The cost for those who receive permits is $4 a person per day.

This in the face of the long waiting times to receive most permits.

It has received permits to increase its bed capacity to 364.

Yet it isn't possible for a member of the public to find out who has received a permit and may, in fact, be packing heat.

There is a minimum 14-20 day waiting period for receiving a permit.

By the mid 1980s, the station received a permit to broadcast 24 hours a day.

Most people receiving private permits this fall, for instance, requested them in the early 1990's.

It was during this period that the school received the American government's recognition and a permit to include secondary course.

They opened their farm two years ago and recently received a permit to expand to 1,700 cows from 780.

They learned later that they would not receive a permit.