WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1993
DECLARATION
MR SZE SAID AS A PARTY TO THE JOINT
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ENTITLED TO TAKE UP WITH CHINA ANY QUESTION IT MIGHT HAVE IN RELATION TO THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.
"MOREOVER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 8 OF ANNEX II OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SHALL CONTINUR ITS WORK UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2000," HE SAID.
GOVERNOR'S TAX POSITION SET FOR REVIEW
THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT MEMORANDUM ON THE QUEEN'S TAX POSITION HAS BEEN KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVIEW IT CAREFULLY ΤΟ IMPLICATIONS FOR HIS OWN TAX POSITION UNDER HONG
ONCE THE FORTHCOMING PUBLISHED, THE HONG SEE IF IT HAS ANY KONG LAW.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
KONG
MR MACLEOD SAID THE GOVERNOR WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE HONG CIVIL SERVICE. HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE QUEEN UNDER THE LETTERS PATENT AS HER MAJESTY'S REPRESENTATIVE IN HONG KONG.
"LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS, THE PRESENT GOVERNOR RECEIVES A SALARY, WHICH IS FIXED AT 125% OF THAT OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, AND A NON-ACCOUNTABLE ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE,' MR MACLEOD SAID.
ADDED.
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THE SALARY ALSO ATTRACTS THE NORMAL CONTRACT GRATUITY, HE
THE SECRETARY SAID THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF BENEFITS NORMALLY AVAILABLE TO CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ON SIMILAR TERMS, INCLUDING ANNUAL, LEAVE PASSAGES, EDUCATION ALLOWANCES AND SO FORTH, PAYABLE IN CASH OR KIND.
THE GOVERNOR 19 EXEMPT FROM SALARIES TAX BY VIRTUE B(2)(A) OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE, ENACTED IN 1947.
OF SECTION
HIS TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT HIS EMOLUMENTS ARE TAX-FREE, ARE ALSO SET OUT IN HIS FORMAL LETTER OF
APPOINTMENT.
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