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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987

"I CAN CONFIRM THAT IN THIS SITUATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE WILL, WHERE JUSTIFIED, APPLY THE DISCRETIONARY POWERS BE HAS UNDER THE ORDINANCE TO HOLD OVER PAYMENT OF THE HONG KONG TAX.

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"UPON APPLICATION, THE COMMISSIONER WILL HOLD OVER PAYMENT OF "HAT PART OF THE TAX ASSESSED WHICH IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SERVICES RENDERED IN THE FOREIGN TERRITORY.

"ONCE THE FOREIGN TAX HAS BEEN PAID AND PROOF THEREOF SUBMITTED BY THE TAXPAYER, THE HONG KONG TAX WILL BE DISCHARGED.

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MR JACOBS ALSO NOTED THAT DR SOHMEN'S INITIAL CONCERN OVER THE PHRASE 'SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME NATURE AS SALARIES TAX" HAD BEEN EFLIFVED BY ASSURANCES GIVEN AT A MEETING BETWEEN THE AD HOC GROUP

THE ADMINISTRATION.

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"THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALSO ASSURED ME THAT ON THIS POINT THAT IF FORESEES NO REAL DIFFICULTY.

"HE WILL, ENLARGE UPON THE PHRASE IN THE PRACTICE NOTE ΤΟ BE ISSUED AFTER THIS BILL HAS BECOME LAW WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING ANY MERUNDERSTANDING AS TO JUST WHAT TAXES HE REGARDS AS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME NATURE AS OUR SALARIES TAX," HE SAID.

WIDESPREAD CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRY ON POLLUTION CONTROLS

THERE IS

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BEFORE POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION 18 INTRODUCED, ALWAYS WIDESPREAD CONSULTATION WITH INDUSTRIAL BODIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT DOES GIVE TECHNICAL ADVICE ON POLLUTION MATTERS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROFESSOR THE HON POON CHUNG KHONG, MR CHAMBERS SAID: "WHERE LEGISLATION IS ALREADY IN PLACE, SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED ON AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT MEASURES, CHIMNEY APPLICATIONS, SEWAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT AND SIMILAR MATTERS.

"FORMAL ADVICE IS ALSO PROVIDED TO INDUSTRY THROUGH THE ISSUE OF CODES OF PRACTICE, SUCH AS THE RECENT CODES ON THE USE OF ASBESTOS.

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HE SAID THAT IN THE COURSE OF ESTABLISHING POLLUTION CONTROLS IN HONG KONG, IT HAD BEEN THE EXPERIENCE THAT MOST INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS TOOK LITTLE NOTICE OF ADVICE ON POLLUTION REDUCTION METHODS IN ADVANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATIVE CONTROLS.

/HE ADDED