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THESE NEW RATES WERE DESIGNED TO REFORM THE SYSTEM AND
INCREASED THE ANNUAL ALLOWANCES FOR SOME TAXPAYERS. THE CHANGE IN INITIAL ALLOWANCES NOW PROPOSED UNDER THE BILL WOULD APPLY GENERALLY TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF PERSONS CARRYING ON A TRADE, PROFESSION OR BUSINESS AND WOULD THUS OFFER A MORE GENERAL ENCOURAGEMENT TO MANUFACTURERS TO RE-EQUIP AND TO UPGRADE THEIR PLANT AND MACHINERY, MR. JORDAN SAID.
THE BILL ALSO MAKES A SIMILAR PROVISION FOR PLANT AND MACHINERY ACQUIRED UNDER A HIRE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
MR. JORDAN ADDED THAT THE INCREASE IN THESE INITIAL ALLOWANCES WOULD COST THE REVENUE ABOUT $10 MILLION IN 1974-75.
BAPTIST COLLEGE QUALIFICATION STATUS AMENDED
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THE STATUS OF BAPTIST COLLEGE QUALIFICATION HAD BEEN RECONSIDERED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT, THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. MICHAEL CLINTON, SAID TODAY.
+AS A RESULT, HE SAID, +COLLEGE DIPLONA HOLDERS ARE NOW GRANTED HALF THE NUMBER OF INCREMENTS AWARDED TO DEGREE HOLDERS IN GRADES FOR WHICH THE NORMAL MINIHUM ACADEMIC ENTRY QUALIFICATION IS MATRICULATION,+
MR. CLINTON CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE STARTING SALARY FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER CLASS 11. THE ENTRY POINT OF THIS POST IS $1,750 PER MONTH FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, $1,660 FOR BAPTIST DIPLOMA HOLDERS, AND $1,570 FOR MATRICULANTS.
+IN GRADES WHERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEGREE HOLDER AND A MATRICULANT IS ONLY ONE INCREMENT, NO INCREMENTAL CREDIT JS GIVEN TO HOLDERS OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE DIPLOMA, + HE ADDED.
IN ADDITION, THE CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT FOR PRINCIPAL WELFARE ASSISTANT AND SUPERVISORS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIRECT APPOINTMENT OF BAPTIST COLLEGE DIPLOMA HOLDERS AT EITHER $1,400 OR $1,660 PER MONTH ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE.
FULL DETAILS OF THE APPOINTMENT CONDITIONS ARE SET OUT IN A CIVIL SERVICES BRANCH CIRCULAR WHICH WAS ISSUED TWO WEEKS AGO, MR. CLINTON SAID.
HE WAS REPLYING IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WILSON WANG ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT ON THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE AS TO THE STATUS OF ITS QUALIFICATION.
AS TO MR. WANG'S QUERY ON WHETHER THE REPRESENTATIONS HAD BEEN ASSESSED BY THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS, MR. CLINTON SAID: +UNFORTUNATELY, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL ARE RESTRICTED BY ITS ROYAL CHARTER TO GREAT BRITAIN, AND IT WAS NOT THEREFORE IN A POSITION TO ADVISE US.+
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