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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1992
NEW BUSINESS REGISTRATION RECORDS SYSTEM
THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1992 AND THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT} REGULATION 1992 WILL COME INTO
EFFECT NEXT MONTH.
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"STARTING FROM DECEMBER 1, THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION OFFICE WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM WHEREBY RECORDS WILL BE KEPT ON COMPUTERS AND MICROFILM," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
A PERSON WHO APPLIES FOR BUSINESS REGISTRATION WILL HAVE TO USE THE NEW FORMS PRESCRIBED IN THE REGULATION.
"A PERSON CARRYING ON BUSINESS AT A BRANCH WILL ALSO BE
то REQUIRED
APPLY FOR REGISTRATION WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BRANCH," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE NEW FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM SATURDAY
(NOVEMBER 28)
FROM THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT AT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES:
FIRST FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 3
HONG KONG:
5 GLOUCESTER ROAD
KOWLOON:
TSUEN WAN:
WAN CHAI
HONG KONG
FIRST FLOOR, MONGKOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES 30 LUEN WAN STREET
MONG KOK
KOWLOON
FIRST FLOOR, TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK BUILDING 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD
TSUEN WAN
NEW TERRITORIES
AS REGARDS THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION, THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION OFFICE WILL PROVIDE TRUE COPIES OF EXTRACTS RETRIEVED FROM THE NEW MICROFILM AND STORAGE SYSTEM.
BUSINESS CERTIFIED COMPUTER
HOWEVER, THE OFFICE WILL REMOVE RECORDS OF BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE CEASED OPERATION FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ANY PERSON WHO HAS FURTHER ENQUIRIES RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION MATTERS MAY CALL 594 0888.
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