MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1990
SHOPS FINED FOR FAILURE TO DISPLAY NOTICES IN GOLD AND PLATINUM SALES
* * * * *
HAD BEEN FINED DISPLAY THE
A TOTAL OF ORDER MARKING
OPERATORS OF SEVEN JEWELLERY SHOPS $57,100 SO FAR THIS MONTH FOR FAILING TO NOTICES REQUIRED IN THE SALE OF GOLD AND PLATINUM ITEMS.
APPEARING
DIFFERENT COURTS, IN
MOSTLY
PLEADED
THE
OF
THE
AND SHATIN
ΤΟ GUILTY
CHARGES WESTERN MAGISTRACIES, THE DEFENDANTS
AS SPECIFIED FAILING TO DISPLAY IN THEIR SHOPS MARKING ORDER NOTICES
(MARKING) (GOLD AND IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS GOLD ALLOY) ORDER 1984 AND THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS (MARKING) (PLATINUM) ORDER 1988.
ORDER
THE
COURSE GOLD
OF.
OR
THE PLATINUM MARKING THE GOLD MARKING ORDER NOTICE OR NOTICE SHOULD INDICATE THAT EVERY ARTICLE MADE OF GOLD, GOLD ALLOY
SUPPLY IN THE PLATINUM THAT IS SUPPLIED OR OFFERED FOR
FINENESS OF TRADE, SHOULD BEAR A MARK INDICATING PLATINUM CONTENT.
THE
BE DISPLAYED AT A THESE NOTICES SHOULD
PLATINUM
ARE SUPPLIED ITEMS PLACES WHERE GOLD OR SUPPLY IN THE COURSE OF TRADE OR BUSINESS.
SITE PROMINENT
OR OFFERED FOR
IN
LTD. CHBUNG SUN TUNG SHING JEWELLERY HING JEWELLERY LTD., LEE WAI-LING OF SHATIN AND GOLDSMITH, CHENG CHUN-TING OF CHENG KIN SHING GOLD SHOP, LEE SHUN- OF FOON OF WOO PING JEWELLERY CO., LO SI-YUNG OF YU WO AND TSANG HUNG TAI SANG GOLDSMITH,
THE DEFENDANTS WERE TAI FOOK GOLD AND SILVER CO.
THE
THE TRADING STANDARDS OFFICERS OF COURTS THE
HEARD THAT INVESTIGATION BUREAU OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT VISITED SHOPS DURING A TERRITORY-WIDE INSPECTION ON JULY 12 THIS YEAR.
DISPLAYED THE WITHOUT BOTH THE ORDER
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SIX OF THE SHOPS HAD NOT REQUIRED GOLD MARKING ORDER NOTICES, WHILE ONE WAS
THAT PLATINUM MARKING ORDER NOTICE AND NOTICE.
OF THE
GOLD
MARKING
TRADING STANDARDS THE PRINCIPAL TRADE CONTROLS OFFICER OF THE
MR DEPARTMENT, EXCISE
C.K. INVESTIGATION BUREAU OF THE CUSTOMS AND
A FINE WONG, SAID THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENING THE ORDER WAS
AND OF $100,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS ON SUMMARY CONVICTION,
ON CONVICTION ON A FINE OF $500,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS INDICTMENT.
THAT ARTICLES WOULD CARRY OUT
HE
TRADERS REMINDED
OF
PLATINUM
DEPARTMENT
AND GOLD
OF OFFICERS
THE
AND EXCISE CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS OF THEIR SHOPS FROM TIME TO TIME.
"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THE TRADERS COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS IN THE LEGISLATION," HE SAID.
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