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WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1985
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR JUNE 1985, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, 19TH FLOOR, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG- OR FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, DUDDELL STREET, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NO. 3-7216512.
ALL BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND OPEN
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TURTLE COVE BEACH WAS RE-OPENED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 2 P.M. TODAY AFTER ALMOST FIVE DAYS OF CLEANING-UP AND MOPPING-UP WORK BY BEACH STAFF FOLLOWING SATURDAY'S OIL-POLLUTION INCIDENT.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE OIL POLLUTION SITUATION, 11 OF THE 12 BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND HAD TO BE CLOSED.
WITH THIS AFTERNOON'S RE-OPENING OF TURTLE COVE, ALL 12 BEACHES ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE.
LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD REFUSES TWO APPLICATIONS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD TODAY REFUSED TWO APPLICATIONS FOR CLUB LIQUOR LICENCES.
THE POLICE HAD STRONGLY OBJECTED TO THE APPLICATION FOR A CLUB LIQUOR LICENCE FROM THE KA WO RECREATIONAL GENERAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED IN JAFFE ROAD, WAN CHAI, ON THE GROUND THAT IT WAS SUSPECTED OF OPERATING IN AN UNDESIRABLE MANNER WITH KNOWN TREAD INFLUENCE.
THE POLICE HAD ALSO OBJECTED TO THE OTHER APPLICATION, FOR A CLUB LIQUOR LICENCE FROM THE WOOD AND LAKE CLUB LTD AT QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL. THE POLICE SUBMITTED THAT KNOWN AND CONVICTED TRIAD OR CRIMINAL ELEMENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF THE CLUB, ADDITIONALLY, THEY SAID, THERE HAD BEEN COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TENANTS OF THE BUILDING ABOUT THE NUISANCE CAUSED BY MEMBERS OF THE CLUB.
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