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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980
THE RESULT IS THAT $50 FIXED PENALTIES WILL BE INCREASED TO $100, AND THE $100 PENALTIES WILL BE RAISED TO $200.
THE INCREASED FINES WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
FULL POLICE POWERS FOR AUXILIARIES
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A BILL PROPOSING TO GIVE AUXILIARY POLICEMEN SIMILAR STATUTORY POWERS AS THEIR REGULAR COUNTERPARTS WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES, IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 EXPLAINED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE DETERIORATING CRIME SITUATION IN 1972, ELEMENTS OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO SUPPLEMENT THE REGULAR UNIFORM BRANCH IN A NORMAL CONSTABULARY ROLE.
+WHAT WAS THEN REGARDED AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE HAS, IN PRACTICE, CONTINUED EVER SINCE BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A NEED TO MAKE GOOD SHORTFALLS IN THE STRENGTH OF THE REGULAR POLICE, OCCASIONED BY THE EXPANSION OF THE PAST FEW YEARS AND BECAUSE THE AUXILIARIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE A MOST VALUABLE ROLE TO PLAY IN CERTAIN TYPES OF POLICING, MR DAVIES SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
TRADE DESCRIPTIONS BILL PUT TO LEGCO
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A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO GIVE CONSUMERS GREATER PROTECTION AND TO PROVIDE MORE STRINGENT CONTROL OVER FORGERY OF TRADE MARKS WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE SECOND READING OF THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS BILL 1980, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON SAID THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL WOULD BE EMPOWERED TO MAKE +MARKING ORDERS+ REQUIRING GOODS TO BE MARKED OR TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY INFORMATION OR BY INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE GOODS.
IT IS ENVISAGED THAT MARKING ORDERS WILL BE SOUGHT ONLY FOR GOODS IN RESPECT OF WHICH PURCHASERS CAN BE EASILY DECEIVED, FOR EXAMPLE FOOD AND GOLD ARTICLES, HE SAID,
THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO CONFER A POWER TO REQUIRE ADVERTISEMENT FOR GOODS TO CARRY SPECIFIED INFORMATION WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A MARKING ORDER IN FORCE IN RELATION TO THE GOODS ADVERTISED.
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