According to a report by Xinhuanet.com, the Tibet Autonomous Region decided on March 12 to adopt a few preferential policies offering aid to shops that were damaged or looted during the March 14 riot in Lhasa, in an effort to help them resume operation.
The government of Tibet has promised to offer help in the following areas: taxes, transportation fees, medical help, unemployment aid and aid related to people's livelihood.
The damaged shops will be exempted from certain taxes and fees, such as business and corporate income taxes, urban maintenance and construction taxes and educational surcharges, for two years starting from March 1, 2008 until February 28. Shop owners will not have to pay personal income taxes during that period; and taxi drivers will only pay half of their personal income tax.
Meanwhile, the road tax and the transportation-related surcharges will also be cut in half.
Additionally, shop owners and the staff put out of business as a result of the riots will be granted 420 yuan per person monthly until they resume business, from now on until February 28, 2010. Those finding it hard to make ends meet will be given aid according to the average standard of the lowest cost-of-living in Lhasa.
By People's Daily Online
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