XN000022-1979-12-17 — Page 5

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1979

IRD'S COMPLAINTS OFFICE MOVES TO WINDSOR HOUSE

THE SPECIAL COMPLAINTS OFFICE OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATE FROM TODAY (MONDAY) IN A NEW OFFICE ON THE 26TH FLOOR OF WINDSOR HOUSE, CAUSEWAY BAY FOLLOWING THE MOVE FROM ICE HOUSE STREET LAST SATURDAY.

THE NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE COMPLAINTS OFFICER, MRS. AGNES SIN LAW YUK LIN, IS 5-79595656 WHILE THE CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS, GPO BOX 11234, REMAINS UNCHANGED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID, +TAXPAYERS MAY APPROACH THE COMPLAINTS OFFICER FOR HELP IF DELAYS OR DIFFICULTIES, OTHER THAN THOSE RELATING TO THE CORRECTNESS OF ASSESSMENTS OR THE LAW ITSELF. ARE EXPERIENCED AFTER THEIR INITIAL ENQUIRIES WITH THE OFFICERS HANDLING THEIR CASES FAIL TO RESOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.+

WORK ON WATER TREATMENT PLANT'S EXTENSION TO BEGIN SOON

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CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK ON AN EXTENSION TO THE RED HILL WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN TAI TAM BAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE CONTRACT FOR THE EXTENSION WORK WAS SIGNED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING BETWEEN THE CHIEF ENGINEER, CONSTRUCTION, MR. LEE GUN-CHEUNG, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EXCEL ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD.

HE SAID THE EXTENSION, TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR WATER FROM STANLEY AND REPÜLSE BAY, WILL COST MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION TO BUILD.

UPON COMPLETION, THE EXTENSION WILL INCREASE THE OUTPUT OF THE WATER TREATMENT WORKS FROM 6 300 CUBIC METRES TO 10 900 CUBIC METRES A DAY.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL TAKE 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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