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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1981
TAX REMINDER TO PROPERTY OWNERS
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PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REMINDED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT OBJECTIONS TO PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF THE ASSESSMENT.
CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY TAX REFUND SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE RELEVANT YEAR OF ASSESSMENT, OR WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE NOTICE TO PROPERTY TAX IS GIVEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAID THE DEADLINE WOULD BE EXTENDED IF THE COMMISSIONER WAS SATISFIED THAT THE PERSON OBJECTING TO AN ASSESSMENT OR CLAIMING FOR REFUND WAS PREVENTED FROM DOING SO WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME OWING TO ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG, SICKNESS OR ANY OTHER REASONABLE CAUSE.
HE SAID VACANCY CLAIMS COULD ALWAYS BE MADE WITHOUT SUPPORTING EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO MEET TIME LIMITS BUT OWNERS OF DOMESTIC PREMISES MUST BE PREPARED TO FORWARD EVIDENCE SUCH AS ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER BILLS LATER.
FOR NON-DOMESTIC PREMISES, HE ADDED, THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT WOULD ISSUE VACANCY CERTIFICATES IN ALL APPROPRIATE CASES AND THESE FORMS MUST BE PRODUCED TO SUPPORT CLAIMS FOR REFUND.
FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING THE ASSESSOR (PROPERTY TAX) AT 5-79595217, OR BY WRITING TO THE INLAND REVENUE DÉPARTMENT, GPO BOX 132, HONG KONG.
ADVICE, IN PERSON, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE INLAND REVENUE OFFICES, 17TH FLOOR, WINDSOR HOUSE, 311 GLOUCESTER ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY- ON THE 12TH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 56 DUNDAS STREET, MONG KOK- OR ON THE GROUND FLOOR, FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
FORUM ON SPORT AND RECREATION FOR THE DISABLED
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THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SPORT AND RECREATION SUB-COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION WILL LATER THIS MONTH HOLD AN OPEN FORUM ENTITLED +SPORT AND RECREATION FOR THE DISABLED+.
THE FORUM WILL BE HELD DURING THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 22 AT THE POKFULAM CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FORUM WAS ONE OF A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES LAUNCHED TO COMMEMORATE 1981 AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS.
FOLLOWING THE THEME OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS' THE OPEN FORUM WILL FOCUS ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF NEEDS FOR THE PROVISION OF SPORT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED.
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