HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
Sweeping Fiscal Reforms Announced In Manifesto By National Financial Conference
CHUNGKING, (By Airmail): Outstanding as well as sweeping. fiscal reforms have been adopted by the Third National Finano[a] Conference as announced by a manifesto issued at the closing ses- sion. Following the main outlines drawn up by the 8th Plenary Ses- sion of the Central Executive and Supervisory Committees of the Kuomintang last March, the national and provincia; fina'cial au- thorities made known the following signal resolutions:
FIRSTLY, the unification of the fiscal system, thus accelerating the modernization of China;
SECONDLY, the adoption of a hsien (county) financial system in order to introduce the primary democratic self-governing unit,
Thirdly, the reorganization of bureaux to be established by the the taxation system with the central authorities which will remit main purpose of readjusting the the revenue to the National Jand tax and aboilaning the Treasury. The said collecting obnoxious levies so that the finan-age, eles to be posted at various cial burden of the people will be districts will also handle the local equalized; and
levies, under a centralized super- Fourthly, the enforcement of vision. Governmen! expenditures the Principle of the People's Love will be paid out by the National Khood, Le.. the food and land Treasury with the assistance of policies laid down by Dr. Sun Yat-the local financial agencies. sen. Father of the Republie.
the local
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FOR EVACUATED CHILDREN
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Overseas programmes.
WORKERS FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS WANTED
One hundred workers for the Chinese Friends of the Wounded Society for services in hospitals in Kwangtung and Kwangsi will be enlisted here shortly, according to a respon- sible official of the National Headquarters of the Society in Chungking, who arrived in Hongkong about a week ago, The National Christian Contoll.
For the first time in China's In addition, decisions were made history, provincial assets and regarding the overhauling of the liabilities will be taken over by monetary, trade and state mono- the National Government, which poly measures in order to fit into will utilize the assets and pay off; the dual tasks of resistance and the Liabilities thereof, thus reconstruction
guaranteed! g public cred.ts On The manifesto proudly points the other hand, all the local loan out the government's success in administrative bodies will be the past four years in defraying, abolished. the mammoth reconstruction appro
Introduction of The priations on top of the gigantic financial system will lay the foun-Hongkong Branch, he revealed, war expendres, stressing that dation of the New District System will co-operate with the Hongkong in order to keep the nation's The district which le enmposed of Committee of the Society in the inances abreast of the fighting the town, the village, the pao and enlistment of the new men. A forces. the following measures the chia, or the hundred and ten meeting of the Council, the Chi- must be adopted in connexion household units respectively. bas nese Y.M.C.A. and other Christjan with the unification of the finan. been under the provincial admin- organisations in the Colony WAS clal system.
istration. Thus far, it has had no held a few days ago to Incomes of s own, while due to ways and means in this National receipts and expend the duties assigned to it from tion. tures will henceforth come under above, earl district has resorted
miscellaneous tu
collections the central and district govern- ments, thus abolishing the pro-meet urgent expenses. Unfortuna- vincial scal agencies).
tely, according to the manifesto,
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS
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CHINESE TO OBSERVE WAR ANNIVERSARY
With the approach of the fourth discuss anniversary of the Sino-Japanese connee-hostilities on July 7, Chinese public
organisations in Hongkong are! Following their enlistment, the making preparations for Ra ob- wInformant said, these workers servance.
will be subject to rigorous train-
Aside from holding meetings in Three will be attached to all Chinese here will go vegetarian ||
vinces.
tion to its usual grants to local previous district organie as weg and then seat to the two pro- commemoration of the occasion, reconstruction projects, the state as fiscal reforms have not been each hospital as leaders and about that day and efforts for the pro-}
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will bestow administrative funde put into practice. Hence, the fol
ten orderlies recruited locally will motion of the Thrift and "Offer Bon-self supporting districts. lowing provisions are adopted:
Gold" The safeguarding of district work under them. Previous provincial budgets will be
Campaigns and Subscrip- Anances In addition to its in-
Hongkong Committee of included n
tions the national budget,
Chinese Military the comes, the district will be assured the Society which is headed with emphasis on the equal de
by Supply Bonds will be redoubled.
ces.
