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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1980

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REMINDER TO IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS

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THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO LODGE TRADE DECLARATIONS AND PAY AD VALOREM CHARGES.

UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS WITHIN 14 DAYS OF IMPORTING OR EXPORTING THE GOODS EXCEPT FOR CATEGORIES EXEMPTED UNDER REGULATION 3.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT TRADE DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF 14 DAYS WILL BE LIABLE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO PENALTY CHARGES.

THE CHARGES RISE AFTER TWO MONTHS TO A MAXIMUM OF $100 PER DECLARATION WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED DOES NOT EXCEED $20 000, AND $200 PER DECLARATION WHERE IT EXCEEDS $20 000.

+THOSE WHO FAIL TO LODGE THE NECESSARY TRADE DECLARATIONS WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE WILL BE PROSECUTED, HE WARNED.

LAST JUNIOR PRISON OFFICER ON EXPATRIATE TERMS RETIRES

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THE LAST JUNIOR PRISON OFFICER ON EXPATRIATE TERMS, ASSISTANT OFFICER 1, MR. MOHAMED SAFDAR, IS RETIRING AFTER 28 YEARS' LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

MR. SAFDAR, BORN IN PAKISTAN, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT AS A POLICE CONSTABLE IN 1952, AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT AS A WARDER THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT OFFICER I IN 1973. IN 1971, HE WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL AND THE FIRST CLASP TO THE MEDAL IN 1978.

TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS MR. T.G. GARNER, TODAY (SATURDAY) PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE PRISON OFFICERS' CLUB IN STANLEY.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF JUNIOR PRISON OFFICERS ON EXPATRIATE TERMS DATED BACK TO THE PRE-WORLD WAR 11 PERIOD WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCIPLINED PRISON STAFF WERE RECRUITED FROM THE COUNTRY THEN CALLED INDIA WHICH NOW INCLUDES INDIA AND PAKISTAN.

THESE INDIAN STAFF GAVE MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT PARTICULARLY WITH THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

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