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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1983

LAST YEAR, THE TCIB CARRIED OUT 235 OPERATIONS AGAINST INFRINGEMENTS OF FASHIONWARE BRANDS AND SEIZED $6.6 MILLION WORTH OF GOODS.

IN ALL, 156 CASES WERE BROUGHT TO COURT, FINES TOTALLING $1.2 MILLIÓN WERE IMPOSED, AND ABOUT $750 000 WORTH OF SEIZED GOODS WERE CONFISCATED.

ONE OFFENDER WAS SENTENCED TO A SUSPENDED TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.

BY AUGUST THIS YEAR, $4.8 MILLION WORTH OF MERCHANDISE HAD BEEN SEIZED IN 162 OPERATIONS. AS A RESULT, 114 CASES WERE BROUGHT TO COURT AND FINES TOTALLING $636 580 WERE IMPOSED, AND GOODS VALUED AT $1.1 MILLION WERE CONFISCATED.

+HAWKERS HAVE BEEN A PARTICULAR MENACE THIS YEAR AND A TOTAL OF 24 STREET TRADERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROSECUTED, + MR HOWARD ADDED.

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+IT SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE NOTED THAT WHILE COUNTERFEI GOODS VALUED AT $16 MILLION WERE SEIZED OVER THE YEAR, HONG KONG'S LEGITIMATE EXPORTS OVER THE SAME PERIOD AMOUNTED TO $83 000 MILLION, HE STRESSED.

TENDER AWARDED FOR HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECT

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED A TENDER FOR A 1.3-HECTARE SITE IN TAI WAI, SHA TIN, TO THE CHINA OVERSEAS BUILDING DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING PROJECT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME.

THE AGREEMENT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN THE ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR PATRICK MURPHY AND THE CHAIRMAN AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CHINA OVERSEAS BUILDING DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.. MR GU TIANXUN.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DEVELOPERS CONTINUED TO SHOW KEEN INTEREST IN PSPS PROJECTS AND THAT A TOTAL OF SEVEN BIDS WERE RECEIVED.

THE CHINA OVERSEAS BUILDING DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST BID OF $67 MILLION.

UNDER THE SALE CONDITIONS, THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE 800 FLATS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 38 TO 47 SQUARE METRES. THESE FLATS WILL BE HOUSED IN TWO 25-STOREY BLOCKS AND ONE 30-STOREY BLOCK.

THE DEVELOPER WILL ALSO PROVIDE 160 CAR PARKING SPACES, LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE AND 2 000 SQUARE ETRES OF COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA.

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IN ADDITION TO THE $67 MILLION PREMIUM, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO SPEND NO LESS THAN $63 MILLION ON BUILDING WIT..

THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1985.

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