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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1988

HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERNS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS BUT HE THOUGHT THAT THE POLICE WERE ENTIRELY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE SITUATION.

FOLLOWING THE RECENT MEETING OF THE TUEN MUN WORKING GROUP ON THE LIBERALISATION OF REFUGEE CENTRES, THE POLICE HAD STRENGTHENED THEIR PATROLS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF SIU HONG COURT.

THE WORKING GROUP HAD ALSO AGREED TO STRENGTHEN THE CULTURAL ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES.

THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES WOULD CONVENE A SEMINAR AND INVITE WORKING. GROUP REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, REFUGEE REPRESENTATIVES AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

"THE CONCERN OF LOCAL PEOPLE MUST BE ADDRESSED BUT IT 19 IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KEEP THE ISSUES IN PERSPECTIVE," MR HANSON SAID.

COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION UNDER REVIEW

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A LAW REFORM COMMISSION SUB-COMMITTEE IS AT PRESENT A WIDE-RANGING REVIEW OF LOCAL COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION AND SUBMIT A REPORT BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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HOPES ΤΟ TRADE AND

IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS AT THE II.5.-H5N KONG TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CONFERENCE CO-ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, MR MACLEOD SAID THAT IT TOOK TIME FOR THE LAW TO CATCH UP WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY,

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM'S COPYRIGHT (COMPUTER ΤΟ HONG SOFTWARE) AMENDMENT ACT OF 1985, WHICH WAS BECENTLY EXTENDED KONG, CONFIRMING THAT COMPUTER PROGRAMS WERE PROTECTED IN WHATEVER FORM THEY TOOK, WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY STOP-GAP MEASURE PENDING THE ENACTMENT OF MODERN COMPREHENSIVE COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG.

MR MACLEOD SAID HE WAS CONE | DENT TIIAT THE COMMISSION WOULD CONTINUE TO EMPHASISE STRONG PROTECTION FOR COFTRIGHT MATERIALS AND WOULD HAVE REGARD TO PARTICULAR VULNERABILITY OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO COPYRIGHT PIRACY.

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