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WEDNESDAY, JANUARI 15, 1975
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MANUFACTURERS OF ADULTERATED LIQUOR WERE ALSO HARD HIT, WITH PREVENTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS SMASHING 29 ILLICIT STILLS AND SEIZING 180 LITRES OF ADULTERATED WHISKY AND BRANDY AND 2,580 LITRES OF INFERIOR CHINESE SPIRIT.
THE COPYRIGHT PIRACY SECTION FORMED EARLIER IN THE YEAR ALSO CHALKED UP GOOD RESULTS.
OFFICERS OF THE SECTION SEIZED MORE THAN 150,000 PIRATED CASSETTE MUSIC TAPES, 15,000 PIRATED GRAMOPHONE RECORDS, AND A VARIETY OF SOPHISTICATED RECORDING EQUIPMENT USED IN
PRODUCING PIRATED RECORDS OR TAPES. THE TAPES AND RECORDS COULD HAVE FETCHED MORE THAN $1 MILLION ON THE MARKET.
DURING THE YEAR. THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING 224 PEOPLE BEFORE THE 'COURTS. PRISON SENTENCES METED OUT AMOUNTED TO A TOTAL OF 218 YEARS AND FINES TOTALLED $849,000.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PICTURE SHOWING THREE PREVENTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS UNCOVERING SOME MORPHINE BLOCKS FROM A CONCEALED COMPARTMENT ON BOARD AN OCEAN- GOING VESSEL WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES LATER THIS EVENING.
OCTOBER 1974 ISSUE OF ECONOMIC REPORT PUBLISHED
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A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1974 IS CARRIED IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE ECONOMIC REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE REPORT DEALS WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY INCLUDING OVERSEAS AND LOCAL TRADE FIGURES, MOVEMENTS IN THE MONEY AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS AND THE GENERAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
IN ADDITION TO A CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHICH LISTS THE MAJOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL EVENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, THE REPORT CONTAINS 24 COMPARATIVE TABLES COVERING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND THE COST AND USABLE FLOOR AREA OF COMPLETED BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG BETWEEN 1972 AND 1974.
THE ECONOMIC REPORT IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A YEAR IN APRIL, JULY AND OCTOBER AND IS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT 'THE BUDGET: ECONOMIC BACKGROUND'' PUBLICATION PREPARED IN JANUARY EACH YEAR.
COPIES OF THE OCTOBER ISSUE ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG, AT $3.50 EACH.
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