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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1984.

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RESERVOIR FISHING SEASON STARTING SOON

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HONG KONG'S RESERVOIR FISHING SEASON STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 1. AND RESIDENT ANGLERS MAY APPLY FROM WEDNESDAY FOR A LICENCE FROM THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT ONLY LICENCE HOLDERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO FISH IN THE 16 RESERVOIRS OPEN FOR THE SPORT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY UNTIL MARCH 31, 1985.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE IS SIMPLE AND THAT THOSE WHO APPLY IN PERSON WILL BE ISSUED WITH LICENCES IMMEDIATELY.

APPLICANTS HAVE ONLY TO SHOW THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS, GIVE THEIR NAMES, ADDRESSES AND AGE, AND PAY A $20 FEE AT EITHER ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSUMER ENQUIRY CENTRES.

THE CENTRE ON HONG KONG ISLAND IS ON THE 11TH FLOOR OF LEIGHTON CENTRE, LEIGHTON ROAD, WHILE THE CENTRE IN KOWLOON IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE MAINLAND DEPOT, ARGYLE STREET, MONG KOK,

WHEN APPLYING BY POST, APPLICANTS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAMES, ADDRESSES, AGE AND IDENTITY CARD NUMBERS, TOGETHER WITH A $20 CROSSED CHEQUE MADE PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND SENT TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, 11TH FLOOR, LEIGHTON CENTRE, LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG. FISHING LICENCES WILL BE MAILED DIRECT TO APPLICANTS.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED ANGLERS OF THE NEED TO ABIDE BY THE RULES WHICH ARE STATED AT THE BACK OF THE LICENCE.

COUNCIL GRANTS SUBSIDY FOR TENNIS CLASSIC

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THE URBAN COUNCIL IS TO WAIVE 50 PER CENT OF THE HIRING CHARGES FOR THE USE OF THE VICTORIA PARK CENTRE COURT FOR THE COMING HONG KONG TENNIS CLASSIC, A SUBSIDY EXPECTED TO TOTAL ABOUT $100 000.

+ THE COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GENEROUS SUPPORTER OF TENNIS, AND IN PARTICULAR SPENT $5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPECTATOR STANDS AT THE CENTRE COURT FOR THE CLASSIC,+ SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.

+ADDITIONALLY IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY REDUCED VENUE CHARGES FOR THE CLASSIC FROM $350 000 TWO YEARS AGO TO $202 000 LAST YEAR.

/+HOWEVER, WITH