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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
WITH
THE LOTTERY WOULD BE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CASH PRIZES
BUT IN BROAD TERMS, MR SUEN EXPLAINED, ORGANISED OVER A FIXED PERIOD BEING AVAILABLE.
TICKETS WOULD COST ABOUT $10, HE ADDED.
PROCEEDS WOULD
BE SPLIT
BETWEEN
PRIZE
MONEY,
WELFARE AND
COMMUNITY AGENCIES, BETTING DUTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
"EXACTLY HOW THE FUNDS RAISED COULD WORKED OUT IN DETAIL, MR SUEN SAID.
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BE USED HAS
YET TO BE
INTO ACCOUNT ON AS TO WHAT FACTORS THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE
MR BOARD'S APPLICATION,
SURN THE WHETHER TO ENDORSE DECIDING
ADMINISTRATION WAS CONCENTRATING EMPHASISED THAT AT THIS STAGE, THE ON THE BROAD "PRINCIPLES OF THE PROPOSAL.
"FACTORS WHICH ARE
LIKELY TO AFFECT GOVERNMENT'S ESTABLISHED POLICY ON GAMBLING.
OUR
INCLUDE VIEW
THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAMBLING EXIST
"THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO RESTRICT BUT TO ALLOW CONTROLLED OUTLETS FOR SUCH GAMBLING ACTIVITIES AS WHERE A COGENT NEED IS ESTABLISHED.
"THE INSTANT LOTTERY
PROPOSAL
IS BEING
CONSIDERED
IN
THIS
"I
CONTEXT, MR SUEN SAID.
OF AN OTHER FACTORS, HE SAID, WOULD INCLUDE THE LIKELY EFFECT
BOARD ON THE MARK SIX INSTANT LOTTERY ORGANISED BY THE LOTTERIES
WHICH MIGHT BE DERIVED LOTTERY AND THE ANTICIPATED LEVEL OF INCOME FROM THIS SOURCE.
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AS TO WHETHER THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE BEFORE A DECISION ON THE PLAN IS TAKEN, MR SUEN SAID: "IF, AT THE END
OF
ALLOWS THE THE
GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL, OF OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT
I WOULD EXPECT THE LOTTERIES BOARD TO DEVELOP THEIR PLANS FURTHER, BOARD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC OPINION ON THIS MATTER.
HE
LEGISLATIVE
ון
COUNCIL
THAT THE
BEFORE
ASSURED MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CARRY OUT A FULL ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC OPINION A FINAL DECISION WAS TAKEN ON THIS OR ANY SIMILAR PROPOSAL.
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AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AT NEW AIRPORT DESIGNED TO LIMIT
THE NEED FOR TERRAIN CUTS
* * *
AIRPORT AT IN THE INITIAL YEARS OF THE OPERATION OF THE NEW
HANDLING THE MOVEMENT OF CHEK LAP кок, SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR
FOR AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO LIMIT THE NEED TERRAIN CUTS TO THE BROTHERS ISLANDS, WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC DR THE SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY HON SAMUEL WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
/MRS CHAN
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