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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1988

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WORK OF CUSTOMS MANIFOLD

PROVIDES DEPARTMENT

THE FIRST, AND

THE SMUGGLING OF NARCOTICS, ARMS AND

GOODS COUNTERFEIT

AND OTHER FOR

THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE OFTEN ONLY, BARRIER AGAINST

ENDANGERED SPECIES, AMMUNITION, COMMODITIES WHOSE IMPORT AND EXPORT ARE PROHIBITED OR CONTROLLED

SAFETY OR ARISING FROM REASONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND OBLIGATIONS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER EXCISE, MR P.L. WONG, TODAY (THURSDAY) AT A LUNCHEON Y'S MEN'S CLUB OF HONG KONG.

WORK OF

THE

DEPARTMENT,

INTERNATIONAL

OF CUSTOMS AND MEETING OF THE

THE

SAID MANUFACTURE,

MR WONG EXPLAINING THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ENFORCED CONTROLS ON THE IMPORT, EXPORT, SALE AND STORAGE OF ALL DUTIABLE COMMODITIES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

"TOTAL REVENUE DERIVED FROM DUTIES ON HYDROCARBON OILS, LIQUOR, BEVERAGES AND COSMETICS NON-ALCOHOLIC TOBACCO,

METHYL ALCOHOL, AMOUNTED TO $3.6 BILLION IN 1987," HE SAID.

CIVILIAN TRADE

FORMER OF THE

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DISCIPLINED CUSTOMS OFFICERS AND AND A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE ANTI-NARCOTICS DUTIES.

MADE UP OF BOTH CONTROLS OFFICERS, WAS DEPLOYED ON

MARINE "SUCH DUTIES INCLUDE SHIP RUMMAGING, CARGO EXAMINATION,

AT ALL PASSENGER PROCESSING

POINTS ENTRY

AND STRIKE AND SEARCH,

OR SUSPECTED

KNOWN DRUG INTO INVESTIGATION

THE ACTIVITIES OF

OF 270 KILOGRAMS OF TRAFFICKERS, RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE LAST YEAR DRUGS VALUED AT $100 MILLION.

"THE

DEPARTMENT

ALSO

RESPONSIBLE

FOR

PROTECTING

THE

COPYRIGHT

IS COPYRIGHT OF LITERARY, DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL WORKS UNDER THE ORDINANCE, HE ADDED.

"

..

GOODS

MISLEADING DESCRIPTIONS

INVESTIGATIONS ARE ALSO CARRIED OUT INTO FALSE AND

OF

TRADE DESCRIPTIONS

UNDER THE COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE, AND INFRINGEMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COPYRIGHT UNDER COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE.

THE

"AS

A RESULT OF SUCH ACTIONS,

$56.1 MILLION

WORTH OF

*

COUNTERFEIT GOODS WERE SEIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.

IN ENFORCING

TRADE

CONTROLS,

EXPLAINED THAT THE KONG'S DEPARTMENT'S OBJECTIVES WERE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF HONG

IMPORT AND EXPORT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRITORY'S

MR WONG

THE CONTROL

FULFIL

THE

EXPORTS TO OVERSEAS MARKETS, TO

PROHIBITED GOODS

OBLIGATIONS.

AND

TO

/"OUR TRADE