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However, the Inland Revenue Ordinance at present only allows us to tax income that is sourced in Hong Kong. The Bill therefore seeks to enable us to tax the income of Hong Kong airlines which is earned from international traffic attributable to an agreement country.

The Bill also introduces miscellaneous amendments to update the Ordinance, to rectify minor irregularities and to adapt the Ordinance to ensure compatibility with the Basic Law.

Mr President, with these remarks, I commend the Bill to Members.

End/Wednesday, November 29, 1995

Manpower in farming industries

Following is a question by the Hon Lo Suk-ching and a reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

In view of the serious shortfall of manpower in the chicken and pig farming industry, a training programme was organised by the authorities concerned early this year. It was learnt that initially some 500 people applied for enrolment, but only some 180 of them actually took part in the programme. There were about 30 trainees who joined the chicken and pig farming industry after completing the training programme. Of this group, nine stayed on in their jobs after two months, among whom three were between 30-49 years of age and six were over 50. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) of the estimated shortfall of workers in the industry at present;