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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1993

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CLUB CERTIFICATE FEES TO BE REVISED NEXT YEAR

* * *

THE

FEES

CERTIFICATES THE ISSUE OR RENEWAL OF FOR OPERATORS

REVISED FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR WILL BE INCREASE OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS SINCE 1992.

ΤΟ

TO COVER

CLUB

THE

SET

ARE

THE NEW RATES FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE OR EXEMPTION

IN THE CLUBS

OF (SAFETY

(FEES) (AMENDMENT}

OUT

PREMISES) REGULATION 1993, WHICH WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

A

TERRITORIES

ADMINISTRATION

FOR THE CITY AND NEW SPOKESMAN (CNTA) SAID THESE FEES WERE SUBJECT TO REVIEW ONCE A YEAR.

HE SAID THE PRESENT RATES, INTRODUCED IN 1992, WERE THE FINDINGS OF A COSTING EXERCISE CONDUCTED IN 1991.

BASED ON

SINCE

"IN ORDER TO COVER THE INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

PER CENT WITH THEN, IT IS NECESSARY TO RAISE THE FEES BY ABOUT 20 EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1, 1994."

WILL BE

THE NEW FEE FOR THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION $600 WHILE THAT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL RANGE FROM $2,410 TO $13,250, DEPENDING ON THE GROSS FLOOR AREA OF THE CLUB.

CLUB OPERATORS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE NEW SCALE OF FEES THEY APPLY FOR OR RENEW THEIR CERTIFICATES.

WHEN

PUBLIC ENQUIRIES CAN ALSO BE MADE OF CNTA'S OFFICE OF LICENSING AUTHORITY ON TELEPHONE 881 7034.

PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR OCTOBER

RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY IN OCTOBER LESS RAPIDLY THAN IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS.

THE PERFORMANCE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS REMAINED

A MUCH SLOWER INCREASE.

REGISTERED

THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF FOR OCTOBER RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CBNSUS

DEPARTMENT.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS, AT $76,697 MILLION IN WAS $8,774 MILLION OR 13% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.

REFLECTING IN PART THE CONTINUED

THOUGH

WEAK.

IMPORTS

EXTERNAL TRADE AND STATISTICS

OCTOBER 1993,

STRUCTURAL SHIFT TO RE- EXPORTS, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED FURTHER, BY $2,189 MILLION OR 10% TO $19,665 MILLION IN OCTOBER.

TAKING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN OCTOBER GREW BY $6,585 MILLION OR 7.3% OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $96,362 MILLION.

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