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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1975

MR.

JORDAN INDICATED THAT HE WAS GLAD THAT THIS WAS ONE OF

THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE CONFERENCE.

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+ IT TAKES TIME, HE SAID, TO ESTABLISH THE CONSUMER'S CONFIDENCE, AND CONSTANT VIGILANCE IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THAT CONFIDENCE.+

TO COMBAT WATCH COUNTERFEITING, A WORLDWIDE MALPRACTICE FROM WHICH HONG KONG WAS NOT IMMUNE, HONG KONG ESTABLISHED A WATCH COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER 1973, WITH MEMBERS DRAWN FROM THE LOCAL WATCH TRADE AND INDUSTRY, FROM SWISS AND JAPANESE WATCH MANUFACTURING

INTERESTS, FROM THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE ROYAL

HONG KONG POLICE FORCE,+ MR. JORDAN EXPLAINED.

THE COMMITTEE'S JOB WAS TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON WAYS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE COUNTERFEITING OF WATCHES IN HONG KONG AND TO ASSIST THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION FOR THIS PURPOSE.

HE ADDED: +THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY AND ACTIVELY WITH THE COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN MAKING SEIZURES OF SPURIOUS WATCHES AND WATCH PARTS AND BRINGING PROSECUTIONS TO A SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION.+

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