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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989
MOST
ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES
HAD TURNED
MR TONG SAID THAT UNDERGROUND WITH THE DETERMINED ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN THE PAST YEARS.
"IN 1988. $39 MILLION WORTH OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS OF WHICH $16.3 MILLION WERE GARMENT PRODUCTS," HE SAID.
WERE SEIZED,
TEXWOOD
MR TONG POINTED OUT THAT CUSTOMS ACTION ON COUNTERFEIT
COMPLAINT ABOUT SOME GARMENTS WAS FIRST INITIATED IN JUNE 1987 WHEN
OF JEANS WITH A TRADEMARK CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE REGISTERED TRADEMARK THE COMPANY WAS RECEIVED.
THE OPERATION TAKEN THEN HAD RESULTED NINE PERSONS, INCLUDING FIVE RETAILERS SEIZURE OF 220 PAIRS OF JEANS.
ANOTHER
IN THE PROSECUTION OF AND A MANUFACTURER AND THE
ARRESTED AND 370 LATER FINED
RETAILER WAS
IN MARCH THIS YEAR, PAIRS OF COUNTERFEIT JEANS WERE SEIZED. THE RETAILER WAS $9,250.
MR TONG ADDED THAT
THE
THE
OF
THESE
TWO
CONCLUSION SUCCESSFUL
IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CASES CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED TRADEMARK OWNERS AND ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WITHOUT WHICH THE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT PROTECT THE TRADING INTEGRITY OF HONG KONG.
INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS IN PERTH STREET, KOWLOON CITY
* * * * *
(MAY 12),
PARKING METERS INSTALLED AT THE PARKING SPACES IN PERTH STREET, KOWLOON CITY, WILL COMMENCE OPERATION FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INSTALLATION RATION THE UTILISATION OF THE PARKING SPACES.
AIMS ΤΟ
FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN THE TWO-HOUR METERED PARKING SPACES
CYCLES MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, BUSES, MOTOR CYCLES AND PEDAL
OPERATE FROM 8 AM TO WILL CHARGE $2 FOR EVERY 30 MINUTES, AND WILL MIDNIGHT DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
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