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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992

WITH

THE LOTTERY WOULD BE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CASH PRIZES

BUT IN BROAD TERMS, MR SUEN EXPLAINED, ORGANISED OVER A FIXED PERIOD BEING AVAILABLE.

TICKETS WOULD COST ABOUT $10, HE ADDED.

PROCEEDS WOULD

BE SPLIT

BETWEEN

PRIZE

MONEY,

WELFARE AND

COMMUNITY AGENCIES, BETTING DUTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

"EXACTLY HOW THE FUNDS RAISED COULD WORKED OUT IN DETAIL, MR SUEN SAID.

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BE USED HAS

YET TO BE

INTO ACCOUNT ON AS TO WHAT FACTORS THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE

MR BOARD'S APPLICATION,

SURN THE WHETHER TO ENDORSE DECIDING

ADMINISTRATION WAS CONCENTRATING EMPHASISED THAT AT THIS STAGE, THE ON THE BROAD "PRINCIPLES OF THE PROPOSAL.

"FACTORS WHICH ARE

LIKELY TO AFFECT GOVERNMENT'S ESTABLISHED POLICY ON GAMBLING.

OUR

INCLUDE VIEW

THE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAMBLING EXIST

"THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO RESTRICT BUT TO ALLOW CONTROLLED OUTLETS FOR SUCH GAMBLING ACTIVITIES AS WHERE A COGENT NEED IS ESTABLISHED.

"THE INSTANT LOTTERY

PROPOSAL

IS BEING

CONSIDERED

IN

THIS

"I

CONTEXT, MR SUEN SAID.

OF AN OTHER FACTORS, HE SAID, WOULD INCLUDE THE LIKELY EFFECT

BOARD ON THE MARK SIX INSTANT LOTTERY ORGANISED BY THE LOTTERIES

WHICH MIGHT BE DERIVED LOTTERY AND THE ANTICIPATED LEVEL OF INCOME FROM THIS SOURCE.

11 WIDELY SOUGHT"

AS TO WHETHER THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE BEFORE A DECISION ON THE PLAN IS TAKEN, MR SUEN SAID: "IF, AT THE END

OF

ALLOWS THE THE

GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL, OF OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT

I WOULD EXPECT THE LOTTERIES BOARD TO DEVELOP THEIR PLANS FURTHER, BOARD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC OPINION ON THIS MATTER.

HE

LEGISLATIVE

ון

COUNCIL

THAT THE

BEFORE

ASSURED MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CARRY OUT A FULL ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC OPINION A FINAL DECISION WAS TAKEN ON THIS OR ANY SIMILAR PROPOSAL.

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AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AT NEW AIRPORT DESIGNED TO LIMIT

THE NEED FOR TERRAIN CUTS

* * *

AIRPORT AT IN THE INITIAL YEARS OF THE OPERATION OF THE NEW

HANDLING THE MOVEMENT OF CHEK LAP кок, SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR

FOR AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO LIMIT THE NEED TERRAIN CUTS TO THE BROTHERS ISLANDS, WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC DR THE SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY HON SAMUEL WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

/MRS CHAN

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