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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1986
HE SAID OPERATIONS TAKEN IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS THIS YEAR UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE HAD LED TO 43 SEIZURES WITH GOODS VALUED AT $0.74 MILLION AND A TOTAL OF 48 PROSECUTIONS.
MR HOWARD ALSO SAID THAT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT HAD A SPECIAL TASK FORCE COMPRISING 150 INVESTIGATORS WITH WIDE- RANGING POWERS TO ENFORCE THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS AND COPYRIGHT ORDINANCES.
+ IN ORDER TO PROTECT OWNERS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COVER ING COMPUTERS AND THEIR ACCESSORIES, CUSTOMS OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST OFFENCES INCLUDING THE FORGING OF TRADE MARKS IN BOTH COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND MORE RECENTLY, INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IN SOFTWARE PROGRAMMES, + HE SAID.
+RECENT CASES INVOLVING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE HAVE RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF GOODS VALUED AT $2.5 MILLION. 104 TRADERS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE.+
PLACEMENT OF REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN PROGRESS
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SOME 100 OF THE 500 REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS REGISTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS SINCE THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE BEGAN ON MAY 12.
THE ANNUAL EXERCISE OF PLACING REDUNDANT TEACHERS INTO NEW POSTS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER TWO MONTHS TO COMPLETE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
TO SPEED UP THE EXERCISE, HE URGED ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPERVISORS TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE AVAILABLE VACANCIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS, ARISING FROM NEW CLASSES, WASTAGE OR RETIREMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO CALLED ON ALL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TO ACCEPT 2 REDUNDANT TEACHERS REFERRED BY THE SERVICE TO FILL THEIR VACANCIES,
+WITHOUT THE IR FULL SUPPORT, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE PLACEMENT SERVICE TO PLACE ALL REDUNDANT TEACHERS AT AN EARLY DATE.+
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