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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,

HOWEVER,

THERE WERE

9

FIGURES

FOR THE

NUMBER TOTAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, AND PERMITS ISSUED IN THE PAST TWO AND A

YEARS.

OF

HALF

PERMITS

FOR

IN 1988, THERE WERE 487 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND 481 ISSUED. LAST YEAR, THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES WERE 402 AND 391.

FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1990, 285 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND PERMITS ISSUED. TWELVE APPLICATIONS WERE STILL BEING PROCESSED.

APPLICATIONS

272

FOR

PER CENT HAVE BEEN

"IN SUM, IN THE LAST 30 MONTHS, NEARLY 1,200 PERMITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, OF WHICH SOME 97 APPROVED, MR ASPREY SAID.

MANY HE NOTED THAT SINCE THE POLICE LICENSING OFFICE ISSUED

POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE LICENCES AND PERMITS, IT WAS NOT DIFFERENT SEPARATELY THE COST OF PROCESSING APPLICATIONS TO USE LOUDSPEAKERS.

"HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST IS SMALL,'

11 MR ASPREY

ADDED.

CRITERIA USED IN APPROVING FUND-RAISING APPLICATIONS

BEFORE APPROVING FUND-RAISING THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE,

ESTABLISH THAT THERE APPLICATIONS FROM ORGANISATIONS, FIRST NEEDS TO

AND THAT THE FUNDS,

COLLECTION WILL BE AN ACTIVE

FOR HEALTH AND SECRETARY THE WILL TAKE PLACE IN WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF SOLICITATION

A PUBLIC PLACE,

MRS WONG WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

SHE SAID: "WHEN THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED EACH

CHOW

APPLICATION WILL

BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS, HAVING REGARD TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:

*

THE STATUS OF THE ORGANISATION

THE WHETHER

A BONA-FIDE

NON-PROFIT-MAKING

APPLICANT

OR CHARITABLE

IS

WELFARE

ORGANISATION;

THE NATURE OF THE

ACTIVITY

WHETHER THE

ORGANISATION'S

ACTIVITIES ARE CHARITABLE OR WELFARE RELATED; AND

*

THE FUND-RAISING OBJECTIVE SUPPORT CHARITABLE OR WELFARE WORK.

WHETHER THE MONEY RAISED

WOULD

++

THE STATUTORY POWER FOR

GRANT PERMITS FOR

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL IN PUBLIC ACTIVITIES FUND-RAISING PROVIDED IN SECTION 4(17) OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCE, CAP, 228, MRS WONG ADDED.

WELFARE TO PLACES WAS

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