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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1967
LORD GLENARTHUR, WHO TOOK OVER FROM MR TIMOTHY RENTON AS THE FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG IN JUNE THIS YEAR, WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA), MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AND HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR DAVID
REDDAWAY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD DISTRICT OFFICE AT 880-886 ATTEND THE DISTRICT BOARD
LORD GLENARTHUR WILL BE VISITING TOMORROW. HE WILL ARRIVE AT THE EASTERN KING'S ROAD, NORTH POINT, BY 2.30 PM ΤΟ MEETING. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM BY 2.10 PM.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE TO BE OPERATIONAL SEPTEMBER 1988
PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE TO
IN CONNECTION WITH QUANTITY FRAUDULENT OR UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES
SEPTEMBER 1988 TO WILL PROBABLY NOT COME INTO OPERATION UNTIL ABOUT GIVE TRADERS ADEQUATE TIME TO ACCORD WITH ITS PROVISIONS, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, SAID (WEDNESDAY).
TODAY
ROTARY CLUB OF ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE
KOWLOON BE EXPECTED TO ENSURE THEIR WEST, MR WILLIAMSON SAID TRADERS WILL
TO TRADE WEIGHING EQUIPMENT IS ACCURATE AND THAT THE GOODS THEY WISH IN ARE PROPERLY MARKED BY THE TIME THE LAW COMES INTO FORCE.
TO
BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW ΤΟ HE ADDED THAT THE LEGISLATION WILL
WHETHER ASCERTAIN
IT 19 PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE FRAMEWORK ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OBJECTIVE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OPERATION.
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"IN ADDITION TO ACTING IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS, THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO HAVE PREMISES TO VERIFY THE SPOT CHECKS ON TRADERS'
WHERE THE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT AND TO TAKE ACTION INACCURATE OR INEFFECTIVE, HE SAID.
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OFFICERS OF POWERS TO CONDUCT ACCURACY OF THEIR IS FOUND TO BE
BY PROVIDED LABORATORY AND THE
THE
INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S STANDARDS AND GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,
"PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL
CALIBRATION
BE
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