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The Ap Lei Chau Bridge has already been widened from a two-lane single carriageway to a two-lane dual carriageway. This was completed only 2 years ago in 1994. There are no plans for the construction of another bridge to Ap Lei Chau as we believe the capacity of the existing bridge can adequately cope with the traffic arising from both existing and planned developments.
Cinemas operating without licence
Following is a question by the Hon Mok Ying-fan and a reply by the Secretary for Recreation and Culture, Mr T H Chau, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is learnt that six cinemas in the territory are operating without a licence at the moment. In view of this, will the Government inform this Council of:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
the number of cinemas which had started business before obtaining a licence in each of the past five years and, of these, how many have still not obtained a licence and the reasons for it;
the time and manpower required by the Buildings Department and the Fire Services Department respectively for processing an application for cinemas licence;
the reasons why some cinemas have not yet been granted a licence despite these applications having been submitted for more than a year and meeting the structural requirements set by the Buildings Department; and
the number of applications for the cinemas licence processed by the Buildings Department and the Fire Services Department, and the manpower deployed to process these applications in the two departments, in each of the past five years?
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