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The following is issued on behalf of the Liquor Licensing Board:

The Liquor Licensing Board will meet on Saturday, July 26, to consider six applications for renewal, amendment, transfer or revocation of liquor licences.

The applications are (not in order of discussion):

Hong Kong:

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Kei Japanese Restaurant in Causeway Bay

Velvet Club in Causeway Bay

Hop Fat Restaurant in North Point

Kowloon:

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A hotpot restaurant, known as "Ching Tau" in Mong Kok

138 Future in Mong Kok

New Territories:

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Pak Tak Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant in Tuen Mun

The meeting will be held at 9 am in the Conference Hall on the third floor of 3 Edinburgh Place, Central. The public is welcome to attend, though the board will go into private session to discuss confidential items.

End/Thursday, July 24, 2003

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