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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1974
EXPERIENCED OFFICERS FROM THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ARE TO BE POSTED TO THIS WORK WHILE NEW STAFF IS RECRUITED TO NEW POSTS RECENTLY APPROVED.
+WITHOUT THIS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE SPECIAL FUND IT WOULD BE MID-1975 BEFORE WE GOT GOING+ MR. BRAY SAID. +AS IT IS, THE SCHEME WILL BE OPERATIONAL IN SIX DISTRICTS IN A MONTH'S TIME.+
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICERS WILL BE OPERATING BY OCTOBER THIS YEAR AND THE SIX DISTRICTS WE PROPOSE TO START IN ARE WESTERN, EASTERN, SHAM SHUI PO, WONG TAI SIN, KWUN TONG AND YUEN LONG+.
REMINDER ON TAX RETURNS
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THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE TODAY REMINDED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, WITHIN THE TAXABLE BRACKET, OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE TO SUBMIT TAX RETURNS TO THE DEPARTMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO SO,
IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS, EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED AN EMPLOYER'S RETURN SHOWING FULL DETAILS OF EMOLUMENTS PAID OR PAYABLE BY THE EMPLOYER TO THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1974, ARE ASKED TO DO SO WITHOUT DELAY.
THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER IN WRITING OF THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THOSE OF THE IR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE CHARGEABLE TO SALARIES TAX.
EMPLOYEES, WHOSE INCOME HAS REACHED THE TAXABLE BRACKET AND WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A SALARIES TAX RETURN FOR 1974/75 FOR COMPLETION, ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER IN WRITING TO THIS EFFECT.
THESE INCLUDE PENSIONERS WHOSE INCOME BEFORE DEDUCTING THEIR LIVING AND PERSONAL EXPENSES EXCEEDS THE TAX FEE INCOME LEVEL ALLOWED.
FAILURE TO DO SO IN EITHER CASE MAY CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 80 (1) (C) OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE.
COMMENTING ON THE NOTICE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF SALARIES TAXPAYERS HAD INCREASED FROM 85,000 IN MARCH 1972 TO 120,000 IN 1974.
THIS DRAMATIC INCREASE, HE SAID, HAD PLACED A HEAVY WORKLOAD ON THE STAFF.
COMPLETING AND RETURNING THE EMPLOYER'S RETURN AND SALARIES TAX RETURN EARLY WOULD GREATLY HELP THE STAFF IN THEIR WORK, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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