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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23,
1991
FREE GOODS TRADING IN HK
THE ADMINISTRATION'S GENERAL POLICY ON THE EXPORT OR OF GOODS IS THAT, PROVIDED THAT THIS DOES NOT INFRINGE ANY
OBLIGATIONS, LAW OR ANY OF OUR INTERNATIONAL FREELY.
GOODS CAN
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR 3.1. CHAU, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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RE-EXPORT HONG KONG BE TRADED
TRADE
HON
AND J.D.
INDUSTRY,
MR
MCGREGOR
IN
INTERNATIONAL
"THERE
IS CURRENTLY
KONG LAW HONG NO
EXPORT THE
OR OR RE-EXPORT OF GOODS
OBLIGATION WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT PROCESSED OR MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE BY PRISON LABOUR," HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT
ALSO HAD A
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT THE POLICY OF KEEPING ITS IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS INFORMED POLICIES AND REGULATIONS OF ITS TRADING PARTNERS.
GENERAL OF THE TRADE
COMMUNITY
RECENTLY ISSUED THAT IT OF PRISON-MADE GOODS
SUCH GOODS,
"IN THIS CONNECTION, THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS
OUR TRADING INFORMING AN ADVISORY CIRCULAR UNDERSTANDS THAT U.S. LAWS PROHIBIT THE IMPORT AND THAT IT IS CHINA'S POLICY TO PROHIBIT THE EXPORT OF HE SAID.
"THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL TRADE ISSUE," HE ADDED.
OF AND
TRADE
ALSO INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS
HAS
BRIEFED ON. THE
NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN PROSECUTION OF CHIT-FUND OFFENDERS
THERE HAS BEEN UNDER THE BELIEVES THE
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CONSIDERS THAT
THE PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN
AND ORDINANCE (PROHIBITION) BUSINESS
111T-FUND LEGISLATION TO BE ADEQUATE FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
SECRETARY THE
INFORMED
FOR MONETARY
AFFAIRS,
MR DAVID NENDICK, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON NG MING-YUM.
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HE SAID CONTROL OF CHIT-FUND BUSINESSES IN HONG
CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SAID ORDINANCE.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
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WAS TO PROHIBIT RATHER THAN REGULATE THE OPERATION OF CHIT-FUNDS.
KONG WAS OF WHICH
EXEMPTION
TO OPERATE A CHIT-FUND," THE
"UNDER SECTION 3 OF THE ORDINANCE, SUBJECT TO THE
SECTION UNDER SECRETARY SAID.
5,
IT
IS AN OFFENCE
/HE EXPLAINED