THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989
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ALREADY
ALSO THEY WOULD
WITH DEVELOPED
BUILD ON THE A NUMBER OF IN PARTICULAR
CLOSE WORKING
RELATIONSHIPS
OVERSEAS AND NEIGHBOURING CHINA WHICH,
WITH ITS HAD NOW EMERGED AS A SIGNIFICANT LAST YEAR THESE INTERNATIONAL QUANTITIES OF HIGH GRADE AUSTRALIA
MORE
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,
LIBERALISED +OPEN DOOR+ POLICY,
ROUTE FOR TRAFFICKING, OVERLAND CONTACTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SIGNIFICANT HEROIN BEING SEIZED IN THE UNITED STATES, THAILAND, CANADA, AND SINGAPORE.
IN RELATION TO PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT SEQUESTERING
WAS SIR DAVID
TOLD THAT TRAINING THE ASSETS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS,
HELD IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING STUDIES COURSES HAD ALREADY BEEN SIMILAR SYSTEMS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
OF
CONSUMER SHOULD PROTECT HIS OWN RIGHTS
* * * * *
CRITICAL ROLE TO
PLAY IN
SECRETARY FOR TRADE
THE CONSUMER HIMSELF HAS THE MOST
PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PROTECTING HIS OWN RIGHTS, AND INDUSTRY, MRS CLARIE LO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
AND
ADDRESSING A ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON, MRS LO SAID THE GOVERNMENT, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, THE SUPPLIERS OF GOODS
TOGETHER SERVICES, WITH THE CONSUMER HIMSELF, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION.
SHE EMPHASISED THAT THE CONSUMER HAD A DUTY TO CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS IN MAKING PURCHASES.
HIMSELF
TO BK
"HE SHOULD ARM HIMSELF WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THAT IS AVAILABLE, SHE SAID.
ti
SUBJECT
THE MRS LO AGREED THAT THE AVERAGE MAN IN
STREET IN REALITY THE LAW IS, WHAT FACED A DIFFICULT TASK IN TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT HIS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE, AND HOW TO EXERCISE THEM SHOULD HE DISSATISFIED.
BB
"EVEN FOR THE WELL-INFORMED, AND WELL-EDUCATED, TIME AND PRESSURE OF WORK DO NOT OFTEN ALLOW US THE LUXURY
REDRESSING
OUR WRONGS, SHE SAID.
OF
ALL
TO THIS END, MRS LO SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD NOT PROVIDE THE WHOLE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.
THAT
LEGISLATION
DID
CONTINUATION OF AND GREATER
SHE BELIEVED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION LAY IN A SYMPATHETIC GOVERNMENT THAT ENACTED WELL-CONSIDERED LEGISLATION, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL'S PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME, AWARENESS AND DILIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE CONSUMER.
THERE IS ....