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"The Department will carry out random spot checks in distribution outlets to ensure that the label is correctly displayed on refrigerator units. Unauthorised use of the label would be liable to prosecution," he said.
Meanwhile, he added, the department was developing a similar voluntary energy efficiency labelling scheme for room-coolers, planned for launching in mid- 1996. Other types of household appliances were also under investigation.
Information leaflets on the energy label are available from District Offices, Customer Services Centres of the electric power companies, and the Consumer Council. The leaflets are also obtainable from the EMSD Customers Services Centre located on ground floor, 98 Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay. For enquiries, please phone the EMSD Energy Efficiency Office at 2881 1562.
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Applications Mortgage Interest Subsidy Scheme invited
The Education Department is inviting eligible full-time employees holding subvented posts in aided schools to apply for assistance under the 1996-97 Mortgage Interest Subsidy Scheme (MISS).
Chief Executive Officer, Peter Kan Tat-sing, said today (Wednesday) that eligible staff are:
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those receiving a monthly basic salary equivalent to Master Pay Scale point 22 or above ($23,080 or more) and having a minimum of 10 years' continuous recognised service as at April 30; or
those receiving a monthly basic salary below Master Pay Scale point 22 who have a minimum of 20 years' continuous recognised service as at April 30.
"Priority for admission to the scheme will be based on the length of service in excess of the minimum qualifying service set out above," he said.
Where two applicants have the same length of service in excess of the minimum, priority will be given to the older applicant, he added.
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