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+ IDENTITY CARD NUMBERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR IDENTIFYING TAXPAYERS. THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED FOR THE COMING COMPUTERISED PROGRAMME,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT FORMS SENT TO THEM ON APRIL 1 SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.
CHINA PROHIBITS IMPORT BY POST OF PIG PRODUCTS
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THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OF CHINA HAVE ISSUED AN ORDER PROHIBITING THE IMPORT BY POST OF CERTAIN PIG PRODUCTS.
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE PIG MEAT (RAW, SMOKED, DRIED OR SALTED), RAW PIG SKIN, PIG BRISTLES AND SAUSAGES, INCLUDING CHINESE SAUSAGES.
THE ORDER TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
DSNT OPENS SALVATION ARMY PHOTO EXHIBITION
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DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHU! KAM, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) OPENED A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE SALVATION ARMY TO COMMEMORATE ITS 50 YEARS OF SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
THE EXHIBITION IS HELD IN YUEN LONG TOWN HALL.
MR CHUI SAID THE SALVATION ARMY HAS ACHIEVED +MAGNIFICENT RESULTS+ SINCE IT STARTED WORK IN HONG KONG +LITERALLY FROM SCRATCH+ HALF A CENTURY AGO.
+THE PAST 50 YEARS SAW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LARGE NUMBERS OF SALVATION ARMY RUN CORPS FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, EDUCATION SERVICES, YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S WELFARE WORK, HOMES AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, NURSERIES AND CRECHES AND MEDICAL CLINICS PROVIDING COMFORT, CARE AND ENLIGHTENMENT TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS OFTEN IN AREAS OF THE GREATEST NEED,+ HE SAID.
MR CHUI ALSO NOTED THAT THE SALVATION ARMY HAS PLANS TO EXPAND ITS SERVICES IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND TAI PO. THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASED SERVICES IN TSUEN WAN.
/+THIS IS