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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1979

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REMINDER TO SALARIES/PROFITS TAXPAYERS

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THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED SALARIES AND PROFITS TAXPAYERS WISHING TO PAY BY INSTALMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST PAYMENT IS MADE ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE SHOWN ON THE DEMAND NOTE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT NOTICES FOR PAYMENT OF PROVISIONAL SALARIES AND PROFITS TAX WILL CARRY A WARNING THAT, IF THE FIRST INSTALMENT IS NOT PAID BY THE DUE DATE, THE SECOND INSTALMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME DUE IMMEDIATELY.

+THIS WILL BE STRICTLY APPLIED AND PLEAS OF OVERSIGHT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID, IF TAX IS NOT PAID BY THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE, A SURCHARGE OF FIVE PER CENT MAY BE ADDED TO THE TOTAL TAX UNPAID AND THIS ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE WILL ALSO BE IMMEDIATELY DUE FOR PAYMENT.

+TAXPAYERS ARE INFORMED THAT THE SURCHARGE WILL BE ADDED IF TAX IS NOT PAID ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE. UNLESS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SHOWN IN A CASE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID."

PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE AT ANY OF THE THREE COLLECTION OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR BY MAILING A CROSSED CHEQUE TOGETHER WITH THE DEMAND NOTE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, G.P.0. BOX 132, HONG KONG.

PUBLICATIONS ON SAFETY IN SCHOOL

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED PAMPHLETS

INSTRUCTIONS

AND OTHER ADVISORY MATERIAL DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS RELATING TO SAFETY ASPECTS IN CERTAIN SUBJECTS.

TOPICS COVERED BY THE PAMPHLETS INCLUDE SAFETY IN SCHOOL WORKSHOPS AND THE LABORATORIES, AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

+SUBJECTS IN WHICH SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ARE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE ARE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HOME ECONOMICS, SCIENCE AND OTHER SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN WORKSHOPS SUCH AS WOODWORK, METALWORK AND PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE DREW THE ATTENTION OF HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN THESE SUBJECTS BECAUSE +AN ELEMENT OF DANGER EXISTS IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.+

+WHERE SPECIAL TRAINING IS REQUIRED FOR THE TEACHING OF SPECIFIC SKILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE USE OF THE TRAMPOLINE, HEADS OF SCHOOLS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY MET BY THE TEACHERS CONCERNED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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