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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1977

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DUTY-FREE BRANDY FOR CHRISTMAS

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THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT PASSENGERS ARRIVING FROM MACAU DURING THE TWO DAYS FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS DAY (DECEMBER 26 AND 27), MAY BRING INTO HONG KONG DUTY FREE ONE BOTTLE OF PORTUGUESE BRANDY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE LITRE INSTEAD OF THE ONE-QUART BOTTLE OF GRAPE WINE NORMALLY ALLOWED.

GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS AMENDING LAW ON POSTING OF ILLEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING TO AMEND EXISTING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE THAT THE +PERSON OR ORGANISATION SEEKING TO BENEFIT FROM THE POSTING OF ANY ILLEGAL ADVERTISEMENT BE MADE LIABLE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES SAID TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. PETER C. WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. JONES SAID IT WAS NOT EASY TO ENFORCE THE EXISTING LAW, WHICH PROVIDED FOR CONTROL OVER THE POSTING OF HANDBILLS AND OTHER ADVERTISING MATERIAL IN PUBLIC PLACES BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF IDENTIFYING THE PERSONS WHO ACTUALLY PUT UP THE SIGNS AND POSTERS.

HE SAID THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE HOUSING AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ALL MADE EFFORTS WITHIN THEIR RESOURCES TO REMOVE ILLEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

HOWEVER, MR. JONES SAID, THESE ACTIVITIES HAD ONLY A LIMITED EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM, AS IN MANY CASES NEW ADVERTISEMENTS APPEARED ALMOST AS SOON AS THE OLD ONES WERE REMOVED.

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