SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991
RESULT FROM THE OTHER CASES
CUSTOMS OPERATIONS AT VARIOUS SPOTS ON LAND, SUCH AS STORES, MOBILE HAWKERS AND RESTAURANTS, BOARD VESSELS.
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DUTY POTENTIAL OF
"A TOTAL OF 1.26 MILLION CIGARETTES WITH A SOME $0.9 MILLION WERE SEIZED DURING THE SAME PERIOD," HE SAID.
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CIGARETTES IN EXCESS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A DUTY FREE CONCESSION WILL BE PROSECUTED. FINE OF $100,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
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CUSTOMS SERVICE A SOPHISTICATED FORCE
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE HAS EVOLVED INTO A SOPHISTICATED, FORWARD-LOOKING ADMINISTRATION SINCE ITS MODEST BEGINNING 82 YEARS AGO, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR OXLEY WAS SPEAKING AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF INSPECTORS AND 103 CUSTOMS OFFICERS WHO HAD COMPLETED 13-WEEK RESIDENTIAL COURSE OF TRAINING AND STUDY AT THE EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG.
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HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT AT ITS BEGINNING HAD ONLY 26 OFFICERS ENFORCING ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND, NOW, IT HAD AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 3,929 STAFF OF ALL RANKS HAVING ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 33 SEPARATE PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
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"APART FROM ITS TRADITIONAL ROLE OF REVENUE PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF DUTIABLE COMMODITIES, THE SERVICE IS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NARCOTIC DRUGS INTERDICTION, FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION, FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A WIDE RANGE OF TRADE AND HEALTH-RELATED MEASURES TO PROTECT THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF
THE COMMUNITY AND, LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, FOR ANTI-SMUGGLING
OPERATIONS TO PROTECT THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND ECONOMY OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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MR OXLEY SAID THE INDUCTION TRAINING WHICH THE CUSTOMS INSPECTORS AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS HAD JUST COMPLETED HAD PROVIDED THEM WITH ONLY A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CUSTOMS TECHNIQUES.
"TO BECOME TRULY PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMS OFFICERS YOU MUST CONTINUE TO LEARN, TO EXPAND YOUR WORKING TECHNIQUES AND EXPERTISE, TO PERFORM YOUR DUTIES ALWAYS WITH DILIGENCE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, PERSISTENCE AND IMAGINATION, AND TO UNDERTAKE THEM WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR, " HE TOLD THE MEN AND WOMEN ON PARADE.
"THE CAREER WHICH YOU HAVE CHOSEN ALSO DEMANDS A HIGH DEGREE OF LOYALTY, SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SELF-RESPECT, FOR, WITHOUT THESE, THE SERVICE OF WHICH YOU ARE NOW MEMBERS WILL RAPIDLY LOSE ALL THAT IT HAS GAINED DURING THE PAST 82 YEARS, HE SAID.
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