SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1993
AIDS
FROM
AS
FROM
SAME
BUT SHE WAS QUICK TO ADD THAT PERSON COULD NOT GET NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY CONTACTS WITH HIV-INFECTED PERSONS, SUCH SHAKING HANDS OR HUGGING, HAVING MEALS TOGETHER, WORKING IN THE OFFICE OR FACTORY, OR ATTENDING THE SAME SCHOOL.
RECOUNTING
THE
ESSENTIAL GROUNDWORK THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN COMBATTING AIDS, MRS WONG SAID
TO COME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ADOPT A LEADERSHIP ROLE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV PATIENTS.
HAS DONE TIME HAD
OVERCOME
THE
"THE
HEALTH
HAVE
OF AND WELFARE BRANCH AND THE DEPARTMENT THEREFORE DEDICATED 1993 TO BE THE YEAR OF A CAMPAIGN TO AIDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS," SHE SAID,
HEALTH
COMBAT
"WE WILL THIS YEAR PUT IN PLACE PLANS FOR A MAJOR PUBLICITY AND
YEARS, EDUCATION CAMPAIGN, AND FOR SUSTAINING THIS EFFORT IN COMING MRS WONG SAID.
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INSURANCE AGENT FINED FOR TAX EVASION
AN INSURANCE AGENT AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WERE FOUND GUILTY IN THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY OF MAKING A FALSE CLAIM OF SUB-AGENTS' SALARIES WITH WILFUL INTENT TO EVADE TAX.
THE FIRST DEFENDANT, MR LAU YIU-CHEUNG, AGED 35, IS AN INSURANCE AGENT, TRADING IN THE NAME OF CASEY LAU & COMPANY. HE WAS CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE CLAIMS IN HIS TAX RETURNS.
THE SECOND DEFENDANT MR LAU YIU-MING, THE YOUNGER BROTHER, AGED 29, WAS CHARGED WITH AIDING AND ABETTING THE FIRST DEFENDANT.
THEY DENIED FIVE CHARGES OF TAX EVASION AND WERE CONVICTED AFTER TRIAL BEFORE MAGISTRATE MR G A ANDREE WILTENS.
MR LAU YIU-CHEUNG WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $80,000 AND WAS SENTENCED TO ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT, SUSPENDED FOR 18 MONTHS.
MR LAU YIU-MING WAS ORDERED TO PAY $22,500 IN FINE AND SENTENCED TO ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT, SUSPENDED FOR 18 MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT TAX EVASION WAS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
UNDER THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE, A TAX EVADER IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF THREE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF $20,000 ON EACH CHARGE, IN ADDITION TO A FURTHER FINE EQUIVALENT TO THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF TAX UNDERCHARGED.
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