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EPS payment service introduced at Inland Revenue offices
To improve the payment service to the taxpaying public, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has installed an EPS terminal at each of its payment offices in Wan Chai, Mong Kok and Tsuen Wan since last month (December 1996).
This new service of payment of tax by EPS is an additional payment method to Payment by Phone, Payment by Post, Payment over Counter, and By Cheque Deposit Box in IRD payment offices currently offered by the Inland Revenue Department.
A spokesman for the department today (Monday) urged taxpayers who opt to pay their tax bills over the counter to pay by cheque or to make use of the new service to avoid carrying large quantities of cash to IRD for their own safety and convenience.
No application for use of the new service of payment of tax by EPS is required. Taxpayers who are holders of ATM cards of 30 major banks can now transfer a sum ranging from $20,000 to $50,000 for each ATM card or account each day for payment of tax at the designated counter at each of three IRD payment offices during office hours.
To save a trip to IRD, taxpayers are reminded that they may post their payment by cheque to IRD or pay by telephone via the 24-hour Payment-by-Phone Service. For enquiries, please telephone IRD's hotline 2877 9111 or 187 8033, or the PPS hotline 9000 0222 329.
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Water storage figure
Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 79.7 per cent of capacity or 466.897 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 483.561 million cubic metres of water, representing 82.5 per cent of capacity.
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