Likewise. malionaj tax returns wil be collected by the
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velopment at the various provin- 23 per cent of the inheritance Madame H. H. Kang, will allocate At noon that day, traffic through tax revenues plus 30 per cent or HK$9.000 for their living expenses out the Colony is expected to stop more originally only 20 per cent. In the interior while the National and a three-minute silence or more of the business tax re- Headquarters will furnish a work- be observed as a token of mourn turna from the State Treasurying fund for them, which amountaing for the Chinese soldiers and] The slaughter tax wil henceforth to about NC$900,000 per year per civillans killed during the war. be collected by the district, which hospital.
A mammoth mass meeting will also crtitled to collect the
be held at the public recreation JILTED DAY AFTER All these measures will help to increase the land high school
I hoped that college students ground in Shantung Street, Mong-
WEDDING graduates revenues of the district govern-join the service because it is felt the morning up to noon,
will kok, Kowloon, from 8 o'clock In
LONDON. A husband during! EQUAL DEVELOPMENT that they have more initiative, and thich tree contributions for re- wife left him the morning after (2) The equal development of are hardworking and adherent to let purposes and subscriptions to the marriage in July, 1936, was decree nisi an the The ordinary yearly meeting of
their jobs.
the Military Supply Bonds may granted &i shareholders of Hongkong Mines. nes to receive state grants in ac- districts--the poorer
The informant disclosed that be made.
ground of desertion by Mr. Justice in the Divorce Ltd. was held yesterday in
Collins According to Mr. Tu Kl-cheung, Henn cordance with these principles: there are now more than 25,000 tion of the land taxes, surplus in-Headquarters in Chungking alone lons for the meeting, more
He was Malcolm Finlayson Mac- Mr. M. E. Kelley was elected comes will be earmarked for tax- and the 80 odd branch
130 organisations bave
nford. already Fadyen, of York-road, deficient distrlets, and secondly, in various places have their own signed up to take part in it. Essex. His wife, Annje did The Chairman sald:
thinly populated and poor als service units. The total number A Flower Day will be held by contest the suit. Operations on your propertytricts will receive administrative of the workers therefore, he said.
the Association for Relief of According to Mr. MacFadyen's were suspended in August, 1940 subsidies in accordance with their is now sufficient to cover
South China Refugees 011 the case he was a barman when the due to disturbed conditions and needs from the National Treasury. than one half of the hospitals for
marriage took place, and his wife restrictions. At the time Each hsien will have its finan-wounded soldiers throughout Free one day on July 7 and all Chinese together and next morning he took Slaughter will be suspended for a barmaid. They spent the night operations were discontinued the cial set-up, including the budge-China. mining plants were in good shape tary, Lax-collecting and adminis
restaurants Their work,
will serve vegetable her to and precautions were taken to trative systems. Whereas local facilitated by the assistance
food as on previous occasions. prevent theft or deterioration of taxes аге collected by central the New Life Movement Associa- the equipment, Since the time fiscal agencies, the district unit tion, the Salvation Army, and the when operations were suspended will have its own accounting and Chinese
Red Cross. The latter
first floor, Gloucester Building.
registered office of the Company. Firstly, following the nationaliza-workers attached to the National who is in charge of the prepara-Court.
than
Chairman.
war
Societies
more
he said, is
much
Of
a few men have been engaged in auditing agencies each indeper alone has 70 odd units helping in cleaning, greasing and painting the dent of the other.
the work, equipment and supplies in order In connexion with tax reforms,
Outlining the work of the so- to keep them in good condition. the manifesto points out that for-
wounded soldiers. the The price of lead in London has, mer tax schedules have become clety for
informant said that it is four- been fixed at £25 per ton for at variance with the New District
Furthermore,
fold, readjust
namely, some time but shipping and mar-System.
preparing special keting difficulties have prevented ments have become necessary due diet for the wounded. de-lousing. us from taking advantage of this to the changed social and econom e bathing and scabies trestment, price and efforts which have been conditions brought about by the laundry and mending service and sanitary supplies. In short, it is made to arrange for the reopening of the Mine have not been suc-
First and foremost of these is semi-mediest in nature and has the nationalization of the land proved to be of great value and cessful to date but we are hopeful
tax and the collection in kind benefit to the soldiers who have
war.
that it may be possible to make thereof, Land bureaux will be 'been wounded in fighting for
these arrangements in future.
FIG LEAD PRODUCED
the local market, |-
shelters.
tormed in the province and the China's independence.
