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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1992
ORIGIN
"WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER IMPOSING AND CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REQUIREMENT EVEN FOR RE-EXPORTS, MR TSANG SAID.
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MARKING REQUIREMENT TRANSHIPPED GOODS OR
TO CAUSE HONEST TRADER.
HE
CONSCIOUS NOT ADDED THAT HE WAS ALWAYS INCONVENIENCE TO OR IMPOSE ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THE
BE IN TRADE AND HOW
"MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHTING AGAINST FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TEXTILE THIS SUCCESS IS PERCEIVED ELSEWHERE."
THE BEST WERE FLOUTING OUR
HE URGED LOCAL TRADERS TO CO-OPERATE AS THEY WERE IN POSITION TO KNOW WHETHER ANY OF THEIR COMPETITORS CONTROLS.
TRANSHIPMENT FRAUD "IF THEY METICULOUSLY REPORT ANY ORIGIN OR
NAME, THEY WILL THEY WILL NOT ONLY HELP TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S GOOD HELP THEMSELVES BY REDUCING UNFAIR COMPETITION AND THE NEED TO TO ANY DRASTIC CONTROL MEASURES AFFECTING THE WHOLE TRADE,
RESORT
HE SAID.
THAT THE ILLEGAL TRANSHIPMENT AS UNFOUNDED
IN ALLEGATIONS
MR TSANG CLARIFIED IT WAS NOT
CONTROL, PROBLEM HAD RUN OUT OF NEWSPAPERS MIGHT HAVE REPORTED.
SOME
VERY SERIOUS ATTITUDE TOWARDS HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT TOOK A ANY MALPRACTICE RELATING TO THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOODS.
THE INTEGRITY
THE IS PARAMOUNT. OUR SYSTEM OF OUR PROVISIONS IN THE LAW HAVE PROVIDED A POWERFUL MEANS TO COMBAT FRAUD.
LIABLE
RELEVANT ORIGIN
ORIGIN CERTIFICATION ARE
AND MILLION
TWO YEARS' MAXIMUM PENALTY IS HK$0.5
"OFFENCES RELATING TO LICENSING AND
OF HK$0.5 TO A
PENALTY MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT. FOR LABELING OFFENCES, THE MILLION AND IMPRISONMENT UP TO FIVE YEARS.
TO
TEXTILES
ORIGIN
FRAUD
AND IMPRISONMENT
FALSE
"PROSECUTIONS RELATING LABELING IN 1991 RESULTED IN TOTAL FINES OF $30 MILLION. SENTENCES OF UP TO 18 MONTHS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPOSED.
"IN
ΤΟ ADDITION
PROSECUTION,
THE TRADE
AND
DEPARTMENT
TAKES
QUOTA TO THE DEPARTMENT THE
MALPRACTICES.
LICENSING TOWARDS ACTION ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANIES ARE NORMALLY REQUIRED TO SURRENDER
" MR TSANG SAID. AMOUNT OF ANY QUOTAS MISUSED,
DIFFERENT
ORIGIN
HE
THAT ADMITTED
HONG CONVENIENT TRANSPORT CENTRE HAD PROBLEMS.
STRATEGIC
POSITION KONG'S ITS GREAT BLESSINGS BUT
AS ALSO
A ITS
"AT
THE VERY
EARLY
EXPERIENCE WE HAD THE PROBLEM OF HONG KONG TEXTILE
TO A AS GOODS OF REQUIREMENT FOR EXPORT.
TEXTILES
CONTROL EXPORT GOODS DISGUISING BY-PASS
QUOTA
THE
DAYS OF OUR
IN ORDER
"RELENTLESS GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT WORK AND THE COST IN HONG KONG HAVE CURED THIS PROBLEM. WHAT THEN WAS THE PROBLEM OF NON-HONG KONG GOODS TRYING TO EXPORT.
RISING LABOUR
TOOK ITS PLACE
USE
OUR QUOTA FOR
/"TO DEAL
T