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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987

10.

REVIEW ARTICLE ON HARMONISED SYSTEM PUBLISHED

KONG MONTHLY

THE SEPTEMBER 1987 ISSUE OF THE HONG STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "THE COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM".

COMMODITY

DIGEST HARMONISED

OF

DESCRIPTION FOR SHORT, FOR IMPORT AND JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR. THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL

HONG KONG WILL IMPLEMENT THE HARMONISED AND CODING SYSTEM, OR HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPORT DECLARATION PURPOSES AS FROM HARMONISED SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BY AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY MANY TRADING NATIONS AS FROM 1988.

THE ARTICLE DESCRIBED HONG KONG'S

THE

THE ITS

PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING ITS STRUCTURE AND NEW COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM,

BASED ON THE UNITED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM WHICH IS

2. IT NATIONS' STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION, REVISION

IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS ALSO DISCUSSES THE EFFECTS OF THE CHANGEOVER ON AND USERS OF TRADE STATISTICS.

ON SALE AT PUBLICATIONS THE CENSUS WANCHAI

THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS NOW $28 PER COPY. PURCHASES MAY BE MADE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, OR

19/F.. COUNTER, AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATION SALES TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

CALL FOR SUPPORT IN COMBATING TRIADS

* * * * *

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) URGED TO REJECT TRIADS AND REPORT THEIR ACTIVITIES TO THE POLICE SO THAT ACTION COULD BE TAKEN TO COMBAT AND BREAK UP THE GANGS.

MAKING THE APPEAL IN THE ANTI-TRIAD NIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT ANTI-TRIAD CAMPAIGN, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD ALSO POINTED OUT THE EVIL NATURE OF TRIADS.

"

'TRIADS ARE EVIL. THEY ARE NEITHER BRAVE THEY ONLY PREY ON THE WEAK AND THE DEFENCELESS.'

...

NOR GLAMOROUS, AND

"IF PEOPLE REJECT THEM AND REPORT THEIR ACTIVITIES, THEY CANNOT SURVIVE," HE SAID.

THE ANTI-TRIAD NIGHT, HELD AT THE LEI TUNG AP LEI CHAU, WAS THE CLIMAX OF THE CAMPAIGN AND

COMMUNITY HALL ON ATTRACTED A FULL

HOUSE AUDIENCE.

/THE PROGRAMME