WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1982
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FOUR TRADE DESCRIPTION CASES RESULT IN JAIL TERMS
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SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT WERE IMPOSED IN FOUR CASES OUT OF 96 SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE TRADE
DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE WHICH CAME INTO FORCE IN APRIL LAST YEAR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON J.C. GRIFFITHS SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND THERE ARE AT PRESENT 343 CASES AWAITING TRIAL, HE SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON K.C. CHAN.
OF THE CONVICTIONS, 57 RELATED TO OFFENCES INVOLVING FORGED TRADE MARKS AND THE REMAINDER RELATED TO APPLICATION OF FALSE TRADE DESCRIPTION, HE SAID.
THERE WERE FOUR UNSUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS, HE POINTED OUT.
MR GRIFFITHS SAID THAT FORFEITURE ORDERS MADE BY THE COURTS IN RESPECT OF GOODS SEIZED HAD A MARKET VALUE OF $494 000, WHILE THE GOODS SEIZED IN THE CASES AWAITING TRIAL WERE VALUED AT NEARLY $18 MILLION.
+ IN DUE COURSE FORFEITURE ORDERS WILL BE APPLIED FOR IN THOSE CASES WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, HE SAID.
WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ORDINANCE, MR GRIFFITHS SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF BRINGING THE ORDINANCE INTO LAW, AS WAS EXPLAINED SOME TIME AGO BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, WAS TO STRENGTHEN IN VARIOUS AREAS THE LAW WITH REGARD TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
MR GRIFFITHS SAID HE HOPED THAT THE FIGURES QUOTED DEMONSTRATED THAT THE ORDINANCE APPEARED TO BE ACHIEVING ITS OBJECTIVE.
+GOVERNMENT IS SATISFIED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ORDINANCE, HE CONCLUDED.
NO LUGGAGE RESTRICTIONS ON KCR TRAINS
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THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY DOES NOT INTEND TO IMPOSE LUGGAGE RESTRICTIONS ON PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ON EXISTING DIESEL TRAINS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY.
NOR DID THE KCR AT PRESENT FORESEE THE NEED FOR RESTRICTIONS ON THE ELECTRIFIED SERVICE FROM HUNG HOM TO SHA TIN - DUE TO COMMENCE ON MAY 6 — EVEN THOUGH NEW REGULATIONS, COMING INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY (APRIL 30), WOULD EMPOWER THE GENERAL MANAGER TO LIMIT THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF PIECES OF LUGGAGE CARRIED BY PASSENGERS.
/MR SCOTT WAS