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"BY EXEMPTING THE TRANSFER DEED FROM DUTY, THE BILL PROVIDES AN INCENTIVE FOR SETTLEMENTS TO BE EFFECTED THROUGH A RECOGNISED CLEARING HOUSE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AUTOMATED BOOK ENTRY RECORDS FOR BROKERS, AND A CENTRAL DEPOSITORY TO REDUCE MOVEMENTS OF SHARE CERTIFICATES," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
SEPARATELY, THE BILL CLARIFIES EXISTING PROVISIONS OF THE STAMP DUTY ORDINANCE, WHICH EXEMPT FROM STAMP DUTY LIABILITY, PERSONS BUYING PROPERTIES ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS, OR THE CHINESE VISA OFFICE.
FINALLY, THE BILL WOULD EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR SUBMITTING REPORTS TO THE COLLECTOR OF STAMP REVENUE BY USERS OF LICENSED FRANKING MACHINES FROM ONCE A WEEK TO ONCE A MONTH.
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STRICT CONTROLS ON 32 BENZODIAZEPINES FROM TOMORROW
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STRINGENT CONTROLS ON 32 BENZODIAZEPINES UNDER THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE WILL COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
AN ORDER TO ADD THESE SUBSTANCES TO PART I OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED ON OCTOBER 18 LAST YEAR TO TAKE EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (JANUARY 18).
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PHARMACEUTICAL DEALERS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS THIS GRACE PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM ΤΟ PREPARE FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, SAID SINCE THE SCHEDULING IN OCTOBER 1990 OF THE THREE MOST COMMONLY ABUSED TRANQUILLISERS, BROTIZOLAM (LENDORMIN), FLUNITRAZEPAM (ROHYPNOL) AND TRIAZOLAM (HALCION), WHICH ARE ALL BENZODIAZEPINES, THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE EXTENT OF ABUSE OF THE THREE DRUGS.
"OUR EFFORTS NEARLY 16 MONTHS AGO APPEAR ΤΟ HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, HE SAID.
THE COMMISSIONER EXPLAINED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD, THERE HAD BEEN AN APPARENT SWITCH TO THE ABUSE OF OTHER BENZODIAZEPINES.
"ON THE ADVICE OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD AND THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, ACTION HAS, THEREFORE, BEEN TAKEN TO TIGHTEN THE CONTROL OF ANOTHER 32 BENZODIAZEPINES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND MAY BE LIABLE TO ABUSE, HE SAID.
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THE COMMISSIONER SAID HE HOPES THAT THE NEW MEASURES WHICH SUBJECT ALL BENZODIAZEPINES TO THE SAME STRICT DEGREE OF CONTROL, WOULD HELP MINIMISE THE ABUSE OF THESE DRUGS.
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