TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1994
NOT
INTERVENE
"THE CONSUMER COUNCIL PLEDGES THAT IT WILL
IN THOSE MATTERS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO MONITORING UNDER THE TERMS OF A SPECIFIC REGULATORY ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND A PARTICULAR PRIVATE COMPANY.
**WE BELIEVE DUPLICATE THE ROLE SUPPLEMENTARY ROLE, INTEREST,' HE SAID.
"
THAT THE CONSUMER COUNCIL WILL NOT SEEK TO OF RELEVANT REGULATORS. IT WOULD PLAY A FOCUSING ON MATTERS OF GENERAL CONSUMER
"AS AT PRESENT, THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE [TS DIALOGUE WITH THE REGULATORS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.
THE CONSUMER COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL WILL BE GAZETTED ON
MAY 20.
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NEW 10-CENT COINS
NEW DESIGN 10-CENT COINS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO GENERAL CIRCULATION NEXT MONDAY (MAY 16) TO REPLACE THE EXISTING COINS.
"THIS IS PART OF THE PHASED PROGRAMME TO REPLACE AND WITHDRAW FROM CIRCULATION EXISTING COINS BEARING REFERENCES WHICH WILL BECOME INAPPROPRIATE TO THE STATUS OF HONG KONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
LIKE THE NEW 50-CENT AND 20-CENT COINS INTRODUCED ON OCTOBER 11 LAST YEAR, THE DESIGN OF THE NEW 10-CENT COINS FEATURES A BAUHINIA FLOWER AND "HONG KONG" IN CHINESK CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH ON THE OBVERSE.
THE REVERSE FEATURES THE
DENOMINATION IN CHINESE CHARACTERS AND ENGLISH WITH A LARGE ARABIC NUMERAL IN THE CENTRE AND THE YEAR OF ISSUE IMMEDIATELY BELOW IT,
THE METAL COMPOSITION OF THE NEW COINS IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING ONES TO FACILITATE SORTING AND WITHDRAWAL. OF THE EXISTING COINS BY MACHINE.
SMALL QUANTITIES OF THE NEW COINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO PUBLIC UTILITY AND TRANSPORT COMPANIES AND VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS WHICH OPERATE COIN VENDING MACHINES FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATION PURPOSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN RE USED IN THESE MACHINES WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION.
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