WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,
HOWEVER,
THERE WERE
9
FIGURES
FOR THE
NUMBER TOTAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, AND PERMITS ISSUED IN THE PAST TWO AND A
YEARS.
OF
HALF
PERMITS
FOR
IN 1988, THERE WERE 487 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND 481 ISSUED. LAST YEAR, THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES WERE 402 AND 391.
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1990, 285 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND PERMITS ISSUED. TWELVE APPLICATIONS WERE STILL BEING PROCESSED.
APPLICATIONS
272
FOR
PER CENT HAVE BEEN
"IN SUM, IN THE LAST 30 MONTHS, NEARLY 1,200 PERMITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, OF WHICH SOME 97 APPROVED, MR ASPREY SAID.
MANY HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE POLICE LICENSING OFFICE ISSUED
POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE LICENCES AND PERMITS, IT WAS NOT DIFFERENT SEPARATELY THE COST OF PROCESSING APPLICATIONS TO USE LOUDSPEAKERS.
"HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST IS SMALL,'
11 MR ASPREY
ADDED.
CRITERIA USED IN APPROVING FUND-RAISING APPLICATIONS
BEFORE APPROVING FUND-RAISING THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE,
ESTABLISH THAT THERE APPLICATIONS FROM ORGANISATIONS, FIRST NEEDS TO
AND THAT THE FUNDS,
COLLECTION WILL BE AN ACTIVE
FOR HEALTH AND SECRETARY THE WILL TAKE PLACE IN WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF SOLICITATION
A PUBLIC PLACE,
MRS WONG WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SHE SAID: "WHEN THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED EACH
CHOW
APPLICATION WILL
BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS, HAVING REGARD TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:
*
THE STATUS OF THE ORGANISATION
THE WHETHER
A BONA-FIDE
NON-PROFIT-MAKING
APPLICANT
OR CHARITABLE
IS
WELFARE
ORGANISATION;
THE NATURE OF THE
ACTIVITY
WHETHER THE
ORGANISATION'S
ACTIVITIES ARE CHARITABLE OR WELFARE RELATED; AND
*
THE FUND-RAISING OBJECTIVE SUPPORT CHARITABLE OR WELFARE WORK.
WHETHER THE MONEY RAISED
WOULD
++
THE STATUTORY POWER FOR
GRANT PERMITS FOR
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL IN PUBLIC ACTIVITIES FUND-RAISING PROVIDED IN SECTION 4(17) OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE, CAP, 228, MRS WONG ADDED.
WELFARE TO PLACES WAS
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