2m filed no tax for last year
About 2 million people were not required to file salaries tax returns in 2006-07. During the last assessment period, 61 per cent of the working population filed no tax returns, Secretary for Financial Services Chan Ka-keung said yesterday. About 3,000 people filed returns for income of more than HK$1 million, the highest tax bracket. Only 4.7 per cent of the population did not file at the standard rate, down from 6.2 per cent in 2005-06.
More jail for ex-minister's father
Former Macau minister Ao Man-long's father, Ao Veng-kong, was jailed for another 31/2 years in a third trial related to the city's biggest graft scandal. The Court of First Instance also jailed developer Tang Kim-man for 121/2 years over kickbacks worth HK$48 million. Tang left Macau after the scandal broke in 2006 and was tried in his absence. Ao Veng-kong, 81, was found guilty of one count of money laundering.
Education seat eyed
Ho Hon-kuen, vice-chairman of the group Education Convergence, is to run for the education functional constituency seat in September's Legislative Council election. Incumbent lawmaker Cheung Man-kwong has said he will seek re-election, while Eva Yu Yee-wah, of the Federation of Trade Unions, is considering running for the seat.
