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Question No. 1

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Reply by the Chief Secretary The Honourable Sir David Akers-Jones

in the Legislative Council on 26 June 1985

to Question to be asked by the Hon Mrs Pauline Ng

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Will Government make a statement on

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whether it exercises any supervision over the operation of billiard centres run by private clubs; and

what safeguards are there to ensure that so-called private clubs are not being used to circumvent the licensing conditions applicable to public billiard centres?

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The Government does not exercise supervision over

the operation of billiard centres run by private club, nor do to the licensing conditions applicable to public billiard

centres apply to private clubs.

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The Secretary for Municipal Services, who is

looking into whether and how some measure of

control

should be introduced over the operation of billiard centres by so called private clubs, informs me that the issues are complex but that they are being examined.