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MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1978
UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES ARE NOT PERMITTED AS THE PRACTICE IS CONTRARY TO THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND COULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTH HAZARD.
ILLEGAL GRAVES IN THE KWONG SHAN AREA ALSO CAUSE DANGER TO LIFE BECAUSE RELATIVES AND VISITORS PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK BY ENTERING THE DANGER AREA OF THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE.
EXHUMED REMAINS OF THESE BURIALS WILL BE RE-INTERRED IN SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY.
EXTENSION OF DOG LICENCE
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AMENDMENTS TO THE DOGS AND CATS REGULATIONS EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF A DOG LICENCE FROM ONE TO THREE YEARS HAVE COME INTO EFFECT FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 1).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT DOGS WHICH HAVE BEEN INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES DO NOT HAVE TO BE RELICENCED FOR THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF INOCULATION.
HE SAID THAT THE AMENDED REGULATIONS STIPULATE THAT NO PERSON SHALL KEEP A DOG OVER THE AGE OF FIVE MONTHS EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LICENCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT. ANY PERSON IN CONTROL OF A DOG IS REQUIRED TO HAVE IT INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AT THE AGE OF FIVE MONTHS AND THEREAFTER AT INTERVALS NOT EXCEEDING THREE YEARS.
THE LICENCE FEE FOR EACH DOG HAS BEEN STANDARDISED AT $15 FOR THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
HE ADDED THAT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT SEVEN CENTRES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, SIX IN KOWLOON AND SEVEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE MAIN CENTRES AT VICTORIA ROAD GOVERNMENT KENNELS AT POKFULAM, THE SUNG WONG TO! GOVERNMENT KENNELS IN KOWLOON AND THE SHATIN AND SHEK WỤ HUI GOVERNMENT KENNELS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. FROM MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS AND FROM 9 A.M. TO 12.30 P.M. ON SATURDAYS.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES COULD BE MADE BY CALLING THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, TELEPHONE: 3-688111.
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