HONG KONG’S AID
CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN’S
WAR EFFORT
CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND GIFT OF MONEY.
FIRST DIRECT TAXATION IN COLONY'S HISTORY.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) HONG KONG, March 13.
Legislation is being introduced tomorrow for 1,125.000 United States dollars for the construction in Hong Kong of ships, for presentation to Britain. also the gift of half a million United States dollars as the colony’s contribution to the war effort. The measure involves the first direct taxation in the colony’s history. It affects properties, salaries and profits.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 8
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