The collection of the land, tax
occasion.
her work, but had seen her since,
China's Savings Campaign In Full Swing
The different municipalities and provinces In Free China have entered into a keen competition in subscribing to the Bebnomy Savings Certificates,
Chungking which is taking the lead had a total subscrip- tion of $53,000,000 at the end of May and is now, heading for the $60,000,000 mark.
DEAD CHILD SENT TO NANKING ORGANISATION
Tel. 28151
SUMMER CLOTHES
Women's, Men's & Children's
WANTED URGENTLY
got
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Kwangtung's total subscription while has exceeded $30,000,000 Kwelchow has set its goal at $15,- 000,000 instead of $8,000,000 as previously planned:
Hunan,
Detectives from the Western Methsien, s district in Kwang- district. The provincial finance There are more than 3,000,000 Shanghai Area Special Police tung, has ambitiously let its goal Smelting equipment was install- commissioner will be in charge of people signed up as friends of Force are investigating the mystery at $20,000,000. The headquarters ed on the property last year and the registration and the collection the wounded at home and abroad surrounding the discovery of at the Economy Savings Campaign was put into operation shortly be with plans mapped out by the con- and u sum exceeding $4,000,000 has dead body of a small Chinese nas sont a telegram of apprecia- tore the Mine was closed down ference in connexion
with
the been collected for the human-child, sent in a wooden box to tion to the baten authorities. and a quantity of pig lead pro- selection and training of the per-tarian work.
864 Yu Yuen Road at about 8 Lifan. a secluded district In duced which was disposed of in sonner for duties
p.m. on June 19, reports the North western. Szechwan, shows steady China Daily News.
Increase of its subscriptions in the Certain pieces of mining equip-in kind will be based on the re-wartime consumption tax will be The box, with a-Wing On Co monthly reports. ment have been rented to contractular and surtax of the laid tax imposed. Its collection will be bas- label attached to it, appeared sun- Brechwan, Yunnan, tors as agents for the Hongkong of the 30th (1941) Ascal year, ed upon the necessity of the can picious to the recipients and a Shenal, Kansu and Kwangel" "dre Government and are being used namely, each tax dollar will be sumers' commodities. The central calf was put through to the West meanwhile trying to increase sub- in the construction of air rald translated in terms of two new authorities will see to it that na-ern police headquarters to the scriptions
tou of rice (one bushel is equiva- tional thrift will be promoted and effect that a mysterious box had The income of the Company at lent to 2.6288 new tou). This system prices regulated by improved dis-beeu received. It was, at first
will eliminate the price variation tribution. the present time is suficiens to
in various localities. In wheat and the Hongkong office as wall as the additional cost of keeping the ba-products may be paid in lieu of ment in 1931 conditions have and found the body of the child 000,000. Figures since then are lance of the Mme and Mill equip-ice, whereas the Finance Ministry changed and a revision is called The identity of the child could not yet completo,
will be authorised to reduce the for. Measures therefore have been not be ascertained, but it was, be-
Generalisalmo Chiang Kai-shek ! The Auditors report was read rate for tax-burdoned provinces, decided in connexion with the lleved that the box had been sent has set the goal of the National and the accoubts and the The collecting procedure will be ways and time, of collection and to the address is an set of in Economy Saving Campaign at port of the director's word
worked out by the food collecting the checking up of the accounts timidation, Alrice 604 Yuen $400,000,000, or an average of $1 agencies which will be responsible of tax-paying firms. proved.
**97 Road. I said to be occupied by a from every Chinese. “Judging by Messrs. LR, Nielson, C.C.- Stark, for adequate military and civilian
The unification of tile anti. Nanking rotune organization, det the enthusiastic support in dimər
of the a. Abbass and M. Helley worn food supplies,
smuggling ** gystem ürdër" the ins or flatson ombe, between the dat muniolpalities, and provinces, ré-elected directors,
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thought that the box contained Subscriptions throughout Free
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cover the expense of maintaining other cereal producing land such pointed out that since its enforce party, however, opened the box amounted to approximately $310,-
(UB) (UB) UB) Regarding the business tax, it is some sort of s bomb A police China up till the end of April
ment in first class condition.
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'Lovies in the nature of transit wil promote emdiency, on the one Nukkia kasitical police and foisa be rundhed before long (Central Įdues will be abolished and a new 14 Continued Pare 1 ON 1 Id Hot
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