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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1978
MEETING OF LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD FOR NEW TERRITORIES
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THE FIRST OPEN SESSION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 14) TO DEAL WITH FOUR APPLICATIONS FROM YUEN LONG,
THE BOARD SECRETARY, MR. WILLIAM WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THREE APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF LICENCES AND THE OTHER FOR A NEW LICENCE.
THE BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR, HOUS I NG AUTHORITY BUILDING, 101 PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, KOWLOON, AT 12 NOON.
INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
QUARTERLY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SURVEY *****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) APPEALED TO CONTRACTORS OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR CO-OPERATION IN A QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
LETTERS AND SURVEY FORMS HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONTRACTORS SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS AND STAFF EMPLOYED AS ON DECEMBER 14 THIS YEAR.
THE PREVIOUS SURVEY SHOWED 67,971 MANUAL WORKERS EMPLOYED AT VARIOUS WORK SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SEPTEMBER, WITH 33,163 INVOLVED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID SURVEY OFFICERS, EACH BEARING A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD, WOULD VISIT THE SITES FROM DECEMBER 14-16 TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED SURVEY FORMS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS OR SITES WOULD BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE USED SOLELY FOR COMPILING STATISTICAL TABLES.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO MR. CHAN TUNG-WAH, STATISTICIAN (INDUSTRY) AT 5-444674.
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