FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1988
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CUSTOMS' COPYRIGHT PROTECTION WORK COMMENDED
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WAS COMMENDED TODAY (FRIDAY) FOR ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROTECTING THE COPYRIGHT OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEO TAPES OF A U.S. COMPANY.
CAMR THE COMMENDATION (NEM), A MAJOR U.S. PRODUCER OF PROGRAMMES RELATING TO SALES, HOTEL SERVICES, SECURITY, COOKERY,
FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
EDUCATIONAL
TRAINING VIDEO TAPES ON
VEHICLE DRIVING AND TELEPHONE MANNERS.
AT A CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, THE LOCAL NEM RepresentaTIVE, FRANK KNIGHT, PRESENTED A PLAQUE TO THE COMMISSIONER EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLAMSON, EFFORTS.
MR
IN APPRECIATION
OF CUSTOMS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
AND
ACTING
FROM NEM, ACTION WAS
BY TAKEN
THE
COMPLAINT ON DEPARTMENT IN 1986 AGAINST A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR OF VIDEO TAPES.
GENUINE AND THIS RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF SOME
PIRATED FILMS OF
WHICH COPYRIGHT WAS OWNED BY NEM.
FIRST TIME IT WAS ALSO THE
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN ACTION AGAINST COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ON EDUCATIONAL VIDEO TAPES.
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ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE IN COOKIES
VISITORS TO THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CARNIVAL ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 10) WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A NICE SURPRISE A UNIQUE AND DELICIOUS "CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE".
BACH OF THESE COOKIES CONTAINS A PAPER SLIP TELLING ONE'S LUCK AND CARRYING AN ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGE. THEY ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED AS ONE OF THE MANY PRIZES TO BR GIVEN OUT DURING THE
CARNIVAL.
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"TEN DIFFERENT ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES IN CHINESE HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND INSERTED INTO THESE COOKIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
"WE EXPECT TO GIVE AWAY ABOUT 10,000 OF THESE FORTUNE COOKIES,' THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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