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Application for Mortgage Interest Subsidy Scheme invited
Full-time employees holding subvented posts in aided and per caput grant schools are invited to apply for assistance under the 1996-97 Mortgage Interest Subsidy Scheme (MISS).
Chief Executive Officer of the Education Department, Miss Mary Ha, said today (Tuesday) that eligible staff are:
those receiving a monthly basic salary equivalent to Master Pay Scale Point 22 ($24,850) or above and having a minimum of 10 years' continuous recognised service as at April 30, 1997; or
those receiving a monthly basic salary below Master Pay Scale Point 22 and have a minimum of 20 years' continuous recognised service as at April 30, 1997.
Under MISS, successful applicants will receive a monthly subsidy for payment for interest on their home mortgage loan, Miss Ha said.
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"The closing date for submitting application forms is May 14, 1997," she
Circulars, application forms and relevant information leaflets have been sent to heads of schools.
Enquiries should be directed to MISS Section on 2961 7406 or 2961 7409.
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Two women plead guilty to possessing fake gold rings
Two women, found by Customs officers in possession of fake gold rings, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment, suspended for two years at Fanling Magistracy today (Tuesday) after pleading guilty to charges under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance.
During a search on passengers arriving from China on Sunday, March 23, Customs officers at the Lowu Arrival Hall found from two women a total of 645 gold rings, each of which was marked "wholly gold". Suspecting that the rings were not genuine, the officers detained them for further investigations into possible offences under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance.