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(e) The Urban Services Appeal Board has on many occasions given guidance to the Liquor Licensing Board on various matters, such as the need to formulate criteria on issue of liquor licences. Please elaborate on the details of such guidance.
(f) Generally speaking, would the Liquor Licensing Board approve the issue of liquor licences if the licence holders sell liquor under the following circumstances? Please answer individually—
(i) the liquor selling premises are situated in residential properties;
(ii) the residential flats and liquor selling premises share a common access;
(iii) the liquor selling premises are situated in commercial/residential buildings, and the residents have raised objections to the applications and provided supporting evidence to prove that they have been disturbed by sale of liquor;
(iv) the sale of liquor at the premises contravenes the provisions of the Crown lease, Deed of Mutual Covenant and Occupation Permit; and
(v) the applicant has records of selling liquor without a licence at the premises before and during the process of his liquor licence application.
MR. SAN Stephen Wong Hon-Ching, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD (LLB), replied as follows (in Cantonese):—This question concerns the Liquor Licensing Board's policy on liquor licensing and related matters and is detailedly divided into 6 parts. I would try to answer the 6 parts of the question one by one. You have got a copy of the reply and I will provide you with supplementary information if such information is available.
The first part of the question asks whether the Board would draw up policy guidelines on the issue of liquor licences, in the light of the previous decisions by the Urban Services Appeals Board (USAB) and if the answer is 'yes' what is the progress. The Board discussed the issue in detail at a special meeting held on 12 December 1995 and Members present generally considered that there was a need to formulate policy guidelines on liquor licensing. However, the discretionary power of the Board to consider each case on the basis of its individual circumstances should be maintained. In view of the complexity of the issue and the many problems raised at the meeting, it was agreed to defer a decision to another meeting and ask the Department to provide some supplementary information. According to the latest information, the paper is almost ready. It is expected that the Board will further discuss the matter at its March meeting.
The second part of the question asks how long the Board would normally take to issue a liquor licence from the receipt of an application. The liquor licensing procedure is very simple. Generally speaking, a liquor licence application will take about 3 months to go through the consultative process with the Police, District Officer and the public if the application is uncontested
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(e) The Urban Services Appeal Board has on many occasions given guidance to the Liquor Licensing Board on various matters, such as the need to formulate criteria on issue of liquor licences. Please elaborate on the details of such guidance.
(f) Generally speaking, would the Liquor Licensing Board approve the issue of liquor licences if the licence holders sell liquor under the following circumstances? Please answer individually—
(i) the liquor selling premises are situated in residential properties; (ii) the residential flats and liquor selling premises share a common
access;
(iii) the liquor selling premises are situated in commerciallresidential buildings, and the residents have raised objections to the applications and provided supporting evidence to prove that they have been disturbed by sale of liquor:
(iv) the sale of liquor at the premises contravenes the provisions of the
Crown lease, Deed of Mutual Covenant and Occupation Permit; and (v) the applicant has records of selling liquor without a licence at the premises before and during the process of his liquor licence application.
MR. SAN Stephen Wong Hon-Ching, ChaAIRMAN OF THE Liquor LicenSING BOARD (LLB), replied as follows (in Cantonese):-This question concerns the Liquor Licensing Board's policy on liquor licensing and related matters and is detailedly divided into 6 parts. I would try to answer the 6 parts of the question one by one. You have got a copy of the reply and I will provide you with supplementary information if such information is available.
The first part of the question asks whether the Board would draw up policy guidelines on the issue of liquor licences, in the light of the previous decisions by the Urban Services Appeals Board (USAB) and if the answer is 'yes' what is the progress. The Board discussed the issue in detail at a special meeting held on 12 December 1995 and Members present generally considered that there was a need to formulate policy guidelines on liquor licensing. However, the discretionary power of the Board to consider each case on the basis of its individual circumstances should be maintained. In view of the complexity of the issue and the many problems raised at the meeting, it was agreed to defer a decision to another meeting and ask the Department to provide some supplementary information. According to the latest information, the paper is almost ready. It is expected that the Board will further discuss the matter at its March meeting.
The second part of the question asks how long the Board would normally take to issue a liquor licence from the receipt of an application. The liquor licensing procedure is very simple. Generally speaking, a liquor licence application will take about 3 months to go through the consultative process with the Police, District Officer and the public if the application is uncontested
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