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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983
PROVIDING FOR THE AGED
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THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO 3) 1983 BILL WAS READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE BILL SEEKS TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PROFITS TAX PURPOSES FOR EXPENDITURE INCURRED ON THE ACQUISITION OF PATENT RIGHTS AND TRADE MARKS.
IT ALSO SEEKS TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ADDITIONAL DEPENDENT PARENTS ALLOWANCE OF $2 000 PER PARENT FOR THOSE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE FAMILY.
ON THIS ALLOWANCE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE SAID, +1 AM PARTICULARLY CONSCIOUS OF THE GROWING PROBLEM NOT JUST IN HONG KONG BUT IN THE WORLD AS A WHOLE OF
AND OF COURSE PEOPLE NOW PROVIDING REASONABLY FOR THE AGED
LIVE MUCH LONGER AS A RESULT OF MEDICAL ADVANCES.+
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED TO JULY 13.
THREE CORRIDOR SECTIONS READY MID-1985
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ALL THREE SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1985, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW, HE SAID THAT THESE SECTIONS WERE FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO HEALTHY STREET WEST. FROM HEALTHY STREET WEST TO TAIKOO SHING AND FROM TAIKOO SHING TO SHAU KE1 WAN.
+IN ORDER TO BRING EARLY RELIEF TO KING'S ROAD, THE SECTIONS FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO TAIKOO SHING WERE PLANNED TO BÉ COMPLETED AND OPENED TO TRAFFIC SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE,+ MR MCDONALD SAID.
+DESPITE SETBACKS TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME DUE TO UNDERGROUND OBSTRUCTIONS TO PILING AND UNUSUALLY WET WEATHER, THIS OBJECTIVE WILL STILL BE ACHIEVED.
REFERRING TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CORRIDOR FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO CHAI WAN, HE SAID WORK WOULD COMMENCE FROM THE CHAI WAN END.
WORK ON THE SECTIONS IN CHAI WAN ITSELF AND FROM CHAI WAN TO PAK CHAI WAN ARE SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION IN 1985. THE FINAL SECTION FROM PAK CHAI WAN TO SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1987, MR MCDONALD SAID.
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