TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991
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SHOPS REMINDED TO DISPLAY GOLD AND PLATINUM MARKING ORDER NOTICES
REMINDED
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) JEWELLERY SHOP OPERATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE GOLD AND PLATINUM MARKING ORDER NOTICES ARE DISPLAYED IN THEIR SHOPS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THE REMINDER CAME AFTER AN OPERATION BY THE DEPARTMENT'S TRADING STANDARDS INVESTIGATION BUREAU (TSIB) YESTERDAY ON 50 JEWELLERY SHOPS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. THIRTEEN OF THE SHOPS WERE FOUND TO HAVE FAILED TO DISPLAY THE REQUIRED NOTICES.
DEPUTY HEAD OF TSIB, MR C.K. WONG, SAID THE OWNERS OF THESE SHOPS WILL BE PROSECUTED.
HE SAID THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE offence IS $100,000 FINE PLUS TWO YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT.
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CONDUCT IN THE
"THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUR SIMILAR CHECKS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THERE WILL BE NO LET UP DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT AGAINST VIOLATION OF THIS STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, MR WONG STRESSED.
UNDER THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS (MARKING) (GOLD AND GOLD ALLOY) ORDER 1984 AND THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS (MARKING) (PLATINUM) ORDER 1988 OF THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE, A SHOP IS REQUIRED TO DISPLAY THE MARKING ORDER NOTICES IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE OF ITS SHOP PREMISES WHERE GOLD OR PLATINUM ARTICLES ARE ON SALE, HE EXPLAINED.
HE SAID THE GOLD MARKING ORDER NOTICE OR THE PLATINUM MARKING ORDER NOTICE SHOULD INDICATE THAT EVERY ARTICLE OF GOLD, GOLD ALLOY OR PLATINUM DISPLAYED FOR SALE SHOULD BEAR A MARK INDICATING THE FINENESS OF THE GOLD OR PLATINUM CONTENT.
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"UNDER THE LAW, CONSUMERS ARE
TO THE SUPPLY OF DETAILED INVOICES OF THEIR PURCHASE AS REFERENCE IN CASR OF DISPUTE OR LITIGATION," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FOR JANUARY TO MARCH
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DURING THE 1992
TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL POPULATION.
QUARTER FROM JANUARY TO MARCH EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND
SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
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1981.
THE SURVEY HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON A MONTHLY BASIS SINCE
AUGUST
/THIS TIME,