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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1975.

WARNING AGAINST BOGUS LABOUR OFFICIALS

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THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. LAO MOU-CHI, TODAY WARNED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST BOGUS LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM FACTORY PROPRIETORS WHO WERE APPROACHED FOR MONEY FOR ADVERTISEMENTS IN PURPORTED DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATIONS BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED TO BE OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT,

+NO PUBLICATION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CARRIES ADVERTISEMENTS, + MR. LAO STRESSED.

+ALL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ARE FREE, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DEPARTMENT PUBLISHES PAMPHLETS ON LABOUR LEGISLATION, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, WHICH ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.+

HE REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT ALL LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS CARRIED WITH THEM GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WARRANTS WHICH SHOWED THE PHOTOGRAPH AND NAME OF THE HOLDER.

+MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY AND LABOUR INSPECTORATES ARE UNDER INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PRODUCING THEIR WARRANTS WHEN VISITING FACTORIES, HE ADDED.

MR. LAO ADVISED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO ASCERTAIN THE IDENTITY OF THE VISITING OFFICER, AND IF IN DOUBT, THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY REPORT TO THE POLICE.

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RICE IMPORT QUOTA FOR THIRD QUARTER.

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THE RICE IMPORT QUOTA FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1975 HAS BEEN FIXED AT 79,200 METRIC TONS, THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE TOTAL IMPORT QUOTA FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER WAS 85,800 METRIC TONS.

MR. PAUL WONG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (TRADE DIVISION), SAID THAT THE NEW QUOTA LEVEL TOOK INTO ACCOUNT CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY SITUATION.

SINCE JANUARY 1, THIS YEAR, HONG KONG HAD IMPORTED A TOTAL OF 144,589 METRIC TONS OF RICE. OF THIS QUANTITY, CHINA SUPPLIED 70,097 METRIC TONS AND THAILAND 63,900 METRIC TONS. THE BALANCE WAS MAINLY FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES.

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