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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985

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DISPUTING THE POLICE CASE, SOLICITOR MR CHARLES SIN FOR THE LICENSEE, CITED THE DEFINITION OF +ABANDONMENT FROM BOTH THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY AND THE LICENSING REGULATIONS OF THE LAW OF HONG KONG.

HE SAID THAT FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW, NONE OF THE THREE GROUNDS CITIED BY THE POLICE CONSTITUTED SUFFICIENT REASON FOR RESCINDING THE LICENCE. THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT EITHER BY LAW OR BY THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE BOARD THAT THE LICENSEE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ASSAULT CASE THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE ON THE PREMISES, NOR WAS THERE LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE LICENSEE SHOULD NOT EMPLOY STAFF WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, HE MAINTAINED,

THE BOARD AGREED NOT TO GRANT THE APPLICATION, BUT ITS CHAIRMAN, MR PETER C.K. CHAN, POINTED OUT TO THE LICENSEE THAT THE POLICE CASE CONSTITUTED CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO THE PREMISES WAS NEEDED.

MR CHAN REMINDED THE LICENSEE THAT THE BOARD MIGHT CONSIDER IMPOSING SPECIAL CONDITIONS ON THE PREMISES WHEN RENEWING THE LICENCE.

ON SIMILAR LEGAL GROUNDS, THE SECOND APPLICATION BY THE POLICE FOR REVOCATION OF A LIQUOR LICENCE, CONCERNING THE DEWEY DISCO AND PUB THE FIFTH AVENUE IN HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, WAS ALSO NOT GRANTED BY THE BOARD.

NEVERTHELESS, MR CHAN THANKED THE POLICE FOR BRINGING THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO THE CONDITION OF THESE TWO ESTABLISHMENTS.

THE THIRD CASE, WHICH WAS AGAINST THE CHINA NIGHT CLUB IN KIMBERLEY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, WAS ADJOURNED TO THE BOARD'S NEXT MEETING IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE THE LICENSEE WAS IN HOSPITAL.

IMPROVED TRAFFIC IN ABERDEEN

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TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN FLYOVER ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 25).

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDIE CHAN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+ THE FLYOVER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE 'ROAD THROUGH ABERDEEN PROJECT' WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE STAGES, HE SAID.

THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES, WHICH INCLUDED THE WIDENING OF THE SECTION OF WONG CHUK HANG ROAD BETWEEN THE ABERDEEN TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND THE ABERDEEN FIRE STATION AND THE WIDENING OF SHEK PAI WAN ROAD, WERE COMPLETED LAST YEAR.

/THE THIRD