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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988
DISTRICT BOARDS
AND THE TRADE
"THIS VIEW WAS SHARED BY THE WHEN THEY WERE CONSULTED ON THIS ISSUE,
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HE SAID.
FROM THE LAW AND ORDER, "FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC,
SAFETY POINTS OF VIEW, IT IS PUBLIC HEALTH, FIRE AND STRUCTURAL
THE PRIVATE BILLIARD NECESSARY TO EXTEND CONTROL TO THE MAJORITY OF CLUBS.
PRIVATE CLUBS WITH REGIONAL
"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 191 BILLIARD FACILITIES IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AREA, AND 75 IN THE COUNCIL AREA, HE ADDED.
"
WAS ENACTED
THE PRIVATE BILLIARD
"IN THIS CONNECTION, THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 1988 BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JUNE 29 TO BRING CLUBS INTO THE LICENSING NET.
THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, THE URBAN EMPOWERED TO
"AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHICH ARE THE AUTHORITIES EXEMPT ANY BILLIARD ESTABLISHMENT FROM THE A LICENCE, HAVE EXAMINED THE EXEMPTION CRITERIA.
REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING
"THEY CONSIDER THAT BILLIARD ESTABLISHMENTS WITH LESS THAN FOUR THE RELEVANT BY-LAWS TABLES SHOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM LICENSING UNDER
CLUBS
INCIDENTAL WITH BECAUSE THIS WOULD CATER FOR MOST BILLIARD FACILITIES, HE SAID.
"
FIDE BONA
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT IN ANY EVENT, ESTABLISHMENTS SIZE WOULD NORMALLY NOT BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.
OF THIS
"THE RESULTANT AMENDMENT COUNCILS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER,
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HAVE BY-LAWS
HE SAID.
BEEN
BY ENACTED
THE
"IT HAS THEREFORE BECOME NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO
IN
THE COMMENCEMENT AS GAZETTE
A
DATE LEGISLATION,"
THE
DATE
APPOINT
POR THE NEW
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR KOWLOON BAY REFUSE TRANSFER STATION
(FRIDAY)
FOR
(EPD) TODAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AWARDED A CONTRACT TO A COMPANY TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE, 15 YEARS, A REFUSE TRANSFER STATION (RTS) AT KOWLOON BAY.
SPEAKING AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE
TO
INTRODUCE
THE
PROJECT,
REED, SAID THE RTS WOULD BE REQUIRED то AND WOULD COST $130
DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART FACILITY, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, MEET VERY EXACTING ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, MILLION TO BUILD AND SOME $30 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN.
/"THE KOWLOON