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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987

OF VALUE FOR COMPLEX AND SUPPORT

"EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS OUR CONTINUING PROGRAMME MONEY STUDIES. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE MEASURES COMPRISE A AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF REFORM, AND I WELCOME THE INTEREST AND THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY MEMBERS TO OUR EFFORTS IN THIS AREA.

TAXATION

WOMEN, ON CALLS MADE BY SOME MEMBERS FOR SEPARATE TAXATION FOR

BEEN MADE, ADDING: MR JACOBS SAID HE WELCOMED THE COMMENTS THAT HAD

HAND AT "BUT I AM SURE THAT MEMBERS WOULD NOT WANT ME TO DISCLOSE MY THIS STAGE, LET US WAIT FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS.

TRAVEL AND TRAVEL AGENTS

**

TOURIST MR JACOBS SAID MUCH WAS BEING DONE IN FACILITATING THE

THE

STANDARDS OF FOR HIGH REPUTATION INDUSTRY, SO AS TO MAINTAIN SERVICE TO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO VISITED HONG KONG EVERY YEAR.

HE SAID AT PRESENT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF QUALITY HOTEL ROOMS, CENT, WITH BUT BY 1990, THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 45 PER THE NUMBER OF ROOMS GROWING FROM 20,850 TO 29,800.

TO SEE THE ON STREAM IN THE

BY THROUGH-CAPACITY

"AND TO IMPROVE THE AIRPORT FACILITIES, WE EXPECT STAGE V EXTENSION TO THE TERMINAL BUILDING COMING

1988, SUMMER OF

INCREASING PASSENGER 50 PER CENT," HE SAID.

THEREBY

PRESENT SITUATION IN CLEARING THE SAID AN URGENT

MR JACOBS NOTED THAT THE AIRPORT AFTER ARRIVAL WAS WHOLLY UNSATISFACTORY. HE REVIEW ON EXISTING IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE PROCEDURES WAS IN PROGRESS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE.

IN

HE ADDED THAT A NEW COMPUTERISED SYSTEM WOULD BE INTRODUCED

"WATCH-LIST" REPLACE THE

MANUAL IMMIGRATION MID-1988 TO CHECK.

EXISTING

PARTIES

SERVICES OF THE ADMINISTRATION,

PROPOSALS

CONCERNING PROTECTION FOR THE PUBLIC WHO USED THE TRAVEL AGENTS, MR JACOBS SAID: "FOR SOME MONTHS,

HAVE BEEN EXAMINING TOGETHER WITH CONCERNED IMPROVE CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TO PROMOTE GREATER THE TRAVEL TRADE.

ΤΟ DISCIPLINE WITHIN

"THE SUBJECT IS NOT EASY BUT WE HOPE TO BE OUR PROPOSALS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

ABLE TO FORMULATE

H

OF

"OUR ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENCOURAGE THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY

AND SELF-REGULATION,

DISCUSSIONS INTRODUCE A VIABLE SYSTEM

INDUSTRY ON HOW PROCEEDING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRAVEL. THIS MAY BE ACHIEVED.'

TO

ARE BEST

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