SUNDAY,JULY 20, 1975
OTHER VALUABLE HISTORIC OBJECTS INCLUDE A BEAM BALANCE WITH A SET OF BRASS WEIGHTS RANGING FROM 50 TAELS' TO TWO CANDAREENS* ('TAEL' AND 'CANDAREEN ARE CHINESE WEIGHT UNITS) USED FOR WIEGHING OPIUM.
ANOTHER RARE ITEM ON DISPLAY IS A GOVERNMENT STANDARD MEASURE FOR MEASURING CHINESE SPIRITS, THIS HAS A CAPACITY OF FIVE GALLONS, AND WAS USED AT THE OLD QUEEN'S WAREHOUSE FOR ASSESSMENT OF DUTY SOME 47 YEARS AGO. LOCAL HISTORY CAN ALSO BE TRACED FROM OTHER EARTHEN AND BRASS MEASURING JARS, RANGING FROM HALF A GALLON TO FOUR GALLONS.
ILLUSTRATING THE WIDE SCOPE OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE ARE WATCHES WITH FORGED TRADE MARKS, PIRATED RECORDS AND CASSETTE TAPES, SAMPLES OF DRUGS, ANTIBIOTICS, HYDROCARBON OIL PRODUCTS, TOBACCO LEAVES, OPIUM POPPY AND MARIJUANA PLANTS. A VARIETY OF DEADLY AND POSSIBLY LETHAL WEAPONS USED FOR RESISTING ARREST ARE ALSO DISPLAYED.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE MODELS OF A DISTILLERY, A BREWERY AND AN OIL INSTALLATION. SETS OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING AN OCEAN-GOING SHIP, CARGO EXAMINATION, GUARDING A VESSEL AND PROCESSING PASSENGERS AT THE AIRPORT ĞIVE A VISUAL
IMPRESSION OF PREVENTIVE WORK.
MR. HO SAID, THE VARIOUS ITEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT SEIZURES ARE OFTEN USED IN OTHER EXHIBITIONS. MORE NEW MATERIALS WILL BE ADDED TO THE MUSEUM AS TIME GOES BY. SCHOOL GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE MUSEUM. THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE STAFF OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE IN ADVANCE SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.+
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