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The new service should provide an added convenience to members of the public who may not wish to settle the postage by cash.
"This is part of the Post Office's plan for continuous improvement in serving our customers better and providing a higher quality of service," Mr Footman said.
To mark the event, a contract signing ceremony was held today at the Conference Room of the General Post Office. Mr Footman and the General Manager of the Electronic Payment Services Co (HK) Ltd, Mr Clive Dellora, officiated the
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Garment company fined for false declaration
A garment manufacturer was fined $460,000 today (Friday) at North Kowloon Magistracy for making false declaration.
Sun Sun Knitting Factory Limited had pleaded guilty before magistrate, Mr R B McNair, to five counts of making a false statement regarding compliance with quota utilisation conditions for free quotas in export licence application.
The goods involved were about 2,000 dozen men's 100 per cent wool knitted vests worth over 2.1 million. They were for export to the USA.
The count heard that an investigation by officers of the Customs and Excise Department revealed that the declaration made by Sun Sun in each export licence application was false.
The company had in fact subcontracted the knitting and the assembling processes to be done by a local factory and a factory in China respectively before submission of the export licence applications.
Conditions for manufacturers allocated with free quotas for the export of piece knitted garments must perform the knitting of the knit-to-shape panels of the piece knitted garments, or the assembling of the piece knitted garments.
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