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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986

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+ THE STRATEGY TO ATTACK COUNTERFEITING AND COPYRIGHT PIRACY IN HONG KONG IS DIRECTED AT ALL LEVELS FROM RETAILING AT STREET LEVEL, LARGE AND SMALL ESTABLISHED RETAIL PREMISES, MANUFACTURING OUTLETS AND ON IMPORT AND EXPORT.

+ ACTION IS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS RECEIVED OR SELF INITIATED THROUGH SURVEILLANCE AND INTELLIGENCE.

+ SPECIAL ATTENTION IS ALSO PAID TO THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF SUSPECTED COUNTERFEIT GOODS AT ALL ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS BY THE 3 000 CUSTOMS OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT.

+ IN ORDER TO PROTECT OWNERS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COVERING COMPUTERS AND THEIR ACCESSORIES, CUSTOMS OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER BOTH THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE AND THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE,

-OFFENCES INCLUDE THE FORGING OF TRADE MARKS IN BOTH COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND, MORE RECENTLY, INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IN SOFTWARE PROGRAMMES.-

EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS, MR HOWARD SAID THE MOST COMMON BEING TO USE WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL BRAND NAMES, REGISTERED AS TRADE MARKS IN HONG KONG AND ELSEWHERE AND TO APPLY A FALSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TO GOODS WHERE THAT PARTICULAR COUNTRY MAY HAVE A HIGH REPUTATION FOR QUALITY IN FASHION, TRENDS AND IN CRAFTSMANSHIP.

COMMITTEE WILL ENHANCE CIVIC EDUCATION

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THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION TO BE SET UP SHORTLY IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION AND TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND VARIETY SHOW AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL, MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS TO CULTIVATE A GENERATION OF CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE WHO WOULD SHOW CONCERN AND HELP IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

THE COMMITTEE WAS EXPECTED TO GIVE ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ON THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF CIVIC EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, MR CHAU SAID.

+IT WILL COMPRISE MAINLY OF UNOFFICIALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CIVIC EDUCATION, HE SAID.

/+THE COMMITTER'S