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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1990

FEES

TRAVEL AGENT'S LICENCE FEES TO BE REVISED

FOR A TRAVEL AGENT'S LICENCE WILL BE REVISED FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1991.

THE NEW FEES ARE SET OUT IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE ΤΟ THE TRAVEL AGENTS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

UNDER THE REVISIONS, THE APPLICATION FEE FOR A TRAVEL AGENT'S LICENCE WILL BE RAISED FROM $340 TO $400, WHILE THAT FOR A LICENCE OR THE RENEWAL OF A LICENCE WILL RISE FROM $275 TO $310 FOR EACH MONTH OF THE LICENCE'S TERM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH SAID THE FEE REVISIONS WERE TO COVER INCREASED COSTS OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE.

AGENTS,

WERE HE SAID FEES, PAYABLE TO THE REGISTRAR OF TRAVEL SUBJECT TO REGULAR REVIEW. THE LATEST FEE REVISIONS FOLLOWED THE 1990 REVIEW WHICH HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED.

THE LAST REVISIONS TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 1, 1990.

NEW ORIGIN AND ORIGIN MARKING RULES FOR WATCHES

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ISSUED A REMINDER HONG KONG'S NEW ORIGIN AND ORIGIN MARKING RULES FOR WATCHES WILL EFFECT ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 1).

THAT

TAKE

UNDER THE NEW ORIGIN RULE, WATCHES WHICH INCORPORATE HONG MOVEMENTS ARE OF HONG KONG ORIGIN.

KONG

IN REGARD TO ORIGIN MARKING ON WATCHES, AN ORDER PUBLISHED UNDER THE TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ORDINANCE LAST OCTOBER SPECIFIED THAT, THE DETERMINED BY AS FROM JANUARY 1, 1991, THE ORIGIN OF A WATCH IS ORIGIN OF ITS MOVEMENT. THE ORDER DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ORIGIN MARKING ON WATCHES IN HONG KONG.

IN OTHER WORDS, ORIGIN MARKING IS NOT MANDATORY. HOWEVER, IF

TO HAVE

CONFORM TO WATCH DISPLAYS AN ORIGIN MARKING, IT SPECIFIED ORIGIN MARKING RULE.

A

WILL

THE

KONG'S

THE NEW ORIGIN AND ORIGIN MARKING RULES WILL BRING HONG PRACTICE INTO LINE WITH THOSE OF OTHER MAJOR PRODUCERS AND MARKETS.

ORIGIN

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID UNDER THE NEW

HONG MARKING RULE WATCHES INCORPORATING

KONG MOVEMENTS COULD BEAR "HONG KONG" OR SIMILAR ORIGIN MARKINGS.

/WATCHES WHICH