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NDAY, MARCH 31, 1985
ADDITIONALLY, A COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIT OPERATES WITHIN THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S CHAMBERS AND CONSISTS OF 16 LAWYERS DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO EXPOSING CASES OF FRAUD. THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE TO THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU RIGHT FROM THE INCEPTION OF A CASE UNTIL THEY TAKE IT THROUGH COURT TO A CONCLUSION.
OFFICERS OF THE COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU HAVE ALSO BEEN ENCOURAGED BY A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO HONG KONG LEGISLATION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. NOTABLE AMONG THESE WERE CHANGES IN THE DEPOSIT- TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE AND IN PROCEDURES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SUBMIT OVERSEAS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN COURT.
TWO WORKING PARTIES ARE PRESENTLY LOOKING INTO CONTROL OF TRAVEL AGENCIES (ON WHICH DRAFT LEGISLATION IS ABOUT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL), AND LAWS TO PREVENT AND PROSECUTE COMPUTER FRAUD.
GIVEN HONG KONG'S FREE ENTERPRISE PHILOSOPHY AND
FORMAL SYSTEM OF LAWS (GENERALLY MODELLED ON THE COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND), A DEFT TOUCH IS NEEDED TO BALANCE THE TWO AND NOT TO OVER- LEGISLATE AND STRANGLE THE ECONOMY.
MIKE FARNHAM AND HIS STAFF HAVE LONG YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OPERATING IN THE SENSITIVE HUB OF ASIA'S FINANCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LIFE. THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT DEFT TOUCHÉS.
THEY ALSO KNOW THE COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT GATHERING AND EVALUATING EVIDENCE WILL ULTIMATELY PAY OFF. AND THAT PAPERWORK CAN PACK A DEVASTATING PUNCH.
LICENSED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ON THE UP
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THE NUMBER OF LICENSED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING IN THE URBAN AREAS CONTINUES TO GROW THIS YEAR.
AS AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD ISSUED 3 047 GENERAL RESTAURANT LICENCES, COMPARED WITH 2 861 FOR THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
LIGHT REFRESHMENT RESTAURANT LICENCES WENT UP FROM 790 LAST YEAR TO 846 THIS YEAR.
OTHER FOOD BUSINESSES TO REGISTER AN INCREASE THIS YEAR, WITH LAST YEAR'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS, ARE, FRESH PROVISION SHOPS 1 630 (1 534), FOOD FACTORIES - 750 (710), FACTORY CANTEENS - 172 (150), BAKERIES - 554 (522) AND FROZEN CONFECTION FACTORIES 95 (61).
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/MERS WERE
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