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SCMP Reporter

One-off relief measures 
Salaries tax reduction of 75 per cent, capped at HK$6,000 
Property rates, capped at HK$1,500 per quarter, waived for a year 
Rent for public housing tenants waived for two months 
An extra month of CSSA payment, Old Age Allowance and Disability Allowance
Business registration fee waived for a year
Students receiving CSSA or student financial assistance will be given HK$1,000 allowance
Property 
Stamp duty on transactions over HK$20 million increased from 3.75 per cent to 4.25 per cent; buyers cannot defer stamp duty payment 
Several urban residential sites on Land Application List put up for sale by auction or tender in the coming two years if they have not been triggered, if needed
Housing Authority to explore ways to revitalise secondary market of Home Ownership Scheme flats
Economic development 
Stamp duty concession in trading of exchange traded funds extended 
Concessionary profits tax rate extended to cover qualifying debt instruments 
Profits tax deductions for purchase of registered trademarks, copyrights and registered designs
Phase three development of Hong Kong Science Park started
Construction Industry Council will receive HK$100 million for training and related work 
Medical 
Hospital Authority will receive additional HK$1.24 billion for the training of nurses and providing services for cataract, renal and cancer patients and expand the usage of nine drugs already in use
About HK$600 million allocated in the next three years to strengthen primary care services 
HK$104 million allocated to vaccinations, including a new Vaccination Office
Additional HK$40 million to enhance drug safety monitoring
Tobacco Control 
Duty-free concessions on tobacco for incoming passengers abolished
Building maintenance and redevelopment 
Additional HK$500 million for Operation Building Bright to help owners maintain their buildings
Urban Renewal Authority to launch redevelopment project near collapsed building in Ma Tau Wai Road
Government will consider relocating its offices and facilities to old industrial buildings 
Environment 
A HK$300 million Pilot Green Transport Fund to encourage buses, taxis and ferries that use green technology
Subsidies totalling HK$540 million to replace Euro II diesel commercial vehicles 
Education 
About 300,000 low-income families will receive a  subsidy of HK$1,300 or HK$650 a year  for their children's internet access fees
Site at the former Queens Hill Camp in the New Territories will be reserved for establishing a self-financing tertiary institution, which is expected to provide 8,000  degree places 
HK$1 billion allocated for the Matching Grant Scheme for tertiary institutions 
The Language Fund will get a HK$500 million injection to upgrade proficiency in English and Chinese 
Employment 
A two-year Pilot Employment Navigator Programme launched, which will offer job seekers a HK$5,000 cash incentive
A 12-month training and internship programme to allow 500 young people with poor qualifications to work at NGOs. Government will sponsor each intern HK$4,500 a month, plus giving them HK$4,000 for job training during the programme
Welfare 
Over 1,000 additional nursing home places for the elderly will be offered after raising recurrent funding by HK$160 million 
Lotteries Fund will earmark HK$282 million for pilot schemes on home care for the elderly and disabled and a pilot Bought Place Scheme for the disabled
Nearly HK$200 million to enhance medical and community support for mental patients 
Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged will receive HK$200 million 
Culture and sports 
Extra HK$486 million for art programme development in the next five financial years, including HK$69 million for Cantonese Opera Development Fund
Injection of HK$3 billion into the Arts and Sport Development Fund as seed money 
Beat Drugs Fund will receive HK$3 billion and an additional HK$52 million will be allocated for anti-drug initiatives in 2010-2011



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