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SATURDAY, JULT 12, 1915.

PERMITS REQUIRED FOR IMPORTING CATS AND DOGS

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PEOPLE INTENDING TO BRING DOGS OR CATS INTO HONG KONG SHOULD APPLY TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FOR PERMITS WELL IN ADVANCE TO AVOID ANY DELAY OR INCONVENIENCE.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FROM NOW ON DOGS AND CATS ARRIVING WITHOUT PERMITS WOULD NO LONGER BE ESCORTED TO GOVERNMENT KENNELS TO AWAIT THE ISSUE OF A PERMIT.

+THE NEW PROCEDURE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT UK PRACTICE, MEANS THAT ONLY DOGS AND CATS WHICH ARE COVERED BY A PERMIT ISSUED AS A RESULT OF PRIOR APPLICATION WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER HONG KONG, HE SAID.

IN THE CASE OF DOGS AND CATS ARRIVING WITHOUT PERMITS APPLICATION FOR THE REQUIRED PERMIT SHOULD BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE DEPARTMENT. IF A VETERINARY OFFICER IS AVAILABLE, THE PERMIT MAY BE SIGNED AT ONCE AND MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE DEPARTMENT BY THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY CONCERNED, HE SAID.

+ALL DOGS AND CATS MUST BE CONTAINED IN SECURE CRATES ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT DOGS AND CATS TRANSPORTED BY THEM ARE PROPERLY CRATED,+ HE ADDED.

ANYONE CONTRAVENING THE CATS AND DOGS REGULATIONS SHALL BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $1,000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

58 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

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PLANS FOR A 26-STOREY COMBINED APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN SAU MOU PING AND A SIX-STOREY HOTEL BUILDING IN SAI KUNG WERE AMONG THE 58 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH.

OTHER PLANS INCLUDED ONE MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND SHOPPING CENTRE AT KWAI CHUNG, FOUR SCHOOLS, ONE COMBINED BANK AND OFFICE BUILDING IN MONG KOK AND 22 OTHER COMBINED APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL DUILDINGS.

OF THE 58 APPROVED PLANS, 15 ARE FOR BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG,

18 FOR KOWLOON AND 25 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

DURING THE MONTH, APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON 54 BUILDING PROJECTS. THEY INCLUDED THE UNDERGROUND SEA WATER PUMP HOUSE AT SHA TIN RACE COURSE. A VIEWPOINT PAVILION ON THE PEAK, 20 COMBINED APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND FOUR FACTORIES.

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ALSO ISSUED OCCUPATION PERMITS TO 52 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS LAST MONTH. THE TOTAL DECLARED VALUE OF THESE BUILDINGS AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $186 MILLION.

APPROVAL WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 30 BUILDINGS - 15 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 IN KOWLOON AND FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THESE INCLUDED SEVEN BUILDINGS WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY.

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