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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1986
FOR SMALL DOMESTIC UNITS, APPROXIMATELY $10 AND $13 PER MONTH MORE WILL ON AVERAGE BE PAYABLE IN 1986-87 AND 1987-88 RESPECTIVELY.
FOR LARGE DOMESTIC UNITS, ON AOERAGE, APPROXIMATELY $56 PER MONTH MORE WILL BE PAYABLE IN 1986-87, WITH NO FURTHER INCREASE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE VARIATION IN THE EFFECT OF THE INCREASED RATES PERCENTAGES WAS DUE TO THE PRESENT RATE RELIEF SCHEME WHICH LIMITED THE ANNUAL INCREASES IN RATES PAYABLE TO 20 PER CENT.
HE STRESSED THAT THE FIGURES GIVEN WERE ONLY AVERAGES AND INDIVIDUAL RATEPAYERS WOULD EXPERIENCE INCREASES DIFFERENT TO THOSE QUOTED.
TRADE BOARDS INFORMATION REGULARLY MADE KNOWN
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INFORMATION ON IMPORTANT ISSUES UNDER CONSIDERATION, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD (TAB) AND THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB) IS AT PRESENT REGULARLY MADE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON E.P. HO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON THOMAS CLYDESDALE, MR HO SAID THIS WAS DONE THROUGH SUITABLE PUBLICITY ARRANGEMENTS SUCH AS THE ISSUE OF PRESS STATEMENTS AND FEATURES, SPEECHES IN PUBLIC FORUM, BRIEFINGS AND INTERVIEWS GIVEN TO THE MEDIA.
HE SAID MEMBERS OF THE TWO BOARDS ALSO DISSEMINATED INFORMATIO.. ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOARDS TO THE MANY TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS TO WHICH THEY BELONGED.
+ IN THE CASE OF THE IDB, CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO THE TRADE WHERE APPROPRIATE.
+FOR THE TAB, NOTIFICATION TO THE TRADE OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE SOMETIMES COVERED IN COMMERCIAL INFORMATION CIRCULARS ISSUED BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT. +
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ROLE, FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TWO BOARDS WERE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN RELEVANT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT AND IN THE CASE OF THE IDB - PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS PRODUCED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
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