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MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1989
"THE CHANGE
RELATES
THE RIGHT
VESSELS
OF то
WAY BETWEEN TRAVELLING ALONG TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES OR PRINCIPAL FAIRWAYS. AND THOSE CROSSING THEM. THE NEW REGULATIONS REMOVE THE FORMER'S IMMUTABLE DEPENDING RIGHT OF WAY. AND REPLACE IT WITH VARIOUS RULES WHICH APPLY
A PARTICULAR UPON THE SITUATION AND THE TYPE OF VESSELS INVOLVED IN INSTANCE.
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THESE RULES ARE ALREADY WELL KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
MARINERS.
"THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES THAT THE MASTER OF A VESSEL IS LIABLE TO THAT INCUR. SHOULD HE CONTRAVENE THESE REGULATIONS. REMAIN UNCHANGED. IS. A FINE OF $10.000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT." HE SAID.
HALF-YEAR FIGURES ON COUNTERFEIT GOODS SEIZURES
IN CLAMPING DOWN ON CUSTOMS OFFICERS ARE SPARING NO EFFORTS
TAPES. WITH THE ILLICIT TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS AND PIRATED VIDEO
THIS ABOUT $7 MILLION WORTH OF SUCH GOODS SEIZED IN THE FIRST HALF OF YEAR.
DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
SLICE OF THE (MONDAY) THAT COUNTERFEIT WATCHES TOOK UP THE GREATEST SEIZURE IN THE PERIOD.
SEIZED
"IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, CUSTOMS OFFICERS MORE THAN 20.000 FAKE WATCHES WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $4.2 MILLION, YEAR WAS ABOUT 33.000 WATCHES THE SEIZURE IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST VALUED AT $3.6 MILLION. THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN RESPECT OF
"
COUNTERFEIT
HE ITEMS, LEATHERWARE TOTAL VALUE OF THE SEIZURE WAS OVER $1.7 MILLION. COMPARED MILLION IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
TOTAL OF
SAID, THE WITH $2.3
A "FIGURES ALSO SHOW THAT
4,000 INFRINGING TAPES WORTH MORE THAN $880,000 WERE SEIZED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
"IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, PIECES VALUED AT $900,000. HE SAID.
THE
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SPOKESMAN SAID
VIDEO
THE
THE SEIZURE WAS ABOUT
4.300
THEIR ENGAGED IN
WOULD MAINTAIN OFFICERS CUSTOMS VIGILANCE AND TAKE TOUGH ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THOSE SUCH ILLEGAL BUSINESS.
OF THE REORGANISATION
THE CUSTOMS AND HE NOTED THAT AFTER
THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL EXCISE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR,
BECOME ACTIVITIES ENCROACHING ON COPYRIGHT AND TRADE DESCRIPTIONS HAD
PROPERTY CONSTITUTED INTELLECTUAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A A NEWLY BUREAU UNDER THE INVESTIGATION BRANCH.
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