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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937

ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS AIRPORT

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT FACILITIES.

SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED BY CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT, WITH EMPHASIS ON OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND PLANS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AIRPORT.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION MR J.T. THORPE, SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING WHERE

HE SAW THE DEPARTURE HALL FACILITIES INCLUDING THE SECURAIR CONTROL ROOM AND A TRANSIT SECURITY SEARCH CUBICLE.

FOLLOWING THIS, HE WENT TO THE AIRCRAFT PARKING APRON AREAS AND SAW WORK IN PROGRESS AT THE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING COMPANY AND THE HONG KONG AIR CARGO TERMINAL.

CHIEF SECRETARY LOOKS AT WORK OF TAX-COLLECTORS

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A $15 MILLION COMPUTER SET-UP HAS RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO COPE WITH INCREASING WORKLOAD, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, WAS TOLD DURING HIS VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE, MR ANTHONY AU YEUNG, AND THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MR ALLAN GILL, HE INSPECTED THE SET-UP WHICH IN MAY WILL REPLACE THE ONE INSTALLED EIGHT YEARS AGO.

BEFORE VISITING THE COMPUTER ROOM, MR FORD ALSO TOURED THE INVESTIGATION UNIT ONE OF THE SIX UNITS OF THE DEPARTMENT WHERE ABOUT 70 TAX INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING SUSPECTED TAX EVASION CASES.

LAST YEAR 357 CASES WERE COMPLETED AND $175 MILLION IN TAX AND PENALTIES WERE RECOVERED.

MR FORD THEN VISITED THE COLLECTION HALL AND SAW PEOPLE PAYING THEIR TAXES.

MR AU YEUNG AND MR GILL ALSO BRIEFED MR FORD ON THE STAFFING AND TECHNICAL MATTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND DISCUSSED WITH HIM ITS FUTURE PLANS,

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