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The department would step up enforcement actions to track down such malpractice to protect the commercial reputation of Hong Kong and to ensure that the confidence of its trading partners in Hong Kong's textile control system would not be undermined by some dishonest businessmen, the spokesman stressed.
The maximum penalty for making a false statement in licence application is a $500,000 fine plus two years' imprisonment.
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Secretary for the Civil Service visits penal institutions
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Lam Woon-kwong, today (Thursday) visited a maximum-security and a medium-security prison to learn about the management and operation of the penal system, and to see firsthand, the working environment of Correctional Services officers.
Accompanied by the Commissioner of Correctional Services, Mr Raymond Lai Ming-kee, Mr Lam first visited Stanley Prison where he was briefed on the management of Hong Kong's largest maximum-security prison and the current project to redevelop the institution as well as the surrounding area.
Mr Lam toured different workshops in Stanley Prison and saw prisoners producing various products.
At Tung Tau Correctional Institution, Mr Lam was briefed on the work to build an annex to the prison to provide more places for prisoners to ease prison over- crowding.
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Royal Navy patrol craft to visit Macau
Two Royal Navy patrol craft of the Hong Kong Squadron, HM ships Starling and Plover, will sail for Macau this weekend on what is likely to be the last such visit to the Portuguese enclave.
Chief of Staff and Senior Naval Officer, Commodore Peter Melson, will embark on HMS Starling when the two ships arrive in Macau tomorrow (Friday). The patrol craft will return to Hong Kong on Monday (January 20).
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