FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1984
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CUSTOMS THANKED FOR ACTION ON FAKE GOODS
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THE OWNER OF TWO WELL-KNOWN FASHIONWARE BRAND NAMES TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED A SHIELD TO THE TRADE CONTROLS INVESTIGATION BRANCH (TCIB) OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, IN APPRECIATION OF ITS SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT GOODS BEARING THE COMPANY'S TRADE MARKS.
AT A CEREMONY AT THE TCIB HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI. MR JOHN HOWARD, HEAD OF THE BRANCH, RECEIVED THE SOUVENIR FROM MR TOM CHAN, DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CROCODILE GARMENTS LTD.
MR HOWARD THANKED MR CHAN ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND APPEALED TO TRADE MARK OWNERS TO GIVE TCIB CONTINUOUS SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING ACTIVITIES,
SINCE 1982 THE DEPARTMENT HAD ON 58. OCCASIONS SEIZED ABOUT $416 500 WORTH OF GARMENTS BEARING THE FORGED BRAND NAME OF THE COMPANY, MR HOWARD SAID.
FIFTY-FOUR CASES HAD BEEN PROSECUTED, FINES TOTALLING $245 900 IMPOSED AND $176 556 WORTH OF GOODS FORFEITED.
THERE ARE STILL OUTSTANDING CASES PENDING PROSECUTION AND FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.
LAST YEAR, TCIB CARRIED OUT 234 OPERATIONS AGAINST COUNTERFEITERS OF FASHIONWARE AND SEIZED GOODS VALUED AT $11.8 MILLION.
PROSECUTIONS WE TAKEN AGAINST 188 OF THESE CASES AND FINES TOTALLING $1,2 MILLION WERE IMPOSED, WITH ONE IMPRISONMENT SENTENCE SUSPENDED. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION WORTH OF THE SEIZED GOODS WERE FORFEITED.
FINNS TOLD TO DEVELOP HK MARKET
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FINNISH TRADERS WERE URGED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, HAMISH MACLEOD TO DEVELOP FURTHER THE MARKET IN HONG KONG.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FINLANDIA SHOWROOM, THE FIRST SHOWROOM OF FINNISH PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG.
+IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FINLAND INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, FROM HK$179 MILLION IN 1979 TO HK$433 MILLION IN 1983, SAID MR MACLEOD.
/HE TOLD