XN000022-1983-09-08 — Page 3

2

2

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1983

+BASICALLY, THESE CENTRES ARE EQUIPPED WITH FACILITIES WHICH WILL SIMULATE THE ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS OF A FACTORY OR A SERVICING UNIT, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.

OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES INCLUDE LECTURE ROOMS, LIBRARIES, ASSEMBLY HALLS AND CANTEENS.

+THEY ARE SITUATED IN TWO OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR POPULATION CENTRES AND ARE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEAR THE MTR STATIONS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE COMPLEXES WILL BE ABOUT $160 MILLION.

TSING YI OFFICER POST TO LAPSE

****

THE POST OF THE TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICER WILL LAPSE FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 12), A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

FOLLOWING THE LAPSE OF THIS POST, THE DUTIES WILL BE TAKEN UP BY THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, AS WAS THE SITUATION BEFORE APRIL 1981.

AS A RESULT, THE TITLE WILL BE CHANGED TO DISTRICT OFF ICER (KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI) AND THE POST WILL BE FILLED BY HR TAM WING-PONG.

THE TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICER POST WAS CREATED IN APRIL 1981, MAINLY TO COORDINATE LAND RESUMPTION AND CLEARANCES IN THE DISTRICT, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BRANCH PRAISED

***

A BANNER AND A SHIELD WERE PRESENTED TODAY TO THE TRADE CONTROLS INVESTIGATION BRANCH TCIB OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT, FOR ITS WORK AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF A FASHION BRAND NAME.

PRESENTATION OF THE SOUVENIRS WAS MADE TO MR JOHN HOWARD, HEAD OF THE BRANCH BY MR ALFRED LIU, GENERAL MANAGER OF +GIORDANO BY GIORDANO FASHIONS LTD., AT A CEREMONY IN THE TCIB HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI THIS AFTERNOON.

THANKING MR LIU ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR HOWARD EMPHASISED THAT THE BRANCH WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST COUNTERFEITERS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND OWNERS OF BRAND NAMES.

/LAST YEAR,