WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1991
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DAY WITH ALSO, THE ARRIVAL OF FOUR OTHER BOATS EARLIER IN THE 164 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS ON BOARD HAD DRAWN SOME OF THE POLICE LAUNCHES AWAY
FROM THEIR USUAL PATROL AREAS FOR CONSIDERABLE PERIODS OF
TIME.
"
HE
ESCORTING THESE "THE PROCESS OF INTERCEPTING, QUESTIONING AND OTHER BOATS TO THE FIRST LANDING AT GREEN ISLAND HAD TAKEN TIME,' ADDED.
VESSEL MR STRACHAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 8,000
THE VAST MAJORITY OF MOVEMENTS IN THE WATERS OF HONG KONG BACH DAY, WHICH WERE SMALL CRAFT.
MARINE
POLICE REGION,
WHICH
'IN
THE SOUTHERN SECTOR OF THE
то COVERS THE WATERS SOUTH OF HONG KONG ISLAND FROM PO TOI AND NORTH
GIVEN DAY," TSING YI, THERE ARE FIVE POLICE VESSELS ON PATROL ON ANY HE SAID.
THE ACTING SECRETARY STRESSED THAT THE INCIDENT ON MAY NEED TO BE SEEN IN A WIDER PERSPECTIVE.
"THE POLICE,
15 DID
WHETHER PATROLLING
ON LAND OR SEA, CANNOT BE
EVERYWHERE AT ONCE, HE ADDED.
NO EXEMPTION IN TAX PAYING EXPLAINED
THERE IS NO PROVISION IN LAW FOR
EXEMPT
TAXPAYERS FROM
THE COMMISSIONER OF PAYMENT OF
THAT TAX
INLAND HAS BEEN
REVENUE TO PROPERLY ASSESSED.
JACOBS,
SAID
THIS
POON CHI-FAI IN THE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS
BY THE HON IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REASONS, BUT IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR GENUINE
ALLOW A TAXPAYER, COMMISSIONER MAY EXERCISE HIS DISCRETION TO APPLICATION, TO PAY THE TAX DUE BY INSTALMENTS, SIR PIERS SAID.
"I
HE
THE UPON
POON'S "I SHALL NOT COMMENT ON MR
ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE PERSON, SINGLE MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF A
ADDING NOTED,
THAT A PAID NO SINGLE PERSON EARNING AN ANNUAL INCOME OF $41,000 IN 1991-92 SALARIES TAX.
EVEN IF HIS OR HER INCOME IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE $41,000, BILL IS STILL VERY SMALL.
"FOR INSTANCE, ON AN ANNUAL INCOME OF $50,000, THE TAX BY A SINGLE PERSON IS $180. WHEN INCOME INCREASES TO $60,000, PAYABLE IS ONLY $380," HE EXPLAINED.
THE TAX
PAYABLE THE TAX
SIR PIERS SAID AT SUCH LOW LEVELS OF CLEARLY NOT AN UNDUE BURDEN.
THE TAX,
TAX
BILL WAS
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