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+INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD AGAIN BE LIMITED TO 50 CENTS AND MUST BE ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY, BUT SCHOOLS MAY CONSIDER VARIOUS OTHER WAYS AND MEANS OF RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS PRAISEWORTHY CAUSE, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE SENT, PREFERABLY BY CROSSED CHEQUES PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION, TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY (GENERAL) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO THE ASSOCIATION. ENVELOPES SHOULD BE MARKED +ANTI-TB+.
TAX EXEMPTION ON INTEREST EARNED
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INTEREST PAYABLE BY LICENSED BANKS. BY CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND BY THE GOVERNMENT AT RATES OF UP TO 6-1/2 PER CENT PER ANNUM WILL BE EXEMPT FROM INTEREST TAX FROM TODAY (TUESDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED.
HE SAID THAT THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN THE EXEMPTION LIMIT, AND FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EXCHANGE BANKS' ASSOCIATION LAST SATURDAY THAT THE RATE OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WOULD BE INCREASED TO 6-1/2 PER CENT WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.
A NOTICE SIGNED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDER SECTION 28(1) OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE TODAY.
MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON AT SHEK PIK *****
CONSTRUCTION OF A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON AT SHEK PIK ON LANTAU ISLAND WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH.
A $59.9 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO CHEE CHEUNG HING AND COMPANY LTD.
MR C.S. LEE, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, SAID THE PROJECT, TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 27 MONTHS, COMPRISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 10 TWO-TO-FOUR STOREY BLOCKS.
+EIGHT BLOCKS ARE INTER-CONNECTING AND TOGETHER THEY CONTAIN 482 CELLS WITH CLEANING AND DINING AREAS, WORKSHOPS, CLASSROOMS AND MEDICAL AND DENTAL FACILITIES, HE SAID.
/+THE TWO
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