THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985
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INSURANCE FEES INCREASED
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THE AUTHORISATION AND ANNUAL FEE TO CARRY ON AN INSURANCE BUSINESS IN HONG KONG WILL BE INCREASED FROM $10 000 TO $25 000 FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
AT THE SAME TIME, THE FEE FOR INSPECTING THE REGISTER OF AUTHORISED INSURERS HAS BEEN REVISED FROM $2 TO $5, FOR OBTAINING A COPY OF AN ENTRY IN THE REGISTER FROM $2 TO $3, AND FOR CERTIFICATION OF A COPY OR AN EXTRACT OF AN ENTRY FROM $2 TO
$50.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE AUTHORISATION FEE WAS REVISED TO REFLECT THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE. THE OTHER FEES WERE REVISED TO BRING THEM INTO LINE WITH THOSE CHARGED FOR SIMILAR SERVICES UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.
THE FEE INCREASES, UNDER THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13) REGULATIONS 1985 AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES (REGISTER OF INSURERS) (PRESCRIBED FEE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1985, HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TOMORROW.
INSIGNIA PRESENTATION
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SEVENTY-FIVE PEOPLE DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE THEIR INSIGNIA FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) EVENING.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WILL BE MR MICHAEL THOMAS,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO WAS AWARDED THE C.M.G.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A LIST OF THE RECIPIENTS AT THE INSIGNIA PRESENTATION MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS NEWS DIVISION AT 4 PM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 19).
ONLY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN WITH SPECIAL PASSES WILL BE ADMITTED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THEY SHOULD MEET GIS OFFICERS IN THE GUARD ROOM NOT LATER THAN 5.30 PM.
NEWSPAPERS WITHOUT SUCH PASSES WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS BY MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF PRINTS WITH MING YUEN STUDIO, 22 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, TEL. 5-224310.
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