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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
MR YOUNG SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR LATE 1984, WAS NOW EXPECTED TO START IN JULY NEXT YEAR.
+ THE NEW SCHEDULE IS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHOP SITES THERE WILL BE COMPLETED SOME TIME TOWARDS EARLY NEXT YEAR.
+ADVANTAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THIS EXTRA TIME BY THE PROJECT ARCHITECT TO REVISE THE LAYOUT PLAN OF THE WHOLE OF THE PARK TO ACHIEVE A MORE RATIONAL SPREAD OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
+ THE REVISED LAYOUT PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL LAST JUNE AND WAS ACCEPTED BY THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE AND CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE, HE SAID.
LICENSING BOARD HAS POWER TO IMPOSE SPECIAL CONDITIONS
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THERE IS NO TIME RESTRICTION PRESCRIBED IN GENERAL GOVERNING THE SALE OF LIQUOR IN LIQUOR LICENSED PREMISES UNDER THE CURRENT URBAN COUNCIL POLICY AND THE PROVISION OF THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (LIQUOR) REGULATIONS.
MR PETER C.K. CHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR KWAN LIM-HO AT THE COUNCIL'S MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETING.
HOWEVER, MR CHAN SAID THAT UNDER THE SAME REGULATION THE BOARD WAS EMPOWERED, WHEN GRANTING OR RENEWING A LICENCE, TO IMPOSE SPECIAL CONDITIONS IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE REGULATIONS.
+ THE BOARD HAS IN THE PAST IMPOSED A SPECIAL CONDITION ON CERTAIN LIQUOR LICENSED PREMISES RESTRICTING THE SALE OF LIQUOR IN SUCH PREMISES TO CERTAIN HOURS OF THE DAY,+ HE SAID.
+SUCH INSTANCES ARE FEW AND ARE IN VARIABLY THE RESULT OF THE PREMISES CONCERNED HAVING CAUSED SERIOUS NOISE NUISANCES AND/OR DISTURBANCE TO THE ANNOYANCE OF THE NEARBY RESIDENTS,
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