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SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1977
ISSUE OF DEMAND NOTES FOR RATES DELAYED
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THE ISSUE OF DEMAND NOTES FOR RATES DUE FOR SETTLEMENT BY APRIL 30 WILL BE DELAYED BY ABOUT ONE WEEK.
RATEPAYERS ARE THEREFORE REQUESTED NOT TO APPROACH THE TREASURY UNLESS THEY HAVE FAILED TO RECEIVE THEIR DEMAND NOTES BY APRIL 15.
+DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 'RATE RELIEF SCHEME', FOR LEGAL AND TECHNICAL REASONS IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO DELAY THE
ISSUE OF THESE DEMAND NOTES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TREASURY EXPLAINED TODAY.
HE ADDED THAT BECAUSE OF THIS DELAY AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN APRIL, THE BUSINESS HOURS OF ALL TREASURY COLLECTION CENTRES - CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, KOWLOON CITY AND YAU MA TEI WOULD BE EXTENDED.
+THEY WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 5 P.M. FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 1 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
HE ALSO REMINDED RATEPAYERS THAT THEY COULD AVOID QUEUING UP AT THE COLLECTION CENTRES BY SENDING THEIR REMITTANCES (CHEQUES ONLY) THROUGH THE POST.
HOLIDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS ******
ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY (APRIL 5), A GENERAL HOLIDAY, BUT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC THERE WILL BE ONE DELIVERY OF MAIL, THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY,
HOWEVER, ON GOOD FRIDAY (APRIL 8) AND ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY (APRIL 21) THERE WILL BE NO MAIL DELIVERY NOR WILL ANY POST OFF ICES BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
ON SATURDAY (APRIL 9) AND EASTER MONDAY (APRIL 11), THERE WILL BE ONE MA IL DELIVERY AND 32 POST OFFICES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 A. M. TO NOON.
THESE INCLUDE THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, THE KOWLOON CENTRAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE.
ALL OTHER POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.
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