WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1992
"TAXES ON
SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE LEVIED WHERE FEASIBLE AND LEGITIMATE BUT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO FACE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES IN IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING THEM FOR TAX PURPOSES," SHE
SAID.
MRS CHAN SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS, HOWEVER, COMMITTED TO CONTINUE ITS PROGRAMME OF LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AIMED AT TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE.
COMMISSIONER FOR INLAND REVENUE
"AS AN ILLUSTRATION, THE INVESTIGATED 571 CASES IN 1991-92 AND RECOVERED EVADED TAXES AND PENALTIES AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $438 MILLION, SHE SAID.
ADEQUATE FUNDING SECURED TO IMPLEMENT MAJOR SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, REAFFIRMED THAT THE IMMEDIATE CAPITAL INJECTION OF $2.3 BILLION INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND AS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS WILL ENSURE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR THE TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE MAJOR SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES SET OUT IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE YEARS 1993/94 TO 1996/97.
REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY}, MRS WONG ASSURED MEMBERS THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE GOVERNMENT FROM ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTING OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES IN FUTURE.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT THE INTERIM TARGETS, AS OUTLINED IN THE WHITE PAPER, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS SCHEDULED.
"AS MENTIONED EARLIER, FUNDING HAS ALREADY BEEN SECURED FOR MEETING THE KEY TARGETS, NOT ONLY FOR THE YEAR 1995/96, BUT FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 1996/97," MRS WONG ADDED.
SUFFICIENT GENERAL WARD BEDS TO BE PROVIDED
SUFFICIENT GENERAL WARD BEDS WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TO MEET DEMAND EVEN THOUGH "B CLASS BEDS" WERE TO BE INTRODUCED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN- FAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/MRS WONG