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The first proposal in the Bill seeks to reduce the duty on alcoholic beverages with an alcoholic strength not more than 30% (other than wine) from the existing ad valorem rate of 40% to 20%, and that on wine from the current 80% to 40%.

[...] [...] the duty rate on liquors with an alcoholic [...]

Bacchus & Century trades in French vintage wines and champagnes, but unlike many other wine stores, most of Bacchus & Century's collection is kept behind closed doors in perfect storage conditions.

In my country the bar men in the East end of London around the 1900 period would take their buckets to the Thames and collect oysters to put on the bar free for people who bought beer.

I said people consuming liquor were creating a [...]

The demolition of Shepherds Hotel in East Jerusalem [...] [...]

As the alcohol in the perfume brings the water of hair during evaporation, this leads to brittle and weak hair.

If a traffic accident is caused by drink driving and causes the death of another person, the driver can be charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Regarding funding support for the arts groups, members in generally considered that the Administration should (a) ensure a reasonable and fair distribution of funding resources amongst arts groups; (b) review the existing mode of subsidy for the major performing arts groups to avoid stifling the development of non-subvented commercial arts groups; (c) provide more funding for the support of small and medium sized arts groups and budding artists; (d) explore means to minimize staffing and administrative expenses in the operation of arts programmes so that the savings could be re-allocated to the use of arts development; (e) examine the effectiveness of the current funding policy in achieving the policy goals, such as encouraging diversified and balanced development of arts and culture; and (f) consider increasing its overall allocation of funding for culture and the arts, given the imminent need to achieve the vision of the West Kowloon Culture District project.

The National Central Bureau carried out other specific work such as appointing the terrorism liaison official; linking the INTERPOL I-24/7 computer system and police units, giving the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration access to the Fixed Interpol Network Database and Mobile Interpol Network Database (FIND/MIND) to check passenger lists at the international airport in order to prevent terrorists from entering and passing through the country; updating the database of lost and stolen passports; and investigating and registering international foundations that wanted to operate in the country.

Promotion of human rights and the fight against discrimination: UNESCO will implement the UNESCO Strategy on Human Rights, aimed at strengthening outreach, advancing policy-oriented research on rights within UNESCO’s areas of competence, especially through the consolidation of two regional research networks in Latin America and in Africa and a strengthening of cooperation with principal partners, such as national human rights institutions, UNESCO Chairs, universities, and human rights research and training institutions.

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A range of other suggestions was put forward, such as: to ensure the preservation of digital heritage, including archives and libraries as a component of the “Memory of the World Programme”; to develop media education programmes for children and adults; and to increase familiarity with the use of ICTs, especially within the framework of the knowledge society and knowledge economy, in light of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society.