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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1974.
PROPERTY OWNERS IN TSUEN VAN
AGAIN REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO PAY TAX
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THOSE TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS WHO HAD EARLIER RETURNED THEIR PROPERTY TAX DEMAND NOTES WOULD RECONSIDER THEIR ACTION.
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HE SAID THAT AS RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG, IT WAS THEIR OBLIGATION TO PAY TAX.
+BY RETURNING THE DEMAND NOTES OR GOING UP TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WOULD NOT REMOVE THEIR OBLIGATION,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT SO FAR MORE THAN 2,000 PROPERTY TAX DEMAND NOTES FROM THE TSUEN VAN AREA, AKOUNTING TO SOME $5 MILLION, HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE INLAND REVENUS DEPARTMENT- AND KORE ARE EXPECTED TO PAY.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF 15% PROPERTY TAX IN TSUEN WAN WOULD ONLY AFFECT LANDLORDS OF SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTIES WHO ARE NOT ALREADY PAY ING TAX ON THEIR RENTAL INCOME IN THE FORM OF BUSINESS PROFITS TAX.
+NOW, MORE THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME, HE SAID, +PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO BE CONTRIBUTING TO GOVERNMENT REVENUE SHOULD NOT WISH TO RUN AWAY FROM THEIR OBLIGATION WHEN THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON HAVE BEEN PAYING SUCH TAX FOR YEARS.+
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GROUNDS ON WHICH THEY COULD APPLY FOR EXEMPTION AND SUGGESTED THEY FIND OUT WHICH CATEGORY THEY BELONG TO.
OPENING OF NEW LEGCO SESSION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL REVIEW THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG AT THE FIRST SITTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S NEW SESSION TOMORROW COCTOBER 16).
THE FIRST SITTING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SUBSEQUENT SITTINGS ON OCTOBER 30 AND 31 AND NOVEMBER 13 AND IF NECESSARY, 14.
ON OCTOBER 30 AND 31, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL SPEAK AND ON →NOVEMBER 13 AND POSSIBLY 14, OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL REPLY TO THE
POINTS RAISED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
TOMORROW'S PROCEEDINGS WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE OVER THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE NETWORKS OF RADIO HONG KONG AS WELL AS THE CHINESE CHANNEL OF COMMERCIAL RADIO.
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