MONDAY, JULY 23, 1990
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DB DELEGATION LEAVES FOR EUROPEAN STUDY TOUR
A 26-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD LEFT FOR EUROPE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING ON A TWO-WEEK STUDY TOUR.
LED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI, THE MEMBERS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VINCENT LIU, AND DB SECRETARY, MR CHAN YAU-KEUNG.
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"THE TOUR AIMS AT ENABLING MEMBERS TO OBSERVE HOW OTHER COUNTRIES TACKLE PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S, MR LAM SAID.
ITALY, SWITZERLAND,
THE GROUP WILL TOUR SIX COUNTRIES, NAMELY FRANCE, BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
MEMBERS WILL VISIT A FACTORY PRODUCING EQUIPMENT FOR TREATING WASTE IN ROME, A TANNERY IN FLORENCE, A NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN PARIS AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF AMSTERDAM.
WHILE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BETWEEN AUGUST 1 AND 5, THE DELEGATION WILL VISIT WESTMINSTER COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THE DELEGATION WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 6.
TRADERS REMINDED TO PROPERLY MANIFEST EXPORTED GOODS
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THE CUSTOMS
AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TRADERS TO PROPERLY MANIFEST THEIR EXPORTED CONTRAVENE THE IMPORT AND EXPORT ORDINANCE.
TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED GOODS LEST THEY WOULD
THE REMINDER WAS MADE FOLLOWING THE SEIZURE OF ABOUT $780,000 WORTH OF COLOUR NEGATIVE FILM, SHARK FIN AND GINSENG WITHOUT MANIFEST FROM A LORRY AT MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT ON SATURDAY (JULY 21).
CUSTOMS OFFICERS INTERCEPTED THE LORRY AT 4.30 PM AND FOUND INSIDE A SECRET COMPARTMENT A TOTAL OF 36 CARTONS OF COLOUR NEGATIVE FILM, 24 CARTONS OF SHARK FIN AND 24 BAGS OF AMERICAN GINSENG.
THE 24-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS ARRESTED. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO EXPORT UNMANIFESTED CARGO AND ALTERING THE STRUCTURE OF A VEHICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SMUGGLING,
HE HAD BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN FANLING MAGISTRACY ON AUGUST 13.
UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT ORDINANCE, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR IMPORTING OR EXPORTING UNMANIFESTED CARGO IS $50,000 AND TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
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