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Meeting of JLG expert group on preparation of transitional Budget
The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group will hold their sixteenth round of Expert Talks on January 9 and 10 in Hong Kong to discuss the preparation of Hong Kong's transitional Budget and related matters.
The British team will be led by Mr K C Kwong, Secretary for the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government. The Chinese team will be led by Mr Chen Zuo'er, Chinese Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group. They will be assisted by experts.
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Plea for information on illicit cigarettes
The Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr Raymond Li Wai-man, today (Wednesday) appealed to members of the public for more information on illicit cigarettes.
Speaking at a signing ceremony to renew a reward scheme inviting information on illicit cigarettes, Mr Li stressed that the department was determined to repress all illicit cigarettes activities.
"The reward scheme was first introduced in early 1994 as a result of the enhancement of the co-operation between the Tobacco Institute of Hong Kong Limited and the department in the fight against illicit cigarettes," he said.
1997.
The Institute will continue to finance a total reward of $500,000 for the year
The present reward scale is:
Quantity of cigarettes
seized on any one occasion
Rate of reward
Between 500,000 and 1,000,000
$10,000
Between 1,000,001 and 1,500,000
$20,000
Between 1,500,001 and 2,000,000
$30,000
Over 2,000,000
$50,000
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