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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990
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THE
THE
THE PUBLIC
ON
THE OPPORTUNITY HAS ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO DEMONSTRATE
MEMBERS DISFLOATER TO
FROM
PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITTEE ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR GEORGE CARDONA, GROUP AFFAIRS MANAGER, HONGKONGBANK AND THE GOVERNMENT'S STEERING
THE TASK OF ABATING THE FLOATING REFUSE CHARGED WITH FLOATING REFUSE IN HONG KONG WATERS, " THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
GROUP ON PROBLEM OF
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ATTEND YOU ARE INVITED TO
A SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION TOMORROW
(THURSDAY) OF THE DISFLOATER NO. 1 COLLECTING REFUSE IN THE HARBOUR.
STAR FERRY'S TOMORROW,
TO
SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
ISLAND AT 2
PM FIRST CLASS ENTRANCE ON HONG KONG
.30 BOARD THE VESSEL "LADY STAR". TELEPHOTO LENSES ARE RECOMMENDED.
TRADING COMPANY PARTNER FINED FOR EXPORTING WITHOUT VALID LICENCE
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A PARTNER OF A TRADING COMPANY WAS FINED $72,000 TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR EXPORTING STRATEGIC COMMODITIES NOT UNDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LICENCE GRANTED BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEFENDANT, LEUNG SIU-SING OF YUE FUNG TRADING COMPANY, TSIM SHA TSUI, ADMITTED THE CHARGE AT SOUTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY ON FEBRUARY 21 AND WAS FINED THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION OF HIS FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.
THE COURT HEARD THAT ACTING ON INFORMATION FROM THE TRADE DEPARTMENT, THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT AN INVESTIGATION INTO YUE FUNG TRADING COMPANY IN APRIL 1985 AND FOUND THAT A TOTAL OF 200 APPLE MACINTOSH COMPUTERS WERE SHIPPED TO CHINA UNDER THE DEFENDANT'S INSTRUCTION ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN 1984 AND 1985.
LICENCE.
HOWEVER, THE TWO SHIPMENTS WERE NOT COVERED BY ANY VALID
FURTHER INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE COMPANY PLACED AN ORDER WITH A LOCAL COMPANY TO SUPPLY AND HANDLE THE EXPORT OF THE GOODS, WHICH WERE FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE DESTINED FOR MACAU, BUT WERE IN FACT SHIPPED ON TWO OCCASIONS DIRECTLY TO CHINA.
/THE CUSTOMS
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