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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1989
TUNNEL COMPANY TO GET $14 MILLION
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO MAKE A ONE-OFF EX-GRATIA PAYMENT OF $14 MILLION NET TO THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY AS A RESULT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PASSAGE TAX.
THE PAYMENT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PASSAGE TAX HAD BEEN INTRODUCED SPECIFICALLY AS A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURE AND THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS 1984 BUDGET SPEECH HAD SAID THAT IF THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING CROSS-HARBOUR TRAFFIC WAS ACHIEVED, IT WAS REASONABLE THAT THE COMPANY SHOULD RECEIVE EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR REVENUE LOST.
THE EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION, IF APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WILL BE REGARDED AS INCOME RECEIPT AND WILL BE TAXABLE.
CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH SET FOR OCTOBER 6 *****
THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG WILL BE GIVEN A DAY OCTOBER 6 TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION.
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP ON +CIVIC DAY FOR YOUTH+, MR LEE CHIK-YUET, SAID THAT THE DAY WAS A TERRITORY-WIDE EVENT ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR (CCCIYY).
DELEGATES FROM ALL 19 DISTRICTS WOULD TAKE PART IN THE INITIATION CEREMONY AT THE EDINBURGH PLACE ON THAT DAY. THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE CCCIYY, MRS SELINA CHOW, WOULD BE OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, WHICH WILL START A WIDE VARIETY OF DISTRICT ACTIVITIES.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THEY WOULD EACH LEAD A TOUR TO SEVERAL SELECTED DISTRICTS AND WOULD JOIN IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BLOOD DONATIONS AND +WARMTH KNIT-IN+ CAMPAIGNS.
+TO CARE FOR,
HIGHLIGHT OF THE CEREMONY WOULD BE THE HOISTING OF A HELIUM BALLOON WITH A BANNER CARRYING THE THEME OF THE DAY TO SERVE AND TO BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY+.
/SPEAKING ON