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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987
AS REGARDS NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS OF GOODS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE, MR HO GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT IT WAS THE NORMAL PRACTICE OF THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES TO GIVE SUCH NOTIFICATION WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
MR HO ADDED: THE AD HOC GROUP'S CONCERN ON THE NEED TO ENSURE THE COST-EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES IS SHARED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. A VALUE-FOR-MONEY STEERING GROUP WILL SHORTLY THIS BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT. WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF EXAMINING STAFFING AND OTHER PROVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.+
SCALE OF PROBLEM JUSTIFIES MEASURES
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CREATION OF AN OFFENCE AGAINST INERTIA-SELLING UNDER THE POST OFFICE ORDINANCE, RATHER THAN IN SEPARATE LEGISLATION, IS CONSIDERED TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE AT THIS STAGE HAVING REGÅRD TO THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ENFORCEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON ERIC HO, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE POST OF ICE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, MR HO ENDORSED COMMENTS MADE BY THE HON SELINA CHOW, AND AT OBSERVATIONS.
FIRST, ALTHOUGH MEANINGFUL STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED WERE NOT AVAILABLE, MEMBERS COULD BE SURE THAT THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM WAS SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN THE BILL, HE SAID.
*THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND MAJOR INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSULTED AND THEY ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THESE MEASURES.+
SECOND, EXPERIENCE WITH INERTIA-SELLING ACTIVITIES SHOWED THAT THEY TENDED TO INVOLVE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND IT MIGHT NOT THEREFORE BE FRUITFUL TO DRAW TOO FINE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN LOCALLY BASED AND FOREIGN COMPANIES.
THE PLACE WITH
+ INDEED. IN THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL FRAUD THE LEAST REGULATION TENDS TO ATTRACT THE ARTFUL DODGERS,+ HE ADDED.
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