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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994

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OFF-COURSE BETTING CENTRES

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FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI-YIN AND WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL Suen, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

A

IN

QUESTION REGARDING BETTING CENTRES OPERATED BY THE ROYAL HONG

JOCKEY CLUB, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL :

(A)

(B)

OFF-COURSE

KONG

IS WHAT

THE EXISTING NUMBER OF

BETTING CENTRES IN THE TERRITORY; WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAID DOWN ANY LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF SUCH CENTRES, AND

THE GOVERNMENT

TO HAS ANY PLAN WHETHER LIMIT; AND

WHETHER

RELAX THE

PROPOSAL THE GOVERNMENT WILL SUPPORT THE THE JOCKEY CLUB TO SET UP MOBILE BETTING CENTRES?

OF

REPLY

MY REPLY IS AS FOLLOWS :

CENTRES IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTRES IS THE

(A) AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 124 OFF-COURSE BETTING

THE TOTAL LIMIT LAID DOWN BY HONG KONG, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OFF-COURSE BETTING 134. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY PLAN TO RELAX LIMIT.

(B)

THE

GOVERNMENT

HAS SO FAR NOT RECEIVED

ANY

APPLICATION

FROM THE JOCKEY CLUB TO SET UP MOBILE BETTING CENTRES.

BUS LANES

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION: REGARDING THE BUS LANES ISSUE, WILL THE GOVERNMENT

THIS COUNCIL :

INFORM

(A) OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BUS LANES IN USE THROUGHOUT THE

TERRITORY;

(B)

WHETHER IT WILL CONSIDER CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING BUS LANES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS; AND

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