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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1975

SEND YOUR TAX. ENQUIRY BY POST, URGES I.R.D.

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THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY URGED TAXPAYERS TO MAKE ENQUIRIES BY LETTER, RATHER THAN BY TELEPHONE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

AN IRD SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN FLOODED WITH ENQUIRIES FROM TAXPAYERS ABOUT THEIR TAX OBLIGATIONS WITH THE RESULT THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. HAD BECOME HEAVILY OVERLOADED, CAUSING DELAYS AND INCONVENIENCE TO OTHERS WITH MORE PRESSING MATTERS.

ARRANGEMENTS WERE IN HAND TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT'S TELEPHONE FACILITIES, HE SAID, BUT THIS WOULD TAKE TIME. IN THE MEANTIME, TAXPAYERS COULD HELP EASE THE PRESSURE BY SENDING THEIR NOT-SO-URGENT ENQUIRIES BY POST.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF ISSUING REMINDERS TO THOSE WHO HAD NOT YET SUBMITTED THEIR 1975/76 TAX RETURN. BECAUSE OF THE VAST VOLUME OF WORK INVOLVED, IT MAY BE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED HIS RETURNS MIGHT RECEIVE A REMINDER.

WHERE TAXPAYERS RECEIVE REMINDERS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY SUBMITTED THEIR SALARIES TAX RETURN, HE SAID, MAY ASSUME THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED OF THEM UNLESS OR UNTIL THEY RECEIVE A FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

LADY MACLEHOSE TO VISIT WATCH FACTORY

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NOTE TO EDITORS :

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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL VISIT THE CHIAP HUA CLOCKS AND WATCHES FACTORY IN KWUN TONG TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. K.H. YEUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

ON ARRIVAL AT THE FACTORY, LADY MACLEHOSE WILL BE MET BY MR. Y.C. CHENG, THE CHAIRMAN MR. H.S. CHENG, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR MR. K.K. LEE, THE WORKS MANAGER AND MR. J. YUNG, THE SALES MANAGER.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE VISIT. CHIAP HUA CLOCKS AND WATCHES LTD. IS LOCATED AT 396, KWUN TONG ROAD, KOWLOON. LADY MACLEHOSE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT 10.30 A.M.

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