TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1993
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"COMPARED WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN REGION, FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG ENJOY FAVOURABLE WAGES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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AT PRESENT THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS WORKING IN HONG KONG, MOSTLY FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
SRC MEETS UNITED DEMOCRATS ON KARAOKE PARLOURS
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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS RACHEL CARTLAND, TODAY (TUESDAY) MET WITH UNITED DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVES MR JAMES TO KUN-SUN AND MR LEE TIN-KIU TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTROL UNDESIRABLE KARAOKE PARLOURS AND WHETHER THIS COULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE CURRENT REVIEW ON THE PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANCE (PPEO).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH SAID THE MEETING WAS BOTH CORDIAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE AND THERE WAS EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED: "AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING CONSIDERING THE SUITABILITY OR OTHERWISE OF INCLUDING KARAOKE PARLOURS UNDER THE PPEO.
"ONE ASPECT OF THE CURRENT REVIEW OF THE PPEO IS THE UPDATING OF THE DEFINITION OF "ENTERTAINMENT" AND IT IS FOR CONSIDERATION WHETHER KARAOKE SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
THE REVIEW OF THE PPEO HAS BEEN A RATHER LONG PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED.
"HOWEVER, WE ARE GLAD THAT THE REVIEW IS NOW NEARING COMPLETION AND WE EXPECT TO INTRODUCE A BILL ΤΟ OVERHAUL THE PPEO INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE FORTHCOMING SESSION, HE SAID.
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THE REAL PROBLEM IS WITH VICE ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN WITH THE PROVISION OF KARAOKE SERVICE PER SE, HE ADDED.
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"IN PARALLEL, THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING INTO THE QUESTION AN APPROPRIATE LICENSING REGIME FOR KARAOKE PARLOURS AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD BE UNDER THE PPEO.'
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IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE TO ACTION AGAINST ANY VICE ACTIVITIES WHICH MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH KARAOKE PARLOURS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, AND THE AIM WAS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE
To MAKE THE POLICE ACTION AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.
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