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rate increases which could amount to over $100 million annually. Hong Kong hotel room charges are reported to be among the highest in the world, and if you wish to avoid killing
the the goose which lays the golden egg, Commissioner of Rates and Valuations should review the complaints of excessive rate increases from any hotel sympathetically and
fairly.
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Stronger co-ordination is required in promo- ting annually territory-wide courtesty cam- paign. This will give tourists an even better impression of Hong Kong people, and can even encourage them to stay on longer, and to spend more money shopping and enjoying the top cuisine of Hong Kong. An annual courtesy campaign would also stimulate civic consci-
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is worrying to the tourist industry is the possibility that the Financial Secretary could introduce a sales tax on various classes of goods and services in addition to the. existing items such as cosmetics, soft drinks,
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imported cars, petrol, tobacco, and liqueur liquor,
Government should be warned that any move
towards a sales tax at the retail level
would notonly increase prices to the consumer, not to mention the added cost of administration, but would also seriously damage Hong Kong's international image as a low taxation territory, and frighten away postential investors. Should the Financial Secretary have in mind raising additional revenue by tax levies at the wholesale level on a wider range of items other than the existing ones, such should be kept to the absolute minimum,
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