FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1984
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FIRE SERVICES FEES INCREASED
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED AN INCREASE OF CHARGES FOR CERTIFICATES, REPORTS AND LICENCES ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THE INCREASES ARE FOR DOCUMENTS REQUESTED IN CONNECTION WITH INSURANCE CLAIMS, FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OR FOR PERMISSION TO OPERATE A TIMBER STORE.
THE NEW CHARGES ARE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S (FRIDAY) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
+THE LAST REVISION FOR SUCH DOCUMENTS WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES SAID.
INCLUDED AMONG THE INCREASES ARE FEES FOR FOUR TYPES OF REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES, FROM THE PRESENT $50 TO $120, AND THE FEE FOR THE TIMBER STORE LICENCE, FROM $300 TO $750,
CONTEST TO WOO VOTERS WITH SONG ****
THE FIRST EVENT OF THE 18-DISTRICT AMATEUR SINGING CONTEST WILL BEGIN IN SHA TIN ON SUNDAY (APRIL 1) EVENING.
TWELVE YOUNG AMATEURS CHOSEN FROM AMONG 255 CONTESTANTS THROUGH A SERIES OF AUDITIONS, WILL COMPETE IN THE DISTRICT'S CONTEST AT THE SHA TIN CARITAS CENTRE STARTING AT 8 PM.
THE CHAMPION OF THE NIGHT WILL REPRESENT SHA TIN IN A SEMI-FINAL TO BE HELD AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON AUGUST 11.
MORE THAN 5 000 PEOPLE HAVE ENTERED THE TERRITORY-WIDE SINGING CONTEST, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ORGANISATION AS PART OF A CAMPAIGN TO REGISTER MORE VOTERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
RESPONSE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD IN KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUT
PO AND TSUEN WAN, EACH HAVING MORE THAN 500 CONTESTANTS.
IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, SINGING COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD IN ALL 18 DISTRICTS AND THE WINNER OF EACH DISTRICT WILL TAKE PART IN THE SEMI-FINAL.
NINE FINALISTS WILL BE SELECTED IN THE SEMI-FINAL FOR A GRAND FINAL TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8 AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM.
/THE BEST