Consideration was given to an application received for an interim tavern licence in respect of premises with an entrance next to 239 Soochow Road now licensed as a restaurant (without liquor). These premises are in the same building as, but around the corner from, 681 Szechuen Road, in respect of which the same applicant was refused a tavern licence in October last year, in view of a protest sumpitted by the Navy Y.M.C.A. (630 Szechuen Road) supported by the American Consul-General These protests were maintained despite the applicant's willingness not to allow service. men in uniform on the premises.
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