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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1994

TRANSCRIPT OF ACTING GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER HER VISIT TO THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

VISIT TO THE MRS CHAN : GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THIS IS MY FIRST

AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT AND I FOUND IT VISIT. FIRST OF ALL, I AM VERY GLAD TO SEE THE DEPARTMENT OPERATING IN SUCH A GOOD ACCOMMODATION, BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY GOOD FOR THE IN THE CLIENTS, AND ALSO VERY GOOD FOR THE STAFF WHO HAVE TO WORK DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT PERFORMS A VERY USEFUL THAT IT COLLECTS SOME 66 PER CENT OF TOTAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSIONER AND ALL HIS STAFF ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF SERVICE. SO FAR IT HAS PUBLISHED 15 PERFORMANCE PLEDGES, AND I AM VERY GLAD TO KNOW THAT

FUNCTION, SEEING REVENUE. THE

IN ALL THESE

THIS OUT-PERFORMED.

YEAR, PERFORMANCE PLEDGES, THE DEPARTMENT HAS

SERVICES

AN PARTICULARLY, THE DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED TWO NEW

ALSO PAYMENT BY AUTOMATED PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE BY TELEPHONE AND

SOME 39,000 TELEPHONE PHONE

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SO FAR SERVICE.

CONVENIENT FOR PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS SERVICE IS EXTREMELY THOSE WHO HAVE TO PAY TAX, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE WELL AS OF COURSE USING THE POSTAL SERVICE TO PAY TAXES, SO THAT DON'T HAVE TO COME PERSONALLY TO PAY TAXES.

QUESTION: (ON NPC RESOLUTION)

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DISMANTLING

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IS

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MRS CHAN: YES. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE NPC CONSIDERS THE THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IS OF COURSE A MATTER FOR THE NPC ITSELF TO CONSIDER. I SIMPLY WANT TO REITERATE THE FEW POINTS THAT

ELECTORAL HAVE MADE ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST. FIRST OF ALL, THE

COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THE FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIC LAW, THE JOINT DECLARATION AND UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS.

AND OPEN THESE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FAIR

THEY WILL ELECTIONS. THEY ARE CLEARLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND

KONG'S PROSPERITY ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AND WILL MAINTAIN HONG.

FINAL ANALYSIS, AND STABILITY AFTER 1997. AND I AM SURE THAT IN THE

BEST PROTECTS HONG KONG THE CHINESE

MAKE THE DECISION THAT WILL

INTERESTS.

QUESTION: (WHETHER IT WILL AFFECT THE VOTING OF THE DE ELECTIONS ?)

EARLIER STATEMENT. MRS CHAN : 1 WANT TO ADD ONE OR TWO POINTS TO MY

RECORD AND THAT IS THAT IT IS QUITE CLEAR FROM THE FACT THAT WE HAD A

DISTRICT BOARD NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER'S

ELECTORAL SYSTEM, THEY ELECTION, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS FAITH IN THE

SYSTEM BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAIR AND OPEN SYSTEM, AND THROUGH THIS WILL BE ELECTED THOSE WHO CAN BEST REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS. AND I AM ARE ELECTED TO SURE IT WILL BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF ALL THOSE WHO

OUR SMOOTH ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT WILL MAINTAIN

PROSPERITY AFTER TRANSITION AND MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND

1997.

/QUESTION: IF