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WIDE VARIETY OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS BEING DISPOSED OF
COUNTERFEIT GOODS CONFISCATED
DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT
ARE DISPOSED OF BY AUCTION SUPPLIES,
OF
OF
BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE THROUGH THE DIRECTOR
COMMISSIONER TO THE AVAILABLE MAKING CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, DONATING TO CHARITY, OR BEING DESTROYED.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS IN A WRITTEN
QUESTION BY REPLY TO A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
JACOBS, SAID THIS HON ELSIE TU
THE IN
AND EXCISE OF COUNTERFEIT
THE CUSTOMS SIR PIERS SAID IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, DEPARTMENT CONFISCATED AND DISPOSED OF A WIDE VARIETY GOODS.
GARMENTS, WATCHES, LEATHERWARE,
SOFTWARE, COMPUTER
COMPUTER
INCLUDED CONFISCATED ITEMS
MANUALS, CASSETTE TAPES, AUDIO/VIDEO PUBLICATIONS, FOODSTUFFS, CHINESE PARENT MEDICINES AND PLASTIC GOODS.
COPYRIGHT
HE SAID COUNTERFEIT GOODS WERE CONFISCATED UNDER THE AND TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCES IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS
AND TO PROTECT CONSUMERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE WHICH COULD BE SUBSTANDARD OR ENDANGER HEALTH.
SIR PIERS EXPLAINED THAT THE METHOD OF DISPOSAL HAD THE TYPES OF GOODS AND THE REASONS FOR CONFISCATION.
FOR EXAMPLE,
HE
OF
AGAINST PUBLIC
REGARD ΤΟ
FAKE
SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER WATCHES, MEDICINE AND LEATHERWARE
PIRATED SAID, COMPUTER MANUALS AND COUNTERFEIT WOULD BE DESTROYED.
"THEORETICALLY, COUNTERFEIT AUDIO/VIDEO
BE WIPED CLEAN AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD UNECONOMICAL AND SUCH ITEMS ARE THEREFORE ALSO DESTROYED,
GENERAL
FOR GARMENTS, AS A REMOVE THE OFFENDING TRADE MARK OR
WOULD UNIDENTIFIABLE, ARRANGEMENTS AUCTIONED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OR DONATED TO CHARITY.
RULE,
CASSETTE TAPES COULD
BE
HE ADDED,
IS
POSSIBLE
ΤΟ
WHERE IT WHERE THE PRODUCT IS OTHERWISE
BE MADE
THE GOODS TO BE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FOR
THE OFFENDING TRADE ITS REMOVAL WOULD
CASE,
DESTRUCTION
"HOWEVER, FOR SOME CONFISCATED GARMENTS,
AND ARTICLE, MARK FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
IN THIS UNUSABLE. HAVE
THE GARMENTS RENDERED REMAINS THE ONLY VIABLE OPTION," SIR PIERS SAID.
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