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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1981

THEY COULD NOT BE CRITICISED FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL JUDGMENT, BUT IF THEY HAD NOT DONE SO, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY TO TURN COMPANIES AWAY FROM THE EXHIBITION, HE SAID.

THE HONG KONG OFFICE EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION WAS MAKING A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IN GIVING THE HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ABREAST OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FAST CHANGING WORLD, HE SAID.

HE EXPRESSED HOPE TOO THAT HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS WOULD SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MANUFACTURE IN THIS FIELD AND THAT OVERSEAS COMPANIES WITH THE RIGHT EXPERTISE WOULD SEE THE ADVANTAGE TO THEMSELVES FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATION HERE.

GROUP FORMED TO ADVISE ON TRADE MARKS

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A SPECIALIST COMMITTEE, THE TRADING STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TSAC), HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, MR DOUGLAS JORDAN, TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE.

THE TSAC WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL ASPECTS OF TRADING STANDARDS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR LEGISLATION AND THE FORM IT WILL TAKE, AND THE GOODS TO BE SUBJECT TO MARKING ORDERS.

THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE WAS IMPLEMENTED ON APRIL 1, THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR BOTH CONSUMERS AND THE TRADE AGAINST GOODS BEARING FALSE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS AND FORGED TRADE MARKS.

MEMBERS OF THE TSAC, WHICH HELD ITS FIRST MEETING RECENTLY, ARE : MISS OPHELIA CHEUNG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONSUMER COUNCIL MR JOHN PAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION= MR CECIL S.0. CHAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES MR J.P. LEE, SECRETARY GENERAL, CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION- MR PHILIP P.Y. YUEN, REPRESENTATIVE, CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MR S.A. RAM, SECRETARY, INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE- MR HARRY GARLICK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MR KEITH BROADBRIDGE, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS.

A SPECIALIST SUB-COMMITTEE, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE NEED FOR A MARK ING ORDER FOR GOLD AND GOLD ALLOY PRODUCTS, AN IMPORTANT AREA OF THE TSAC'S WORK, IS ALSO BEING APPOINTED.

THIS SUB-COMMITTEE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRECIOUS METALS MARKING ORDER SUB-COMMITTEE, WILL ADVISE THE TSAC ON THE WORDING OF AN ORDER, THE METHOD AND ANY OTHER TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF MARKING IN RESPECT TO GOLD AND GOLD ALLOY PRODUCTS, AND THE SYSTEM OF CONTROL.

CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND CONTROLS, THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL INCLUDE SELECTED TSAC MEMBERS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOLD AND JEWELLERY TRADE WITH SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOODS IN QUESTION,

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