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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1983

WITH AN ULTIMATE POPULATION OF ABOUT 750 000, SHA TIN WILL CONTAIN A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MANY OF WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE TOWN PARK UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE SHING MUN RIVER CHANNEL, THE CULTURAL COMPLEX WITHIN THE TOWN CENTRE AND THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE.

THE NEWLY ELECTRIFIED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY RUNS NEARBY WITH A STATION TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR AT FO TAN TO PROVIDE A FAST AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO KOWLOON WHERE HONG KONG-BOUND PASSENGERS CAN CHANGE TO A MTR TRAIN AT KOWLOON TONG STATION AND HEAD FOR THE ISLAND.

MR NISSIM POINTED OUT THAT THESE WERE LIKELY TO BE THE LAST LOTS IN SHA TIN SUITABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT BY INDIVIDUALS FOR SCHE TIME TO COME, ALTHOUGH FURTHER LAND WOULD BE OFFERED FOR SALE TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF FLATS AND HOUSES WITH MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS CONTAINING THEIR OWN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, LAND FOR OTHER FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO BE SOLD.

CONDITIONS OF SALE ARE AVAILABLE AT EITHER THE LANDS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, SECOND FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG OR FROM THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, SHA TIN, 2 TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, TEL. 0-617111 EXTENSION 254.

FIGHTERS AGAINST COUNTERFEITING PRAISED

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THE OWNER OF A WELL-KNOWN FASHIONWARE BRAND NAME TODAY (THURSDAY) PRESENTED A BANNER AND A SHIELD TO THE TRADE CONTROLS INVESTIGATION BRANCH (TCIB) OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, IN APPRECIATION OF ITS SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT GOODS INFRINGING THE COMPANY'S TRADE MARK.

AT A CEREMONY AT TCIB HEADQUARTERS AT HENNESSY CENTRE, WAN CHAI, MR JOHN HOWARD, HEAD OF THE BRANCH, RECEIVED THE SOUVENIRS FROM MR RALPH NAKASH, PRESIDENT OF JORDACHE INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD.

THANKING MR NAKASH ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR HOWARD SAID THAT IN RECENT MONTHS NINE SEIZURES WITH A MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT $656 800 INVOLVING THE COMPANY'S TRADE MARK WERE EFFECTED.

+FOUR OF THESE CASES RESULTED IN PROSECUTIONS, AND TOTAL FINES OF $12 750 WERE IMPOSED. THE REMAINING FIVE CASES ARE PENDING PROSECUTIONS AND SUBSEQUENT FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.+

MR HOWARD SAID THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR BRANCH OFFICERS CARRIED OUT 235 OPERATIONS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT FASHIONWARE AND SEIZED $6.6 MILLION OF GOODS. OF THE 156 CASES BROUGHT TO COURT, FINES AMOUNTING TO $1.2 MILLION WERE IMPOSED, AND ABOUT $750 000 WORTH OF SEIZED GOODS WERE CONFISCATED. ONE DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED TO A SUSPENDED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.

AJP