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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1994
MAHJONG/TIN KAU LICENCE FEES TO BE REVISED
LICENCE FEES FOR MAHJONG/TIN KAU WILL BE ADJUSTED FROM NOVEMBER 10 THIS YEAR.
BY
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), A HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID BASED ON A COSTING EXERCISE CONDUCTED
THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING, IT WAS PROPOSED TO SET THE LICENCE FEES ON A PER TABLE BASIS
PER
TABLE PER YEAR.
AT $900
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TRADE ASSOCIATION HAD BEEN CONSULTED ON THE PROPOSED REVISION AND THAT THE INCREASE WAS UNLIKELY TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR OPERATING PROFITS.
"IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT FEES SHOULD IN GENERAL BE SET AT A LEVEL TO RECOVER THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THE GOODS OR SERVICES, HE ADDED.
THE
ADJUSTMENT, CONTAINED IN THE GAMBLING (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1994, WILL BE GAZETTED THIS FRIDAY (OCTOBER 7).
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ROYAL NAVY SAILOR ABDUCTED BY SMUGGLERS
A ROYAL NAVY SAILOR WAS ABDUCTED BY SMUGGLERS AFTER BOARDING THEIR SPEEDBOAT EARLY THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.
LEADING WEAPONS ENGINEER TONY MOORE, 23, WAS OPERATING IN A FAST PURSUIT CRAFT FROM HMS PLOVER DURING AN ANTI-SMUGGLING TASK FORCE OPERATION WHEN HIS CRAFT CAUGHT UP WITH A SUSPECTED SMUGGLER'S DAI FEI.
AS SOON AS HE BOARDED THE DAI FEI, IT TOOK OFF AT SPEED.
AFTER A SHORT STRUGGLE, LWE MOORE MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM THE SMUGGLERS AND SWAM TO SHA CHAU ISLAND, SIX MILES MORTH OF LANTAU.
HE SUFFERED NO SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS RECOVERED BY A MARINE POLICE LAUNCH.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THERE WILL BE A PRESS
WALES AVAILABLE
CONFERENCE AT THE PRINCE OF BARRACKS AT 2 PM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN LWE MOORE WILL BE FOR INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO ATTEND SHOULD ARRIVE ᎪᎢ THE GUARDROOM NO LATER THAN 1.45 PM.
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