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PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
(FIGURES PRESENTED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASON ALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES).
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR MARCH 1985, AVAILABLE AT $3 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG, OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904 19TH FLOOR, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG= OR FROM THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, DUDDELL STREET, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
FOR EN QUI RIES ABOUT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NO. 3-7216512.
DORWARD CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST COUNTERFEITERS
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THE REAL CULPRIT IN COUNTERFEITING OF CONSUMER GOODS IS OFTEN THE BUYER IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES, RATHER THAN THE PRODUCER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR HONG KONG COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK, MR WILLIAM DORWARD, SAID YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COALITION (ACC) IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MR DORWARD SAID THAT IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, THE COUNTERFEITING SCHEME WAS INSTIGATED BY A DISTRIBUTOR OR IMPORTER IN THE UNITED STATES, WHO THEN PERSUADED A MANUFACTURER IN ANOTHER COUNTRY TO PRODUCE THE GOODS.
MR DORWARD SAID THE REMEDY FOR COUNTERFEITING DID NOT LIE IN INDISCRIMINATELY PLACING THE BLAME ON FOREIGNERS WHO ARE PRESUMED TO BE PRODUCING THE COUNTERFEITS, NOR IN THREATS OF TRADE SANCTIONS.
+THE REMEDIES ARE MUCH MORE TO THE POINT, HE SAID. +THESE LIE LARGELY, I SUGGEST, IN EDUCATION. EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, EDUCATION OF THE LEGISLATORS AND EDUCATION OF THE COURTS. THEY ALSO LIE IN SENSIBLE AND ACTIVE PROTECTION OF SELF INTERESTS BY COMPANIES AFFECTED. AND THEY LIE IN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.+
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