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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1985
SCHOOLS ARE ALSO REMINDED OF THE STANDING REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS 1971 WHICH PROHIBIT COLLECTIONS OR APPEALS FOR SUBSCRIPTION AMONG PUPILS WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER CONCERNED FOR EXAMINATION WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF EACH ACTIVITY.
ALL FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES MUST BE ON AN ENTIRELY FREE AND VOLUNTARY BASIS, AND IN COMMUNICATIONS TO PARENTS THERE MUST BE NO SUGGESTION THAT A STUDENT'S OR AN APPLICANT'S STANDING IS IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE PARENTS MIGHT MAKE, NOR SHOULD ANY PARTICULAR AMOUNT BE SUGGESTED.
BILLIARD SALOON GETS LICENCE - WITH SPECIAL RIDER *****
A BILLIARD SALOON ON TSING YI ISLAND WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY SPECIAL OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS AS A PROVISO FOR THE GRANTING OF A LICENCE TO MINIMISE ANY LIKELY NUISANCE IT MIGHT CREATE TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROVISO WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A SPECIAL RIDER ADDED TO THE LICENCE STIPULATING THAT THE BILLIARD SALOON IN MAYFAIR GARDENS MUST NOT OPERATE BEYOND MIDNIGHT.
+BECAUSE OF THE OBJECTIONS RAISED BY SOME RESIDENTS AGAINST THE PRESENCE OF A BILLIARD SALOON IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE LICENSING AUTHORITY HAD UNDERTAKEN A MOST SCRUPULOUS AND FAIR EXAMINATION OF ALL THE ISSUES INVOLVED BEFORE THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO GRANT THE LICENCE.
+THIS PAINSTAKING EXERCISE INCLUDED A METICULOUS SURVEY ON THE GENERAL ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES AT ITS VICINITY AT NIGHT TIME, WHICH SHOWED A DIMINUTION OF ACTIVITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCORDINGLY, THE AUTHORITY HAD STIPULATED THAT THE SALOON MUST CLOSE ITS DOORS BY MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST,+ THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
IN RESPONSE TO THE OBJECTIONS RAISED BY RESIDENTS OVER THIS ISSUE THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AS THE LICENSING AUTHORITY, HAD PERSONALLY EXAMINED THE VARIOUS FACTORS CONCERNED.
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