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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1990

APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND PAY A LICENCE FEE OF $20. A LICENCE WOULD NORMALLY BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY UPON SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION.

APPLICATIONS CAN ALSO BE MADE BY POST TO THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS AT LEIGHTON CENTRE, GIVING THE APPLICANT'S NAME, ADDRESS, PHOTOCOPY OF HIS IDENTITY CARD, TOGETHER WITH A CROSSED CHEQUE OF $20 MADE PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

A LICENCE WILL THEN BE SENT TO THE APPLICANT BY ORDINARY MAIL. A LICENCE WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 13.

A TOTAL OF 10,917 LICENCES WERE ISSUED IN LAST FISHING SEASON.

ANGLERS HAVE TO OBSERVE CERTAIN RULES WHILE FISHING IN RESERVOIRS. THEY SHOULD NOT USE A NET OR OTHER EQUIPMENT AS ONLY ROD AND LINE IS ALLOWED. EXPLOSIVES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES ARE PROHIBITED. THE USE OF A BOAT, DINGHY OR RAFT FOR FISHING IS ALSO BANNED.

AN ANGLER'S DAILY CATCH SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN TWO BLACK BASS (360MM OR OVER IN LENGTH), TWO SNAKEHEAD (300MM OR OVER) AND TWO TILAPIA (180MM OR OVER).

THESE AND OTHER RULES ARE PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THE LICENCE.

1,280 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN JULY

A TOTAL OF 1,741 CASUALTIES WAS REPORTED IN 1,280 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.

A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT 303 OF THESE ACCIDENTS OCCURED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 647 IN KOWLOON AND 330 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JULY SHOWED THAT 22 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 341 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,378 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.

THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF 12.3 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WHILE THE NUMBER OF DECREASED BY 11.8 PER CENT.

CASUALTIES

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