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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE'S EFFORTS

IN STAMPING OUT RECORDING PIRACY RECOGNISED

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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE HAS WORKED INTENSIVELY TO DEFEAT THOSE WHO WOULD ATTEMPT TO ROB LEGITIMATE RECORDING COMPANIES AND ARTISTS OF THEIR PROPERTY, SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, MR. DOUGLAS JORDAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+THERE IS NOTHING ROMANTIC ABOUT THESE MODERN DAY PIRATES. THEY ARE OUT AND OUT ROGUES ROBBING THE INDUSTRY AND DECEIVING THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR INFERIOR PRODUCTS, HE SAID.

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MR. JORDAN WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY AT THE SERVICE'S HEADQUARTERS WHEN DONATIONS TOTALLING $34 500 WERE MADE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY TO THE SERVICE'S WELFARE FUND.

AT THE CEREMONY, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FUNG HANG RECORDS COMPANY, MR. CHUNG KAM PUI, ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP, ALSO PRESENTED A BANNER TO MR. JORDAN IN APPRECIATION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SERVICE'S COPYRIGHT PROTECTION UNIT IN STAMPING OUT RECORDING PIRACY IN HONG KONG.

THANKING THE ORGANISATIONS FOR THE IR GENEROUS DONATIONS, MR. JORDAN SAID IT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND IS SAID TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS THAT THE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION UNIT OF THE HONG KONG CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE HAS ACHIEVED NOTABLE RESULTS IN REDUCING TO A MINIMUM, IF NOT COMPLETELY STAMPING OUT RECORDING PIRACY IN THE TERRITORY.+

ASSURING THE RECORDING INDUSTRY OF THE CONTINUING VIGILANCE AND CLOSE ATTENTION OF THE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION UNIT TO THE IR INTERESTS, HE SAID +OUR INTERESTS COINCIDE BECAUSE HARM DONE TO YOUR INDUSTRY IS HARM DONE TO THE LEGITIMATE TRADE OF HONG KONG.+

+ IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, OF WHICH THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE FORMS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART, TO DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO MAINTAIN THE TRADING INTEGRITY OF HONG KONG.

+ IT IS ENCOURAGING TO THE SERVICE TO KNOW THAT THEIR EFFORTS IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN BOTH RECOGNISED AND APPRECIATED TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ARE TODAY MAKING THESE GENEROUS DONATIONS.+

MR. JORDAN EXPLAINED THAT THE SERVICE'S WELFARE FUND, TO WHICH THE INDUSTRY HAD CONTRIBUTED BEFORE, EXISTED BY LAW TO PROVIDE VARIOUS BENEFITS AND COMFORTS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE.

+SUCH BENEFITS AND COMFORTS DO MUCH TO ENABLE OFFICERS OF THE SERVICE TO RELAX PROPERLY AND ENJOY THE IR LEISURE IN OFF-DUTY MOMENTS, WHICH IN TURN CONTRIBUTES TO THE BETTER PERFORMANCE OF THEIR WORK, HE SAID.

DONATIONS TO THE SERVICE'S WELFARE FUND WERE MADE BY : H.K. GROUP OF IFPI (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS AND VIDEOGRAMS) - FUNG HANG RECORDS LTD.- SUN HING PANSONIC LTD.- MAN CHI RECORDS CO.=

MAN CHI RECORDS CO.- WING CHEUNG RECORDS CO. LTD. - CROWN RECORD CO. HONG KONG KING YOKO LTD.- WING HANG RECORD TRADING CO.- TIEN SHING RECORDS Co.- BAILEY RECORD CO.- SING TAO PANSONIC LTD, AND MOUTRIES AND CO. (HK LTD).

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