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(c) provisions to modify procedures to facilitate proof of copyright
subsistence and ownership.
"In addition, we will further increase the manpower of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau of the Hong Kong Customs by 24 posts in 1997-98," the spokesman said.
"These measures, when implemented, would enhance the effectiveness of our anti-piracy efforts.
"The Copyright Bill is being examined by a Bills Committee of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and is expected to be passed before 1 July 1997," the spokesman added.
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Bill to localise Maritime Conventions Act 1911
The Government will introduce the Merchant Shipping (Collision Damage Liability and Salvage) Bill to localise the provisions of the Maritime Conventions Act 1911, a spokesman for the Marine Department said today (Wednesday).
The Act deals with the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collisions between Vessels, 1910.
The Merchant Shipping (Collision Damage Liability and Salvage) Bill also replaces those provisions relating to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, 1910 with new provisions which give effect to the International Convention on Salvage, 1989.
The Maritime Conventions Act, 1911 which implements the 1910 Collision Convention and the 1910 Salvage Convention in the United Kingdom also extends to Hong Kong.
In June 1994, the British and Chinese sides reached an agreement that the two Conventions should continue to apply to Hong Kong after June 30, 1997.