may require in considering the application.

Notice of

entertain-

2. Every person who shall be desirous of obtaining au- intention to thority to open any premises within the Colony for a public open place entertainment shall first make public his intention so to de of public and the purpose for which the premises will be used. by ment. exhibiting a notice on the proposed site, or if it is proposed to adapt an existing building, upon such building, in such a position that it can be plainly seen and read from the principal public thoroughfare upon which the site or building fronts, or by advertisement in four newspapers (two English and two Chinese) circulating in the Colony. A copy of the notice or of each of the four newspapers, as the case may be, shall be forwarded to the Inspector General of Police and to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

Submission of Plans.

3.-(1) If so required by the Inspector General of Police Plans, etc. or Secretary for Chinese Affairs, as the case may be, the applicant shall submit to the Building Authority

(a) complete plans, elevations and sections to a scale of 1/8 of an inch to a foot, and

(b) a block plan on a separate sheet showing the position. of the permises in relation to any adjacent Lots and buildings and to the public thoroughfares upon which the site of the premises abuts, drawn to a scale of not less than 1/20 of an inch to a foot.

(2) In connection with the installation of any electrical, lighting, cooling, ventilating or mechanical apparatus, every applicant and every licensee shall submit to the Building Authority detailed specifications, accompanied by such draw- ings and diagrams as the Building Authority and the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade may consider necessary to enable the proposal to be fully considered and to form an adequate record of the work when completed. The specifications and drawings shall be furnished before the work in connection with the erection or adaptation of the premises is commenced. The specifications as far as they relate to mechanical ventilation or cooling shall show the size and area of inlet and outlet openings, ducts and shafts for the conveyance of air, the construction of and the means of access to ducts and shafts, and details of the apparatus proposed for cleansing, or cooling the air. The proposed sizes and routes of pipes for fire hydrants, drenchers and sprinklers and the position of the fire appliances and control valves shall be clearly indicated.

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