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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1993
PERMITS TO DISCHARGE FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN GRANTED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
IT APPEARS THAT PYROTECHNICS HAS ONLY BEEN USED IN FILM AND TV PRODUCTIONS IN RECENT YEARS.
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BUT NO APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS FOR THE USE OF PYROTECHNICS AND TV PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY ANY OF THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES SINCE 1967.
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"WE DO NOT KNOW WHY THE FILM AND TV INDUSTRIES HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR PERMITS," HE SAID.
NOT
"THIS COULD BE DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS INCLUDING IGNORANCE, OR FEAR OF NOT OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PERMIT IN TIME, OR FEAR OF BEING GRANTED A PERMIT AT ALL," MR SO ADDED.
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REDEVELOPMENTS OF CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SCHEME
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REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SCHEMES ARE PROCESSED IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON JIMMY MCGREGOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID THE GOVERNMENT PROCEDURES AIMED DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS AS SPEEDILY AS POSSIBLE WHILE ENSURING THAT PLANNING, LEASING AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS WERE MET.
HE SAID THREE APPLICATIONS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS' CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SCHEMES, INVOLVING 41 FLATS, HAD BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR.
"ONE APPLICATION INVOLVING 19 FLATS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND PREMIUM IS BEING NEGOTIATED.
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"THIS CASE TOOK APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS то PROCESS RECEIPT OF APPLICATION TO OFFER OF BASIC TERMS, HE SAID.
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