WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994
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OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRES
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FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI-YIN AND WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL Suen, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
A
IN
QUESTION REGARDING BETTING CENTRES OPERATED BY THE ROYAL HONG
JOCKEY CLUB, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL :
(A)
(B)
OFF-COURSE
KONG
IS WHAT
THE EXISTING NUMBER OF
BETTING CENTRES IN THE TERRITORY; WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAID DOWN ANY LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH CENTRES, AND
THE GOVERNMENT
TO HAS ANY PLAN WHETHER LIMIT; AND
WHETHER
RELAX THE
PROPOSAL THE GOVERNMENT WILL SUPPORT THE THE JOCKEY CLUB TO SET UP MOBILE BETTING CENTRES?
OF
REPLY
MY REPLY IS AS FOLLOWS :
CENTRES IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTRES IS THE
(A) AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 124 OFF-COURSE BETTING
THE TOTAL LIMIT LAID DOWN BY HONG KONG, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OFF-COURSE BETTING 134. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY PLAN TO RELAX LIMIT.
(B)
THE
GOVERNMENT
HAS SO FAR NOT RECEIVED
ANY
APPLICATION
FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB TO SET UP MOBILE BETTING CENTRES.
BUS LANES
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION: REGARDING THE BUS LANES ISSUE, WILL THE GOVERNMENT
THIS COUNCIL :
INFORM
(A) OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUS LANES IN USE THROUGHOUT THE
TERRITORY;
(B)
WHETHER IT WILL CONSIDER CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING BUS LANES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS; AND
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