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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979
LICENSED PREMISES IN THE NT
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THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 1 821 LICENSED PREMISES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AS AT THE END OF AUGUST 1979 MOST OF THEM DEALING WITH FOOD.
A NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THESE INCLUDED 633 GENERAL RESTAURANTS, 303 FRESH PROVISION SHOPS, 294 LIGHT REFRESHMENT RESTAURANTS, 247 FOOD FACTORIES AND 177 BAKERIES.
+THE OTHERS ARE SIU MEI AND LO MEI SHOPS, FROZEN CONFECTIONERY FACTORIES, COLD STORES, MILK FACTORIES, MARINE RESTAURANTS, SWIMMING POOLS, PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, PUBLIC BILLIARD TABLES SALOONS, PUBLIC BOWLING ALLEYS, PUBLIC SKATING RINKS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES, HE SAID.
THERE ARE ALSO 892 PREMISES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES PERMITTED TO SELL RESTRICTED FOOD ITEMS SUCH AS MILK, FROZEN CONFECTIONERY, NON-BOTTLED DRINKS, CHINESE HERB TEA OR TO INSTALL COIN-OPERATED AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ANYONE INTENDING TO RUN SUCH BUSINESSES OR TO SELL THE ABOVE FOOD STUFF IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MUST APPLY FOR A LICENCE OR PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND OPERATION CAN ONLY BE STARTED AFTER A LICENCE OR A PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED.
+OPERATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED IF THEY ARE FOUND TO HAVE STARTED A BUSINESS BEFORE THEIR APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE OR PERMIT IS APPROVED BY THIS DEPARTMENT, HE EMPHASISED.
TO ASSIST APPLICANTS, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE PREPARED LEAFLETS DETAILING THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR FOOD LICENCES AND PERMITS.
THESE INFORMATION LEAFLETS CAN BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE FROM CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES OR THE LICENSING DIVISION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FOURTH FLOOR, AUSTIN CENTRE, 19-23 AUSTIN AVENUE, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON.
ENQUIRIES CAN ALSO BE MADE BY CALLING THE LICENSING DIVISION ON 3-677989 DURING OFFICE HOURS.
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