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LAND FORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RIVER WALLS AND SEA WALLS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.
PERMANENT ALTERNATIVE ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED TO CATER FOR EXISTING ACCESSES THAT HAVE TO BE CLOSED.
TEMPORARY ROADS AND FOOTPATHS WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED WORKS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD WRITE TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY MARCH 25.
CUSTOMS THANKED FOR COUNTERFEIT FIGHT *****
THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR HARNAM GREWAL TODAY (FRIDAY) RECEIVED TWO PLAQUES FROM THE AGENT OF +LACOSTE+ AND +CROCODILE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS AGAINST THE MARKETING OF FALSELY-MARKED PRODUCTS.
SPEAKING AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE SENIOR OFFICERS' MESS, MR GREWAL SAID THAT THE FIGHT AGAINST COUNTERFEITING AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IF GOVERNMENT AND OWNERS OF TRADE MARKS AND COPYRIGHT JOINED FORCES AND COOPERATED TO THE FULL.
HE SAID THE CUSTOMS WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE VIGOROUS ACTION AGAINST TRADERS DEALING IN COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS.
+WITH CONTINUING SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION FROM TRADE MARK OWNERS, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE COUNTERFEITING PROBLEM AND THEREBY REDUCE THE DAMAGE TO LEGITIMATE TRADERS AND PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM THE FRAUD WHICH COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS REPRESENT. +
DURING 1985, THE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT A TOTAL OF 1 295 OPERATIONS AGAINST TRADERS IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS WHICH RESULTED IN GOODS VALUED AT $30.6 MILLION BEING SEIZED AND 571 ARRESTS: 774 TRADERS WERE PROSECUTED AND FINES TOTALLING $3.4 MILLION WERE IMPOSED: AND 29 PERSONS WERE GIVEN EITHER IMMEDIATE OR SUSPENDED CUSTODIAL SENTENCES.
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