EDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1985
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BLITZ ON COUNTERFEIT GOODS TRADERS
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT HAS, OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS, LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE OPERATION ON HAWKERS SELLING SUSPECTED COUNTERFEIT GOODS.
AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION WHICH STARTED LAST SUNDAY, 60 HAWKERS COMPRISING 53 MEN AND SEVEN WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AND GOODS VALUED AT $340 000 WERE SEIZED.
THE SEIZURES INCLUDED T-SHIRTS, SPORTS SOCKS, TROUSERS WATCHES, LEATHER BELTS, BUCKLES OF LEATHER BELTS AND WALLETS.
SOME 170 OFFICERS WERE MOBILIZED FOR THE OPERATION.
RAIDS WERE CARRIED OUT IN VARIOUS PLACES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR INCLUDING TSIM SHA TSUI, YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO IN KOWLOON AND CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, WAN CHAI, NORTH POINT AND STANLEY ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE HEAD OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE TRADE INVESTIGATION BUREAU, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID THIS IS ONLY A PART OF OUR CONTINUING EFFORT AGAINST TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING. FURTHER ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST STREET HAWKERS AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED IN COUNTERFEITING IN HONG KONG.+
+I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS THE INTERESTS OF THE TRADEMARK OWNERS AND THE CONSUMERS, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING IMAGE OF HONG KONG HAVE TO BE PROTECTED, HE SAID.
ALL THE ARRESTED PERSONS WERE RELEASED ON POLICE BAIL AND WILL BE CHARGED UNDER THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE.
WORKERS' ROLE IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION STRESSED ******
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPEALED TO WORKERS TO FOLLOW SAFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS AT WORK IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PHOTO COMPETITION AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL, MR CHEN SAID THE PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COULD NOT RELY SOLELY ON FACTORY INSPECTIONS AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.
/KR CHEN