THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988
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THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED HOLIDAY-MAKERS то OVERSEAS COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR TO TAKE NOTE OF WAYS ΤΟ EASE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF INCOMING PASSENGERS IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, REACHED 453,626 AT THE MAJOR CHECKPOINTS AT THE LO WU TERMINAL, KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HONG KONG MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.
"AN INCOMING PASSENGER SHOULD CARRY ONLY НІЯ OWN DUTY-FREE CONCESSIONS WHEN PASSING THROUGH A CUSTOMS CHECKPOINT NOT THOSE OF ALL HIS FRIENDS, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID CARRYING OTHER PEOPLE'S CONCESSIONS CAUSE CONFUSION IN LOCATING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE OWNERS OF THESE ITEMS.
THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD ALSO LOSE HIS CONCESSION RIGHT UPON LEAVING THE CUSTOMS CHECKPOINT TO TRY TO GET HIS FRIENDS BACK IN THE RESTRICTED AREA TO IDENTIFY THEIR FORMERLY-OWNED DUTY-FREE
CONCESSIONS.
STATISTICS AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT DURING FEBRUARY LAST YEAR SEIZURES MADE AT THE MAJOR CUSTOMS CONTROL POINTS AT THE LO WU TERMINAL, HONG KONG MACAU FERRY TERMINAL TAK AIRPORT WERE QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
THESE SEIZURES ALSO INCLUDED PROHIBITED AND/OR ITEMS BROUGHT BACK BY HOLIDAYS-MAKERS AFTER THE LUNAR NEW TO NEGLIGENCE.
AND KAI
UNDECLARED YEAR OWING
IMPORT CONTROLS IN HONG KONG ARE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. THEY STEM FROM OBLIGATIONS UNDER VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL UNDERTAKINGS. CURRENTLY LICENCES ARK REQUIRED FOR THE IMPORTATION OF ARTICLES SUCH AS AMMUNITION, FIREARMS AND WEAPONS, FIREWORKS, STRATEGIC COMMODITIES, TEXTILES, ANIMALS AND PLANTS, NARCOTICS SUCH AS OPIUM, MORPHINE, HEROIN, COCAINE, CANNABIS, METHADONE AND OTHER NARCOTIC ANALGESICS.
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"PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS, INCLUDING MOST STIMULANTS, HYPNOTICS, TRANQUILLISERS AND SEDATIVES SUCH AS AMPHETAMINE, BENZODIAZEPINES, QUINALBARBITONE, METHAQUALONE AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS ANTIBIOTICS OTHER POISONS SUCH AS PENICILLIN, TETRACYCLINE, CORTICOSTEROID OTHERS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO LICENCE CONTROL, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
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LAST
TOTAL GOODS SEIZED FROM INCOMING PASSENGERS IN FEBRUARY YEAR (INCLUDING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR) AT CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS AT THE LO WỤ TERMINAL, HONG KONG MACAU FERRY TERMINAL AND KAI TAK AIRPORT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PLANTS
ANIMALS
GRASSHOPPERS
- 1,312
32
- 600
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/ASSORTED FIREWORKS