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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989

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ALREADY

ALSO THEY WOULD

WITH DEVELOPED

BUILD ON THE A NUMBER OF IN PARTICULAR

CLOSE WORKING

RELATIONSHIPS

OVERSEAS AND NEIGHBOURING CHINA WHICH,

WITH ITS HAD NOW EMERGED AS A SIGNIFICANT LAST YEAR THESE INTERNATIONAL QUANTITIES OF HIGH GRADE AUSTRALIA

MORE

ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,

LIBERALISED +OPEN DOOR+ POLICY,

ROUTE FOR TRAFFICKING, OVERLAND CONTACTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SIGNIFICANT HEROIN BEING SEIZED IN THE UNITED STATES, THAILAND, CANADA, AND SINGAPORE.

IN RELATION TO PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT SEQUESTERING

WAS SIR DAVID

TOLD THAT TRAINING THE ASSETS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS,

HELD IN HONG KONG FOLLOWING STUDIES COURSES HAD ALREADY BEEN SIMILAR SYSTEMS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

OF

CONSUMER SHOULD PROTECT HIS OWN RIGHTS

* * * * *

CRITICAL ROLE TO

PLAY IN

SECRETARY FOR TRADE

THE CONSUMER HIMSELF HAS THE MOST

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PROTECTING HIS OWN RIGHTS, AND INDUSTRY, MRS CLARIE LO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

AND

ADDRESSING A ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON, MRS LO SAID THE GOVERNMENT, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, THE SUPPLIERS OF GOODS

TOGETHER SERVICES, WITH THE CONSUMER HIMSELF, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SHE EMPHASISED THAT THE CONSUMER HAD A DUTY TO CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS IN MAKING PURCHASES.

HIMSELF

TO BK

"HE SHOULD ARM HIMSELF WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THAT IS AVAILABLE, SHE SAID.

ti

SUBJECT

THE MRS LO AGREED THAT THE AVERAGE MAN IN

STREET IN REALITY THE LAW IS, WHAT FACED A DIFFICULT TASK IN TRYING TO ESTABLISH WHAT HIS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE, AND HOW TO EXERCISE THEM SHOULD HE DISSATISFIED.

BB

"EVEN FOR THE WELL-INFORMED, AND WELL-EDUCATED, TIME AND PRESSURE OF WORK DO NOT OFTEN ALLOW US THE LUXURY

REDRESSING

OUR WRONGS, SHE SAID.

OF

ALL

TO THIS END, MRS LO SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD NOT PROVIDE THE WHOLE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.

THAT

LEGISLATION

DID

CONTINUATION OF AND GREATER

SHE BELIEVED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION LAY IN A SYMPATHETIC GOVERNMENT THAT ENACTED WELL-CONSIDERED LEGISLATION, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL'S PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME, AWARENESS AND DILIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE CONSUMER.

THERE IS ....