Sir,
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, CBE, JP
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 7 JANURARY 1987
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Post Office (Amendment) Bill 1986
I support the Bill with
with the proposed amendments, and
would like to make the following comments in
in regard to what is
covered in the Bill on "inertia selling".
Firstly, as stated by the Secretary
Industry when
when he
1986, the Bill is
for Trade and
introduced the Bill in LegCo on 19 November
intended to curtail "inertia
to curtail "inertia selling" and in
the case of local companies to protect Hong Kong's image as a
bona fide centre of commerce. I certainly agree to that.
At the same time, it would be interesting to know how
many complaints hav? been received from local and overseas companies against Hong Kong-based companies over the past 3 years, and what action was taken by Government in respect of such
complaints.
Secondly, I am even more interested in knowing how many complaints were received by Government from local companies against "inertia selling" initiated by overseas companies, and in what practical manner will the adoption of the Bill now being debated be able to give protection to local companies against such overseas companies.
To date, Hong Kong has no legislation similar to the
U.K. Unsolicited Goods and Services Act of 1971.
Perhaps it would be a worthwhile exercise if Government
should invite the comments of the local Chambers of Commerce
the applicability to Hong Kong of the spirit of this U.K. Act