FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1990
REVISION OF FEES FOR ISSUE OF TRADING DOCUMENTS
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) A REVISION OF FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF LANDING CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFIED COPIES OF IMPORT OR EXPORT DECLARATION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS TRADE DECLARATION) AND CARGO MANIFEST.
THE ISSUE OF THESE DOCUMENTS IS A SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON REQUEST TO MEET TRADERS' CERTIFICATION NEEDS.
UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (FEES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY, THE FEE REVISION, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM MONDAY, APRIL 9, IS AS FOLLOWS:
TYPE OF APPLICATION
(A) ISSUE OF A LANDING CERTIFICATE
EXISTING
FEE
REVISED FEE
$70
$150
$30
$100
(B) ISSUE OF A CERTIFIED COPY OF TRADE
DECLARATION OR CARGO MANIFEST
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE REVISION OF FEES WAS
COVER INCREASES IN THE COSTS OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES. THE EXISTING SCALE OF FEES WAS INTRODUCED IN 1982.
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HE SAID THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD HAD BEEN CONSULTED ON THE FEE REVISION AND HAD EXPRESSED SUPPORT.
ANY ENQUIRIES ON THE REVISION OF FEES MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4868.
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ARBITRATION LAW COMES INTO OPERATION
THE UNITED NATIONS MODEL LAW ON ARBITRATION COMES INTO EFFECT IN HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY), FURTHER BOOSTING THE TERRITORY'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL FOR BEING A LEADING CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONS IN THE FAR EAST.
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ARBITRATION (AMENDMENT} (NO. 2) ORDINANCE 1989, WHICH INCORPORATES THE UNITED NATIONS MODEL LAW, WILL MAKE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RULES ACCESSIBLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
/THE ASSISTANT
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