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THURT, M.Y 9, 1985

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REAPPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNOR HAS REAPPOINTED DR KIM Y.S. CHAM AND DR VICTOR K.K. FUNG TO THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1, 1985.

FIGHT AGAINST FAKE GOODS SALES GOES ON

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THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED COUNTERFEIT OPERATIONS UNIT WILL CONTINUE ITS TOUGH ACTION AGAINST SALES, DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS, MR W.Y. SUEN, HEAD OF THE CUSTOMS' COPYRIGHT DIVISION SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

*THE UNIT, UNDER THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BUREAU (CIB), HAS BEEN SET UP TO STAMP OUT THE ACTIVITIES OF STREET HAWKERS AND MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN COUNTERFEITING IN HONG KONG,+ MR SUEN SAID.

IN AN OPERATION LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT, CIB OFFICERS RAIDED SOME HAWKER STALLS AND PREMISES IN THE YAU MA TEI AREA AND SEIZED MORE THAN $60 000 WORTH OF SUSPECTED COUNTERFEIT WATCHES, T-SHIRTS AND SOCKS.

NINE MEN AND TWO WOMEN WERE ARRESTED. ALL HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL OF $3 000 EACH.

MR SUEN SAID THIS WAS ONLY PART OF THE CUSTOMS' CONTINUING EFFORTS AGAINST COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE.

+SINCE CIB OFFICERS CARRIED OUT LAST MONTH'S THREE-DAY OPERATION AGAINST STREET HAWKERS SELLING COUNTERFEIT GOODS, THE POLICE HAVE REFERRED THREE SIMILAR CASES TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS. THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AND A TOTAL OF 97 SUSPECTED COUNTERFEIT WATCHES, WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF ABOUT $35 000, WERE SEIZED,+ HE SAID.

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