SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1983
ELABORATING ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SMOKING, MR BARNES SAID, +WE ARE NOT MEANT TO SMOKE: WE ARE NOT EQUIPPED FOR IT AND OUR BODIES DO NOT TAKE KINDLY TO IT. +
+AS A RESULT, HE CONTINUED, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG SUFFERING FROM LUNG CANCER, BRONCHITIS, ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, DISTRESS AND DISCOMFORT AS A RESULT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING.
+BETWEEN TWO AND THREE THOUSAND OF THESE PEOPLE CAN EXPECT TO DIE THIS YEAR, MANY TIME MORE THAN ARE KILLED BY CRIME AND MANY TIMES MORE THAN ARE KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
BY ITS +THAT IS WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED ITSELF ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, TO COMBATTING THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SMOKING, HE ADDED.
AFTER A VIGOROUS COMPETITION IN FOUR TRACK-AND-FIELD EVENTS, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL (TSUEN WAN) TEAM FROM THE BOYS DIVISION AND THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL TEAM FROM THE GIRLS DIVISION BEAT 22 OPPONENT TEAMS AND EMERGED AS THE OVERALL CHAMPIONS.
THE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS OF THE TWO DIVISIONS WERE MR CHAN YAM-WING, OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL (TSUEN WAN) AND MISS CARLY CHUNG OF DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL.
THE EVENTS WERE RECORDED BY TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED AND WILL BE SCREENED IN THE +SPORTS WORLD+ PROGRAMME ON JADE CHANNEL FROM 9.30 PM TO 11 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES ***
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS AUTHORISED A DECREASE IN THE RATE OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES, ACCORDING TO A LEGAL NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 7) IN A GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 7, 1983), THE NEW ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST WILL BE 9.6 PER CENT (TAX FREE) AS AGAINST THE CURRENT RATE OF 12 PER CENT (TAX FREE).
INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES IS CALCULATED IN MONTHLY STEPS AND THE NEW RATE WILL BE 80 CENTS PER MONTH PER $100. INTEREST WILL BE CREDITED AS BEFORE IN RESPECT OF COMPLETED MONTHS BETWEEN PURCHASE AND SURRENDER IN PAYMENT OF TAX.
INTEREST IS ONLY CREDITED WHEN CERTIFICATES ARE USED TO PAY TAX AND NO INTEREST IS DUE WHERE THE PRINCIPAL VALUE OF A CERTIFICATE IS REPAID BY A CHEQUE.
THE NEW RATE WILL APPLY TO ALL CERTIFICATES ISSUED ON OR AFTER MONDAY (NOVEMBER 7, 1983).
/CERTIFICATES WHICH