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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1984
FOUR OTHER CONTRACTS COSTING MORE THAN $35.8 MILLION ARE FOR INSTALLATION OF LIFTS AND ESCALATORS IN NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS AND COMMERCIAL CENTRES AT THE LEI TUNG ESTATE IN AP LEI CHAU, TIN PING ESTATE IN YUEN LONG, FU SHIN ESTATE IN TAI PO AND TUNG TAU ESTATE IN KOWLOON.
UNDER TWO LANDSCAPING CONTRACTS TOGETHER WORTH $1.6 MILLION, MORE GREENERY WILL BE ADDED TO THE LUNG HANG ESTATE IN SHA TIN AND THE WANG TAU HOM (LOK FU) COMPLEX IN KOWLOON.
THE LAST CONTRACT, VALUED AT $358 150, IS FOR SITE INVESTIGATION FOR THE PHASE FIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF TAI HANG TUNG ESTATE WHERE FOUR MARK 1 BLOCKS WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE NEW RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS.
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE CELEBRATE
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WHICH HAS A DESERVEDLY HIGH REPUTATION IN HONG KONG AND INTERNATIONALLY.
SPEAKING AT A COCKTAIL RECEPTION MARKING THE DIAMOND JUBILEE, THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SERVICE, SIR PHILIP CONGRATULATED ALL OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WHO GREATLY REGRETTED HIS INABILITY TO BE PRESENT.
SIR PHILIP SAID THAT AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE HE DEEMED IT AN HONOUR TO BE DEPUTISING FOR THE GOVERNOR ON THIS OCCASION.
+ON THIS DAY IN 1909, 26 REVENUE OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THEN IMPORT AND EXPORT DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE THE LIQUORS ORDINANCE ENACTED TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF DUTY ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH ALAS MUST BE TAXED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SO VITAL TO CIVILISED LIVING. THESE APPOINTMENTS MARKED THE BIRTH OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE.
+TODAY, 75 YEARS LATER, THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE IS A DISCIPLINED FORCE OF 2 554 OFFICERS AND MEN IN AN INDEPENDENT CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WITH A TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT OF 3 303 POSTS.
+THE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXERCISES POWERS UNDER SOME 28 SEPARATE PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND IS CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF NEARLY $3 BILLION WORTH OF REVENUE.
/+THE REVENUE
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