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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994

IN

SINGLE PARENT TAXPAYERS ARE ENTITLED TO THE BASIC ALLOWANCE AND

ΤΟ SEEKS

PROVIDE ADDITION, A SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE WHICH

PREDOMINANT ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF TO TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE THE SOLE OR

IN RECOGNITION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. EXTRA FINANCIAL BURDEN THEY BEAR IN RAISING A FAMILY ON THEIR OWN, HAVE SET THE ALLOWANCE AT A LEVEL WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SOME APPRECIABLE RELIEF TO THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF TAXPAYERS.

BUDGET:

WE

OF THE TAX ALLOWANCES ARE REVIEWED EACH YEAR IN THE CONTEXT

MAINTAIN ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE HAVING REGARD TO THE NEED TO THE REAL VALUE OF THE ALLOWANCE AND GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL POSITION. IS NOT OUR POLICY TO MAINTAIN A RELATIVITY BETWEEN THE BASIC ALLOWANCE AND THE SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE.

IT

0

XI YANG CASE

FOLLOWING

A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IS BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

REPLY

THE

AND A WRITTEN

SUEN, IN

THE

MING

PAO INFORM BRITISH HIS EARLY

THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR XI YANG QUESTION REGARDING

DAILY NEWS REPORTER IN CHINA, WILI, THE GOVERNMENT THIS COUNCIL WHAT MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS RESPECTIVELY TO SEEK RELEASE?

REPLY

MR PRESIDENT,

THE

HONG

GOVERNMENT KONG

HAS CONVEYED

TO

THE

NEED FOR SIMILAR ACTION WITH THE CHINESE

CHINESE AUTHORITIES THE WIDESPREAD CONCERN IN HONG KONG, BOTH IN MEDIA CIRCLES AND MORE WIDELY, ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF MR XI YANG AND THE CLEARER GUIDELINES FOR JOURNALISTS WORKING IN CHINA, HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

XI'S MORE RECENTLY, MR

CASE WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN LONDON. WAS ALSO RAISED BY THE MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HONG

JULY AND KONG, MR

HIS VISIT TO CHINA IN GOODLAD, DURING

DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE VICE PREMIER

SECRETARY OF STATE

QICHEN IN NEW YORK IN SEPTEMBER.

BY

THE

QIAN

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