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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 393 OF 24 MAY
INFO PRIORITY SYDNEY.
TURNER STUDY.
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2 6 MAY 1977
4/KK 212/548/1
1. WE SENT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO PROFESSOR TURNER AT SYDNEY BUT NOW BELIEVE HE MAY BE IN HONG KONG SO WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS MESSAGE TO HIM THERE.
''YOUR TELNO 36 OF 17 MAY.
(1) IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE TUC THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO. DISCUSS PROGRESS WITH YOU BEFORE THE START OF THE FINAL PHASE. TGWU CONFERENCE IS FROM 4-8 JULY. ANY DATE THEREAFTER IS A POSSIBILITY,
2) I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHAT DATES ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO VISIT UK SO THAT NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH TUC.
(3) YOUR PARAGRAPH 4: YOU WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO HONG KONG TAX ON YOUR EARNINGS SINCE THEY WILL
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BE BELOW THE TAX-FREE ALLOWANCE FOR A MARRIED MAN WITH CHILDREN. TAX FREE ALLOWANCE FOR A MARRIED MAN IS HK COLLARS 25,000, AND I ALLOWANCES FOR CHILDREN ARE HK DOLLARS 4,000, 3,000, 2.00$
FOR THE FIRST SECOND AND THIRD CHILDREN, AND HK DOLLARS 1,000 FOR EACH OF THE FOURTH FIFTH AND SIXTH CHILDREN. WE ASSUME THAT, SINCE THE EARNINGS ARE FOR WORK IN HONG KONG AND PAID FOR IN HONG
KONG, THE UK INLAND REVENUE WILL NOT LEVY TAX. SECOND STAGE PAYMENTS ARE INDEPENDENT OF FIRST STAGE BUT WE NOTE THAT YOU STILL HOLD
HK DOLLARS 7678 FROM THE FIRST STAGE. I HAVE REFERRED YOUR LETTER
OF 5 MAY TO ODM AND WILL REPLY IN DUE COURSE:’
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MR MURRAY MR STANLEY
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