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MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1989

"IT IS HOPED THAT WITH

THE RESTRUCTURING,

A MORE CONCERTED

EFFORT COULD BE MADE IN CURBING COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY ACTIVITIES." HE SAID.

THOSE THAT

ENGAGED IN

SUCH ILLEGAL

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED BUSINESS WOULD FACE A TOUGH PENALTY.

A MAXIMUM FINE "OFFENCES UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE CARRY

THOSE CONTRAVENING THE OF $50.000 AND TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT. WHILE

$500,000 TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF AND IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS." HE SAID.

THIS

IN THE FIRST HALF OF COMPANIES WERE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED ORDINANCES,

YEAR. MORE

FOR

THAN 400 PERONS OFFENCES UNDER THE

AND TWO

84.8 MILLION WHILE

THE TOTAL FINES IMPOSED AMOUNTED TO OVER THE JAIL SENTENCES RANGED FROM TWO TO 27 MONTHS.

SWD NT REGIONAL OFFICE TO BE SPLIT

THE SOCIAL

WELFARE

DEPARTMENT'S

REGIONAL FROM FRIDAY

OFFICE (NEW (SEPTEMBER

1}

TERRITORIES) WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO REGIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE ITS SERVICES THERE.

WESTI WILL SERVE TSUEN

OFFICE INT

FROM FRIDAY, THE REGIONAL OFFICE INT WAN. KWAI TSING AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS WHILE THE REGIONAL EAST) WILL SERVE YUEN LONG. NORTH, TAI PO AND SHA TIN DISTRICTS.

IN

IS

LOCATED TEMPORARILY THE REGIONAL

INT WEST) OFFICE

ROAD, TSUEN WAN. IT PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE. 60 TAI HO

REGIONAL OFFICE WILL MOVE TO A PERMANENT OFFICE LATER THIS YEAR. THE

RAILWAY TO OPERATE IN THE KOWLOON-CANTON (NT EAST) WILL CONTINUE BUILDING IN SHA TIN.

MR OFFICER.

ANTHONY CHAN WAI-KWAN, A PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WORK

(NT WEST) WHILE

PRESENT THE HAS BEEN APPOINTED REGIONAL OFFICER

HIS POST RETITLED REGIONAL OFFICER (NT), MR CARLOS LEUNG, WILL HAVE

то BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGIONAL OFFICER (NT EAST) AND CONTINUE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE NT EAST REGION.

THE

SOCIAL (TSUEN DEPARTMENTAL

MR CHAN, AGED 48. JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS AN ASSISTANT WORK OFFICER IN 1962. HE WAS A DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER

BACK TO BEING TRANSFERRED TSING WAN/KWAI

BEFORE HEADQUARTERS TO HEAD THE YOUTH AND CORRECTIONS SECTION.

"AS SAID:

IN

THE POPULATION A SWD SPOKESMAN TERRITORIES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE STEADILY, MORE SERVICE EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED.

THE NEW UNITS ARE.

"FOR 1989-90,