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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1984
TRADERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISPLAY A NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE IN A CONSPICIOUS PLACE IN THEIR TRADING PREMISES GIVING SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARKING ORDER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT, ON THE EXPIRY OF THE GRACE PERIOD, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE MARKING ORDER WILL RENDER A TRADER LIABLE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION, TO A FINE OF $100 000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS AND, ON CONVICTION ON INDICTMENT, TO A FINE OF $500 000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
HE SAID THE PRIME OBJECTIVE OF THE ORDER WAS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AGAINST FALSELY MARKED GOLD PRODUCTS AND URGED THE PUBLIC TO REGISTER COMPLAINTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY HAD REASON TO BELIEVE TRADERS WERE IN INFRINGEMENT OF THE ORDER.
THEY SHOULD TELEPHONE 3-7158558 OR WRITE TO THE CHIEF INDUSTRY OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATION SECTION, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT. TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 11TH FLOOR, MA TAU WEI ROAD, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON.
MORE TO BENEFIT FROM HOMES SCHEMES
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THE GREEN FORM ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME FLATS WILL BE EXTENDED TO MORE PEOPLE IN FOUR CURRENT CATEGORIES OF PROSPECTIVE PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS.
THE FOUR CATEGORIES ARE THE WAITING LIST APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED, TEMPORARY HOUSING AND COTTAGE AREA RESIDENTS, CLEAREES AND DISASTER VICTIMS AND JUNIOR CIVIL SERVANTS FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.
ANNOUNCING THE EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY TODAY, A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THESE PROSPECTIVE HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANTS MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE AND MUST SATISFY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
FIRSTLY, THE HOUSEHOLD MUST CONSIST OF AT LEAST TWO PERSONS WHO SHOULD COMPRISE HUSBAND AND WIFE, TWO CLOSELY RELATED PERSONS WHO ARE LIVING TOGETHER SUCH AS PARENT AND CHILD OR BROTHER AND SISTER LIVING AWAY FROM PARENTS, OR THE APPLICANT AND A RELATIVE WHO IS DEPENDENT ON AND LIVING WITH THE APPLICANT.
SECONDLY, THE APPLICANT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD YUST NOT POSSESS DOMESTIC PROPERTY. THIS RULE WILL NOT APPLY TO THE AUTHORITY'S EXISTING DOMESTIC TENANTS, INCLUDING TEMPORARY HOUSING AND COTTAGE AREA RESIDENTS.
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